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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 and some as little taller two year 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 early April when dormant.
Having ordered we will acknowledge your order before being in contact as soon as we can to arrange delivery or collection.
Bloody Ploughman
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An interesting apple that is conical in shape with distinct ribbing. Its blood red skin is a little tough, beneath it the sweet tasting flesh is heavily pink tinged.
Name also has a story behind it – apparently a ploughman was caught by a gamekeeper stealing apples on a Scottish estate and shot. His wife had the apples but threw them on a rubbish tip and one of the apples pips arose to be this variety! (central Scotland, 1883)
Pollination group – C Picking time – mid September Storage until – November
Ellisons Orange
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An early dessert flushed brownish red with stripes of brighter red mixed in. Slightly conical in shape. Creamy white flesh has a rich flavour with a somewhat aniseed flavour. A hardy variety suitable for growing in the north and east. Rootstock: MM106, M26
Pollination group – D Picking time – September Storage until – October
Greensleeves
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A quite different dessert variety from most with pale green skin sometimes with a slight orange flush. Fruits crunchy and sweet when eaten fresh. Makes a roundish shape often with slight ribbing and distinct crowns at the apex. The pale skin makes the lenticels on the surface conspicuous. Rootstock: MM106, M26
Pollination group – C Picking time – mid September Storage until – October
Orlean’s Reinette
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A high quality late dessert apple. Sweet, juicy & richly flavored with a somewhat nutty after taste. Golden yellow skin flushed orange-red. Medium to large flat round apples that are distinctly flattened at either end with evidence of well rounded ribs.
Irish Peach
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
An early dessert apple probably of Irish origin that is best eaten straight from the tree in August to get the best flavour because it will not keep. Juicy with a nice balance of sweetness and acidity when at its best. Apples of medium size, round with flatness at base & apex with obvious broad ribbing. It is a tip bearer producing few if any spurs.
Pollination group B Picking time – late August Storage until – will not keep
Howgate Wonder
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Of all the apples we grow Howgate Wonder can produce the largest. Apples round conical in shape striped orange red. Sub acid in flavour, easily cooking to a fluff. Can be eaten as a dessert apple but probably best sliced first because of its size! Grows well in all parts of the UK. Rootstock: MM106, M26
Pollination group – D Picking time – early October Storage until – March
Katy
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Produces bright red apples conical in shape in early September. Refreshing taste with slight acidity. Skin shiny and smooth. Bred from Worcester Pearmain and James Grieve in Sweden, where is was named Katja, so has some of the attributes of both. Rootstock: MM106, M26
Pollination group – C Picking time – September Storage until – October
Kidd’s Orange Red
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Mid season dessert apple of very good flavour – sweet, juicy & aromatic. Apples crimson flushed with small areas of russet which contribute to its distinct appearance. Medium sized conical apples. Arose in New Zealand as a result of a breeding programme involving the best English & North American apples, Cox being the English apple. Rootstock: MM106
Pollination group – C Picking time – Early October Storage until – January
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
Pixie
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Thought to be a seedling of either Cox or Sunset. The name is deceptive because it process good medium sized flat round apples that keep a long time. Excellent taste, sweet but refreshing, crisp and juicy. Skin yellow flushed with orange red. A good choice for the garden or small orchard. Rootstock: MM106, M26.
Pollination group – D Picking time – mid October Storage until – March
Rajka
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Medium sized attractive smooth bright red apples. Yellowish firm but juicy flesh of excellent flavour – sweet, aromatic with a hint of strawberry. Regular cropping and disease resistant. Always popular at events we are at in the Autumn. Rootstock: MM106, M26
Pollination group – C Picking time – late September Storage until – January
Red Devil
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Bright red apples that seem to gain their colour very early. Medium to large evenly sized flat round apples. When sliced through the flesh is often reddened to varying degrees. Apples have a really nice fruity, strawberry flavour. Good disease resistance suitable for most areas of the UK. Rootstock: MM106 & M26
Pollination group – C Picking time – September Storage until – December
Red Falstaff
£17.00Availability: 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
Ribston Pippin
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A well known variety. Produces medium to large round conical apples largely covered brownish orange with broad red stripes. Nice flavour, sweet with acidity. A triploid variety so though accepting pollen from other varieties will not provide any. High vitamin C content. Though keeping until December the apples will be more enjoyable if eaten before then. Rootstock: MM106 & M26
Pollination group – B Picking time – early October Storage until – December
Rosemary Russet
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Not the usual Russet – the russetting is partial and the apples are often flushed orange with some red. Of very good flavour with a sweet yet sour flavour. Juicy. Medium sized apples conical in shape often with distinct ribs and sometimes lop sided. Rootstock: MM106, M26
Pollination group – C Picking time – late September Storage until – March
Saturn
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
Developed by the East Malling Research Station, Kent and introduced in 1997. Bred with disease resistance in mind from an unnamed disease resistant variety and a sport of Golden Delicious. The result are smooth medium sized conical apples flushed mostly dark red. When eaten the apples are juicy and sweet with some acidity. A nice traditional apple taste. Rootstock: MM106
Pollination group – C Picking time – late September Storage until – January
Spartan
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A very distinct apple with its round conical shape and maroon coloured skin colour. Another feature is that the skin often has a bloom which can easily be polished off. Sometimes grown as commercial variety but very good in the garden. Often heavily fruiting so if thinned early summer larger apples will be produced. The flesh is white and of good flavour with hints of strawberry and melon! Rootstock: MM106, M26
Pollination group – C Picking time – early October Storage until – January
Sturmer Pippin
£17.00Availability: In stockOut of stock
A very late dessert apple that is picked after a long Autumn in November. At its best between January and April. Round conical in shape, sometimes lop sided and having fairly distinct ribbing. The medium sized apples are greenish yellow flushed orangey brown at picking. Crisp, juicy and flavoursome to eat. Sweet with a balance of sharpness.(1827, Suffolk) Rootstock: MM106, M26
Pollination group – C Picking time – November Storage until – April
