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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.
Annie Elizabeth
£16.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A very good late keeping culinary variety. Generally round in shape, striped quarter to a half pinky red with some crimson red striping. Can be five crowned at the apex with well defined ribbing. Moderately acid cooking to a greenish yellow fluff. Excellent keeper. Like most culinary varieties apples are large. Rootstock: MM106, M26
Pollination group – D Picking time – mid October Storage until – May
Catshead
£16.50Availability: 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
Dabinett
£16.50Availability: 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
Lord Derby
£16.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
Conical in shape with pronounced angular ribs, bright green in colour. Sub acid greenish white flesh of good flavour when cooked. Cook early for a sharp taste. Seems to grow well in all parts of the UK. A good early alternative to Bramley that fruits really well. Rootstock: MM106
Pollination group – D Picking time – late September Storage until – December
Michelin
£16.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A French variety and a bittersweet. Very good cropping usually blended with other varieties when making cider. Flesh white sweet with some astringency. Apples conical with distinct ribbing on the small side but a regular cropper.
Flowering time – early May Harvest time – mid October
Newton Wonder
£16.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A well known culinary apple that is hardy and suitable for growing in most parts of the UK. Apples can be large and flat round in shape. Though sharp in taste they are also pleasant to eat. When cooked apples break down to a puree with a milder flavour than Bramley. Rootstock: MM106 & M26
Pollination group – E Picking time – mid October Storage until – March
Red Falstaff
£16.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
A red sport of Falstaff introduced in 1986. Fruits slightly oblong with flattened ends largely covered bright red. Of very good flavour, crisp and juicy. Heavy yielding, disease-resistant and a good pollinator. Excellent flavoured fruits that keep well. Rootstock: MM106, M26
The small photo shows Red Falstaff with its apples still on the tree well into November. An excellent late dessert apple.
Pollination group – C Picking time – October Storage until – March
Rev. W. Wilks
£16.50Availability: In stockOut of stock
An early season variety producing very large round conical apples. Skin pale green yellow with some pinky red flush. Rev W Wilks makes a compact tree of a smaller size. Good disease resistance. Apples sub acid cooking to a pale yellow froth and requiring little or no sugar. Rootstock: MM106
Pollination group – B Picking time – early September Storage until – October
