TOP FRUIT
Most gardens have room for at least one fruit tree and if you only have room for just a tree of any sort consider the benefits of a fruit tree rather than an ornamental form. Not only will you have a crop of the freshest fruit you have ever tasted but the pleasure of a tree laden with blossom in the spring - a huge benefit to our dwindling stocks of honey bees who depend on the nectar and pollen they gather while at the same time pollinating the fruit blossom.
All trees container
grown (usually 12lt pots) and are of the highest quality sourced from one of the
best UK specialist fruit tree nurseries.
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| Apple 'Bramley's Seedling' (AGM) | (Cooking) The most popular cooking variety bearing heavy crops of large green fruits with a red flush. Vigorous grower of spreading habit. Pollination GROUP2. Triploid ( requires 2 pollinators). Bush on MM106 |
| Apple 'Charles Ross' | (Eating) Old but popular variety of sweet, slightly aromatic, quite juicy with a hint of pear flavour. Also bakes and cooks well if used early. Bush form on MM106 |
| Apple 'Cox - self fertile' | An improved, self-fertile form bearing good crops of medium size fruit of classic flavour with flushed skin. Pick late September - stores well until December. Improved disease resistance. Polination Gp: 3. Bush on MM106 |
| Apple 'Devonshire Quarrenden' | A very old variety bearing pale yellow flushed dark crimson, sweet fruit with a distinct strawberry to loganberry taste. Eat as ripe mid August. Bush on MM 106. Pollination Gp: 1 |
| Apple 'Discovery' | (Eating) Early variety with medium-size, crisp, juicy, bright red suffused yellow fruit. Moderate growth habit; good disease resistance & frost tolerance. Pick: August. Use: August-September. Pollination Gp: 2. |
| Apple 'Egremont Russet' | (Eating) Unique variety with small to medium size fruit with a rough textured golden-russet skin. Flesh is crisp with a sweet, nutty flavour. Pick late September for eating October-December. Pollination Gp:1 |
| Apple 'Fiesta' | (Eating) Excellent & easier 'Cox' derivative with medium-large, firm, yellow-flushed, bright red fruit of good flavour & the aroma & nuttiness of its parent. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick early October for October-March use. Pollination GROUP 2. |
| Apple 'Gala' | (Eating) Medium-size, shiny, yellow fruit heavily flushed red, of good texture, crisp & sweet. Heavy cropper. Pick October for October-January use. Pollination GROUP 3. |
| Apple 'Greensleeves' | Excellent variety similar to 'Golden Delicious' bearing heavy yields of crisp, pale green fruit of refreshing flavour. Pick September for eating September - November. Any reasonable soil in sun. POLLINATION GROUP: 2 |
| Apple 'Herefordshire Russset' | Acclaimed new variety best described as a russet with a 'Cox' flavour. Pick late September - stores well until late January. Heavy crops of small to medium size fruit of good texture. Appears to need little cross pollination. Bush on MM26. Pollination Gp: 3 |
| Apple 'James Grieve' (AGM) | (Eating) Excellent hardy, early variety with medium-large, yellow, orange-striped, soft-textured, tangy, juicy fruit. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick early September for September-October use. Pollination GROUP 2 - partially self-fertile. |
| Apple 'Jumbo' | Very large, pale green striped & flushed red fruit with golden-cream, good acidic, aromatic flesh. Particularly good for baking as colour is retained. Heavy cropper for September harvest & stores until March. Quite vigorous. Pollination Gp: 3 (Triploid) - requires 2 pollinators. Bush on MM106 |
| Apple 'Katy' | (Eating) Early variety producing regular, heavy crops of oval, red, crisp & juicy fruit. Eats well from tree, Sept-Oct., but does not store. Now considered better than its parent 'Worcester Pearmain'. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on MM106 |
| Apple 'Limelight' | (Eating) An improved 'Greensleeves' bearing heavy crops of crisp, refreshing, very disease resistant, greenish-yellow fruit sometimes with a hint of pink. Eat September. Forms a neat, easy to grow, compact tree. Pollination Gp: 3. Bush on MM106 |
| Apple 'Red Devil' | (Eating) Striking scarlet-flushed, medium-size, crisp, juicy fruit with a strong 'fruity' flavour. Heavy cropper. Pick late September for October-December use. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on MM106 |
| Apple 'Reverend W Wilks' | The best early cooker bearing huge, green flushed pink fruit which bake superbly; August. Cooks to a light, sweet pale lemon puree hardly needing any sugar. Compact habit. Pollination Gp: 2. Bush on MM106 |
| Apple 'Spartan' | (Eating) Very juicy dark red fruit with a sweet, crisp white flesh. Pick early October for November - January eating. May be necessary to thin fruit during July. Any reasonable soil in sun. Polination Gp: 2. Bush on MM26 |
| Apple 'Sunset' | (Eating) Heavy & regular crops of medium-size fruit similar to Cox - but easier to grow. Use: October - December. Pollination group: 2. Bush on MM26 |
| Apple 'Worcester Pearmain' (AGM) | (Eating) Very popular, old variety - one of the earliest to ripen. Crisp, juicy, sweet, bright red fruit eaten, when fully ripe, straight off the tree; does not store. Regular & prolific when established. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on MM106 |
| Asian Pear 'Kumoi' | Rounded, apple-like fruit with a rich, golden russet finish and flavour better than others in this group. The flesh is crisp, distinctly aromatic the refreshing taste quite unique, Keeps fresh in a 'fridge for many weeks. Self fertile |
| Cydonia oblongata 'Lusitanica' (Quince) | (syn.C.o.'Portugal') An early ripening variety with large, yellow, pear-shaped fruit of high quality for cooking & preserving - fruit turns pink when cooked. Pick late September. Fertile, reasoanbly drained soil in sun. Half standard on Quince A. |
| Cydonia oblonga 'Vranja' | |
| Fig 'Brown Turkey' | Reliable & heavy cropper the oval fruit having red flesh of a rich, sweet flavour. Very popular variety for outdoor or indoor cultivation. Best crops if roots are restricted. Free draining, not too rich soil in a sheltered, sunny site. |
| Greengage 'Early Transparent Gage' | Rounded yellow fruits with red spotting & golden, melting flesh of excellent flavour - juicy & sweet. Regular & reliable cropper. Any reasonable soil in a sunny position. Self-fertile. Bush on St Julian A. |
| Mespilus germanica 'Nottingham' (Medlar) | A small, wide-spreading 'architectural' tree bearing large white flowers followed by curious brown-skinned fruit picked in November making an unusual dessert or jelly. Large leaves turn russet-brown in autumn. Reasonably drained soil in sun. |
| Morus nigra 'Chelsea' (Black Mulberry) | (syn. King James) Derived from a tree that grew in Swan Walk, London, in the 17th Cent. Unusually large, red-black, succulent fruit of intensely rich flavour produced early in the life of the tree; August. A handsome. gnarled, small tree with age. |
| Morus nigra (Black Mulberry) | A small, very long lived, architectural tree with a wide, spreading head becoming gnarled with age. Clusters of succulent, dark red-black, edible fruit. Heart-shaped leaves are rough above & downy beneath. Well drained soil in a reasonably protected site. Ht: to 15m. |
| Morus nigra 'Laciniata' (Black Mulberry) | Small to medium size, rather rugged, deciduous tree the large (to 15cm), heart-shaped leaves deeply divided into three, long, narrow, pointed lobes; butter-yellow in autumn. White, edible fruit age to red-black. Free draining soil in a reasonably protected site. |
| Peach 'Peregrine' (Fan Trained) | Reliable cropper bearing high yields of large, red skinned, very juicy fruit of good flavour; early August. One of the best varieties for growing against a south facing wall. |
| Pear 'Black Worcester' | Very, very old variety originating from the Abbey of Warden in Bedfordshire. Large, dull green, russet covered fruit if regular shape, crisp and juicy. An excellent stewing pear; October. Pollination Gp: 4. Half standard. |
| Pear 'Concorde' | A new variety with juicy fruit of excellent flavour & similar to 'Conference'. Stores until January. Pollinate with Beurre Hardy, Conference, Doyenne du Commice or Williams Bon Chretien. Bush on Quince A |
| Pear 'Conference' | Ever popular variety the long, narrow fruit becoming juicy, yet firm, when ripe. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick late September - use October-November. Self fertile. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on Quince A |
| Pear 'Doyenne du Comice' | A rounded, golden-yellow pear - probably the best for flavour & texture - eat November-December. Only crops reliably under favourable sunny, sheltered, well drained conditions. Pollinate with Buerre Hardy or Concorde. Bush on Quince A. |
| Pear 'Sensation' | A 'sport' from Williams Bon Chretien the very sweet and juicy, red skinned fruit having good texture. Matures in August. Red tinted foliage in spring. Pollinates with Comice, Conference & Winter Nellis. Pollination Gp: 2. Bush on Quince A. |
| Pear 'Williams' Bon Chretien' | Popular old English variety with oval, smooth-skinned, very juicy fruit - sweet & of good flavour. Pick/eat September - does not store. Pollinate with Buerre Hardy, Conference. Bush on Quince A. |
| Plum 'Early Rivers' | Heavy crops of small, rounded, blue-purple. juicy fruit early in the season. Good for both eating and cooking. Introduced in 1820 by Rivers Nursery, Sawbridgeworth. Part self-fertile - pollination gp: 2. Bush form on Pixie |
| Plum 'Marjories Seedling' | (Eating & Cooking) Large purple fruit with moderately sweet, yellow flesh. Late flowerer. Vigorous, upright grower. Very good cooking/freezing variety; suitable for eating when fully ripe. Pick: late September into October. Pollination group: C - self fertile. Bush on Pixie |
| Plum 'Opal' | Medium-large, reddish-purple fruit having a distinct gage-like flavour the juicy, yellow flesh parting easliy from the stone; late July. An improvement on 'Early Laxton'. Tidy, easy to manage grower. Self-fertile. Pollination group: 2. Bush on St Julian A |