Rootstock | MM106 maiden (moderate), M26 maiden (semi dwarfing) |
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Fruit trees & bushes are dispatched when dormant from late November to late March. We will make the products available again during July when we are certain of their growth well in advance of availability.
Cox Self Fertile
£17.50
The same as Cox but benefits from being self fertile, though will crop even better if there are other apple varieties in the vicinity. Can crop better than its parent, Cox’s Orange Pippin, when pollination conditions are less favourable. (Bristol, 1975)
Pollination group – C Picking time – October Storage until – January
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An old Essex variety dating back to the 1700s. Sweet yet acid taste. Gains a spicy flavour in hot dry summers. Apples appear flattened at either end and have quite distinct broad ribs from top to bottom. A russet with yellow-green skin and some brown flushing. Though the trees are of moderate vigour they are only small trees on the nursery.
Pollination Group – C Picking time – Late October Storage until – April
Herefordshire Russet(R)
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A new Russet variety. Medium sized apples with a rich Cox like flavour. Trouble free variety that yields well. The apples are mostly round and the skin has a warm golden colour. A really good new introduction offering a different appearance to mostly red flushed desserts. Rootstock: MM106, M26.
Pollination group – C Picking time – late September Storage until – January
James Grieve
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A very well known variety. The medium-large apples are warmly coloured yellow striped with orange. Excellent flavour, sweet with an acid balance. If picked early when sharp they make very good culinary apples. Round conical in shape they will not keep for a long time. Hardy and a good pollinator. Rootstock: MM106 & M26.
Pollination group – C Picking time – late August Storage until – October
Fortune
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A good garden variety of compact habit. Fortune produces medium sized round apples largely coloured bright red. Mostly round in shape with some ribbing at the apex. Also known as Laxton’s Fortune being bred at Laxton’s Nursery, Bedford. Sweet, juicy with acidity. Hardy and suitable for the north and west. On MM106 & M26.
Pollination group – C Picking time – mid September Storage until – October
Greensleeves
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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
Pollination group – C Picking time – mid September Storage until – October