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A wide selection of dessert apple trees are offered for sale. To buy and grow your own apple tree gives you the opportunity to indulge in the many tastes that they offer. From the sharp sweetness of Fiesta to the drier nutty flavour of Egremont Russet or Adam’s Pearmain. To pick and eat an apple straight from the tree is to eat it at its best.
As fruit tree growers we offer a wide selection of dessert apple trees for sale including many traditional varieties that have been with us for many years as well as some modern varieties developed in the UK and on the continent that taste great and have good disease resistance. Trees are available as barerooted one year ‘maiden’ trees.
Apples ripen through the autumn. You may wish to choose a selection of trees and spread the picking time. These details are provided for each variety. For a helpful overall guide click here. You can also see a summary on the ‘Picking & Storage’ advice page.
Apples require a pollination partner. Each variety has a flowering period between A – early and E – late. A variety can be pollinated by another of the same flowering group or one to either side. These details are provided for each variety. For an overall summary visit the pollination advice page.
Discount information – 5% on 5+ trees 10% on 10+ trees. Carriage based on quantity – see the Delivery page for more details.
Apple trees are dispatched between late November and March when dormant.
We have now brought sales to an end for winter 2021-22 with dormancy coming to an end. We are now looking forward to growing a fresh crop for winter 2022-23 which we will make available to reserve from July well ahead of supply from late November.
Discovery
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Very good early eater – crisp juicy and sweet. One of the earliest dessert apples picked from mid August. Almost all covered bright crimson. The flesh can also be tinged pink around the edges. Consume quickly after picking as the apples will not keep. Disease- resistant and suitable for colder areas. A partial tip-bearer but grows well as an espalier.
Pollination group – C Picking time – August Storage until – does not keep
Sunset
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Similar to Cox but more disease resistant and easier to grow. Heavy regular crops of smallish flat-round apples with golden skin striped red. Thinning in early summer will increase fruit size. Flavour very good – crisp, juicy and sweet with sharpness. Very good garden apple suitable for most areas of the UK.
Pollination group – C Picking time – late September Storage until – December
Worcester Pearmain
£18.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Who has not heard of this variety?! Fruit almost completely flushed brilliant red. Sweet with a strawberry flavour. – allow fruit to fully ripen on tree for the best flavour. Reliably cropping. Has become a parent of a number of well known varieties including Tydeman’s Early, Winston, William Crump. Inclined to tip bearing, best not grown as an espalier or cordon. A very good early dessert.
Pollination group – C Picking time – early September Storage until – October