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We have a wide selection of apple trees for sale. Select and buy dessert, culinary and cider apple tree varieties. All apples are grown on our fruit tree nursery. As fruit tree growers we offer for sale apple trees on different rootstocks from dwarf to vigorous to suit all situations.
The apple trees are available to buy as one year ‘maidens’ & some as a little taller two year trees ideal for training into different forms – bush trees, espaliers, cordons, etc. They are available barerooted being lifted and dispatched when dormant from late November onwards.
They vary in size according to the variety. For example D’Arcy Spice is always the smallest variety at around 90cm / 3′ tall whereas Katy & Ribston Pippin are often around 1.8m / 6′ tall. The average height would be 1.2- 1.5m (4-5′ tall). Ideal for training into bush trees, cordons, espaliers, etc. Some varieties are a single stem whereas others are branched (feathered).
In our shops such a small range of apples are available for sale and yet we have such a rich heritage of successful fruit growing in the UK with many varieties of apple trees. We have available for sale many well known established apple tree varieties that you will be very lucky to be able to buy, aswell as some modern varieties for sale developed both in the UK and on the Continent that produce great tasting apples and have good disease resistance.
Apple trees have been cultivated in Britain since the Roman times and over the centuries many varieties have been introduced by breeding or chance seedlings, Bramley for example. We offer for sale many well known apple tree varieties that have proved themselves in the UK aswell as some recent introductions from the UK and the continent such as Red Falstaff, Cevaal that produce a great tasting apple and have good disease resistance.
The earliest ripening apples can be picked from August and the latest into October. The later picked apples will keep a long time, well into the New Year in suitable conditions. The earliest varieties will not keep long and are best eaten straight off the tree or soon after picking. The storage times for each variety are detailed.
A few varieties of trees can be described as dual purpose. In other words they are good as a dessert apple and can be cooked. They are usually make large apples. The dual purpose apples we offer are Charles Ross, Blenheim Orange, Scotch Bridget & James Grieve.
We offer apple trees on a variety of rootstocks from dwarf to vigorous to suit all situations and tastes.
MM106 – moderate vigour
M26 – semi dwarfing
M9 – dwarfing
M25 – vigorous
You may buy at any time of the year. We keep our availability up to date. We will then contact you to arrange delivery or collection when the plants have become dormant. We do grow a small quantity of apple espaliers in 12 litre containers. They are for collection only because of their size. Click here to view availability.
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Adam’s Pearmain
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Well-flavoured apple – nutty, aromatic. Keeps well. A trouble free variety with golden yellow skin largely covered crimson red and patches of fine russet. Apples have a distinctive conical shape – tapering from the base to a flattened apex.
Pollination group B Picking time – October Storage until – March
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Broxwood Foxwhelp
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An early bittersharp variety and most likely to be a ‘sport’ of Foxwhelp, a very old Herefordshire cider variety. Small to medium sized roundish apples that are heavily striped bright red or even crimson on the sun exposed side.
Flowering time – early May Harvest time – September
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Brown’s Apple
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An early ripening relatively trouble free variety Brown’s Apple can produce very heavy crops of bright red flushed apples that are quite flattish in shape and quite large for a cider variety. The flesh is quite sharp, white & chewy and produces a very good fresh sharp cider.
Flowering time – mid May Harvest – mid October
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Catshead
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
What an evocative name! In profile on its side the shape lives up to its name. Large apples that are distinctly ribbed, often squareish. Skin colour green often with a brownish flush An easily recognised apple. An historic variety having been in existence since early 1600s. Cooks to a sharp puree.
Pollination group – C Picking time – early October Storage until – January
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Chatley’s Kernel
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Though described as a culinary in various texts Chatley’s Kernel produced medium sized apples that are good to eat. Though not an exceptional variety it keeps a long time well into the New year. Flattish in shape with pale green skin that flushes greatly brownish red with a variable amount of russet.
Pollination group – D Picking time – October Storage until – May
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Chisel Jersey
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
One of the ‘Jersey’ group of cider apples that originate from Somerset. A bittersweet – rich in tannin and sugar producing a cider of high quality, but even so benefitting from being blended with a sweeter cider. A late variety – fruit fall and are picked in November. Also late flowering so be careful when selecting pollination partners if no other cider varieties around. Dabinett does not pollinate it and vice versa.
Flowering time – late May Harvest time – early November
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Colwall Quoining
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A mid season dessert apple named after a village near Malvern, Colwall Quoining is a strong grower and fruits heavily. The medium sized roundish apples are prominantly ribbed from the base of the apple to its top from which protrudes a long stalk. The skin has a yeliow ground colour but is greatly dark red flushed and striped all over. The white flesh is juicy & rich in flavour.
Pollination group – C Picking time – late sept/early Oct Storage until – November
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Court Pendu Plat
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A very old variety maybe even dating back to the Romans! Produces medium sized flattish apples with green yellow skin flushed orange red that will keep into the New Year. Rich pineapple-like acidity. A slower growing variety hence offered on more vigorous M25 rootstock. Later flowering.
Pollination group – E Picking time – mid October Storage until – March
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Dabinett
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A well known cider variety. A bittersweet. Regular cropping, producing a high quality cider. Flattened conical in shape medium size, a typical ‘jersey’ type apple with up to three quarters red flushed. Flesh greenish or white sweet & astringent.
Dabinett flowers mid late season. It will not pollinate Chisel Jersey which it may well have arose fom as a seedling. Much grown in commercial orchards because of its reliable cropping and the quality of its cider.
Flowering time – mid/late May Harvest time- early November
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Edward VII
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Late flowering, hardy variety, scab resistant. Good for cold frosty areas. Smooth, round, green apples that develop a pinkish brown flush. Creamy flesh acid with a nice flavour. Needs cooking longer than other varieties. A good late keeping variety. Rootstock: MM106, M25
Pollination group – E Picking time – mid October Storage until – April
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Gladstone
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A very early dessert apple best eaten off the tree from late July. Very good flavour, sweet and juicy. Surface almost all covered deep or brick red developing a greasy feel. Medium sized apples round conical with some broad ribbing that converges into a ‘crown’ at the apex.
To enjoy its flavour the best pick while still on the tree and the apples are not too deep red. Apples that have fallen can be soft and unappealing.
Pollination group – C Picking time – late July Storage until – does not keep
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Harry Masters Jersey
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A mid season bittersweet variety becoming ready late Oct / early Nov. Makes a high quality cider. Medium sized conical apples greatly flushed dark red. Apples on young trees can be somewhat larger. Flesh sweet & astringent. Like other ‘Jersey’ varieties arose in Somerset not Jersey and sometimes known as ‘Port Wine’.
Flowering time – mid/late May Harvest time – late October
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Kingston Black
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A bittersharp variety that has become to be held in high regard because of the quality of the full bodied cider that has a distinct flavour. Fruit shape can be variable but generally conical or flattened. The skin becomes heavily flushed deep red with very dark red almost black flecking or striping.
Flowering time – mid May Harvest – early November
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Major
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Major is an early bittersweet variety being harvested from late September. Grown commerially to extend the harvesting season forwards. Apples of conical shape and small to medium in size covered with a pinkish red striped flush.
Flowering time – mid May Harvest time – late September
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Hope Cottage Seedling
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An early season dessert apple best enjoyed fresh from the tree. The ripe fruits have a firm flesh with a sub acid flavour and are best from early September. They do not keep a long time so are best consumed shortly after picking. Raised in 1900 by Mrs Oakey at Hope Cottage, Rochford, Tenbury Wells.
Pollination group – B Picking time – early September Storage until – late September
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Hunt’s Duke of Gloucester
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
This is an excellent small dessert apple. Conical in shape the apple has bright yellow skin that is largely covered with a brownish russet with a small area of red flush on its sunny side. Of excellent flavour – sweetness with contrasting acidity.
Pollination group – C Picking time – October Keeps until – until March
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King Charles Pearmain
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A conical shaped dessert apple with brownish golden coloured skin covered with russet. Has a dryish nutty flavour but sweet with some sharpness. May also be known as Rushock Pearmain.
Pollination group – C Picking time – early October Storage until – January
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Lord Lambourne
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A regular heavy cropping apple. At its best late September, early October – of excellent refreshing taste, sweet & juicy. Flushed and striped red over green yellow base. Apples round, slightly conical and smooth skinned. Compact grower, good for small gardens. Rootstock: MM106, M26 & M25
Pollination group – B Picking time – September Storage until – November
