Apple Trees

A variety from the Czeck republic that arrives with some high commendations, not least it’s hardiness and disease resistance. A very heavy and regular crop of small to medium sized yellow fruits predominantly washed with vermillion-red. Flesh is crisp, juicy and sweet – akin to Gala with a little more character. For picking in October and use through November. Accepts pollen from a wide range of varieties so easily polinated; Sunset, Redsleeves, Red Falstaff, Gavin, Spartan, Red Ellison, Grenadier, Sunrise and Arthur Turner are all ideal. 

A new dessert variety raised by a fruit enthusiast by crossing Discovery and Kent. Red Devil has been trialled at the National Fruit Trials and has proved to be a heavy and precocious cropper. The fruits are very attractive, of exceptional quality with a good crisp and juicy flavour. The season is mid to late. Good pollinators include: Redsleeves, James Grieve, Fiesta etc. An excellent new variety.

We have been asked many times for this old variety from Berkshire in the Mid 1800’s, once a prevalent market variety but now almost disappeared. An amazing rounded fruit striped and flushed in bright pinky red. The flavour too is distinctive and much loved, sweet but clean and refreshing and with a crisp but yielding flesh which is never soggy or tough. An apple which pleased many but its commercial downfall was brought about by its failure to travel well. A good garden tree which benefits from thinning to keep the fruit size of an acceptable grade. Season late August…

New from East Malling. Truly outstanding for its high levels of disease resistance, Saturn is resistant to scab and mildew and always seems to be such a clean and healthy looking tree. It has been specifically recommended for the organic grower and will no doubt be of great interest to anyone who would rather garden with as little chemical intervention as possible. Apart from its disease resistance, Saturn is an excellent all round variety. The very evenly shaped, rather conical fruits are brightly blushed red on a green yellow background and have good sweet flavour. The flesh is very crisp…

(B) SCOTCH BRIDGETVery hardy variety first known in 1851. The rich creamy flesh has an excellent texture and a sweet flavour which needs no sugar, maintaining good quality until Christmas. Excellent stewed or baked, a valuable, durable Tree which does well in Northern areas. Its frost tolerance was highly coveted at that time. Harvest in early October, Pollinate with Bountiful, Norfolk Beefing, Laxton Superb etc.

Superb, aromatic flavour from the medium sized, crisp and juicy fruits. The fruits are golden yellow with a red flush and some russet. The crops are heavy and regular and are ready for picking in late October and eaten through until the new year. A superb variety that makes a compact tree that is very easy to grow, and succeeds in areas where Cox may have proved difficult. Ideal pollinators are: Greensleeves, Spartan, Tydeman’s Early, Redsleeves etc. Outstanding flavour.

Hardly a new variety as Tom Putt was raised in the 1700s by the Rector of Trent in Somerset, the Rev. Tom Putt. Picking early September the fruits keep well into November, the tough skin has a sweetly scented aroma and the greenish white flesh is crisp and juicy. Listed as a cooking variety, Tom Putt is often eaten as dessert and is useful for making cider. A very versatile apple that is a good reliable cropper. Excels on dwarf rootstock M27. Pollinators include: Redsleeves, Fiesta, James Grieve etc.

Winter Gem is a superb introduction to our range and is proving to be an excellent variety for garden use, hardy and suitable for planting in all areas, and generally trouble free. It is a heavy and reliable cropper with highly attractive rich pink blushed fruits which have a distinctly rich juicy, crisply sweet flavour no doubt inherited from its Cox parentage. Winter Gem is a superb keeper. Ready for picking October and may be used at least until the end of March. Winter Gem is an easily grown and very rewarding variety which has performed well on all rootstocks…