Fruit Trees
APPLES
Several of the more popular varieties are available in dwarf bush form.
We have a limited number of self fertile varieties such as Red Devil, Red Falstaff, Red Windsor and Scrumptious.
Annie Elizabeth
Dec.–May
cooker. Excellent late keeper.
Blenheim Orange
Nov.–Jan.
dessert; an old favourite dessert with a distinct flavour; a shapely vigorous tree.
Bramley’s Seedling
Nov.–Apr.
cooking (needs two other varieties to pollinate); the best all-purpose cooking apple; a heavy cropper of spreading growth.
Cox’s Orange Pippin,
Oct.–Jan.
dessert; considered to be the best-flavoured apple. Prefers rich soil and a sunny position.
Cox Self Fertile
Oct.–Jan.
dessert. Recommended self fertile variety of the best known British apple.
Chivers Delight
Nov.–Feb.
dessert; reliable variety grown locally commercially with success.
Crispin
Dec.–Mar.
dessert (needs two other varieties to pollinate); a new apple of Japanese origin, very heavy cropper, excellent keeping qualities; green and juicy.
Discovery
Aug.
dessert, very early, crisp and juicy.
Emneth Early
Mid Aug.
cooker; the first cooker. Good cropper, compact grower.
Egremont Russett
Oct.–Dec.
Ellison’s Orange
dessert; very easy variety to grow; prolific crops of crisp and juicy apples; best when eaten fresh from the tree.
Golden Delicious
Dec.–Jan
Popular variety easily grown. Needs a warm summer for best results and flavour.
Grenadier
Aug.–Sept.
cooking; popular early cooker, very heavy cropper, on a compact tree.
Howgate Wonder
Dec.–Mar.
cooking; a recommended variety of upright habit, bearing very large fruit of excellent keeping qualities.
James Grieve
Sept.–Oct.
dessert; probably the best early dessert, easily grown; large crops of apples with a sharp delicious flavour.
Kidds Orange
Nov.–Apr.
dessert; new Cox seedling, brightly coloured and pleasantly flavoured, resistant to scab and mildew.
Laxton’s Fortune
Sept.–Nov.
dessert; delicious Cox-flavoured apple, very sweet and juicy; compact in habit. RECOMMENDED.
Laxton’s Superb
Dec.–Feb.
dessert; an excellent long-keeping variety, crisp, sweet and juicy; a vigorous tree, bearing good crops.
Lord Lambourne
Oct.–Dec.
dessert; a prolific variety of good flavour; frost resistant and will crop heavily where Cox’s will not.
Monarch
Dec.–Mar.
cooking; excellent cooking variety.
Newton Wonder
Nov.–Feb.
cooking; a very hardy tree, bearing clean healthy fruit; makes a good dessert when ripe.
Spartan
Jan–Feb.
Red skinned, firm flesh of excellent flavour. Easy to grow.
Tydemans Late Orange
Dec.–Mar.
dessert, golden yellow flushed red, crisp and sweet.
Worcester Permain
Aug.–Oct.
dessert; a popular early dessert variety of fine appearance; a regular cropper – the best early apple.