Fruit Trees

Evereste (named after Eve Reste) is a conical crab apple tree with dark green lobed leaves. It flowers, usually in April, with large soft pinkish-white flowers. Small The fruits are red and yellow, and hold well into winter. Evereste is an excellent pollinator for apples. This tree has been grafted onto a dwarf root stock to limit its ultimate size and making it perfect for a patio pot.

Bountiful is a classic English cooking apple. Produces heavy crops at a young age of medium-sized fruits, green in colour, striped orange-red with quite a sharp taste. Flesh is soft, juicy and light and sweet when cooked. The apple slices also retain their shape when cooked so are perfect for topping apple pies and other apple desserts. They can also be eaten straight from the tree if you like a crisp and sharp tasting apple. Beautiful light pink blossom during the spring and deep green leaves. A good garden tree that is easy to grow and very productive!

Braeburn is a variety which is very important for commerical growth. Its crisp, firm, aromatic fruit produces an all round excellent quality apple which stores extremley well. Prefers to be planted in a sheltered, sunny spot, grown in many different warm-climate areas in the world! Many highly coloured forms have been selected for commercial growers such as ‘Hillwell’, ‘Loch Buie’ and ‘Helena’ – they all taste the same!

An all round excellent quality eating apple which stores extremley well. Red-striped crisp, firm, aromatic fruit with a red blush on a yellow background. A New Zealand, requires a sheltered position. Mid-season flowering, harvest in October. Self-fertile.

Bramley 20 is a compact version of Bramley’s Seedling, 20% less vigorous with heavier crops. It can be used on several rootstocks, allowing Bramley apples to be grown in any size space. An exceptional sharp flavour and produces a delicious puree when cooked. Fruits are a pale green flushed red or orange. Pure white, cup-shaped blossom arrives in late spring. Highly recommended cooking variety for the smaller garden!

Bramley 20 is a compact version of Bramley’s Seedling. It is 20% less vigorous but has heavier crops. The apples have a distinctive sharp flavour and can be cooked into a delicious puree. They are pale green, flushed with red or orange. Late spring sees the arrival of the cup-shaped white blossom.

Bramley's Seedling is a world-famous cooking apple. It has a strong acid flavour and shiny skin. The apples are greenish-yellow, with light brownish/orange stripes and russet spots. It gives a heavy crop, and is ideal for making puree, or can be baked for pies and tarts. For those who like a sweet-sharp flavour, the apples can be eaten after storage. Susceptible to scab, resistant to mildew, canker and late frosts. Holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Christmas Pippin is an exceptionally high quality eating experience. We would happily say this is the ‘new garden Cox’ but unlike this classic vintage variety, Christmas Pippin flowers and crops heavily. Delicious honey-flavoured fruit with creamy flesh, sweet and high in sugar content. Thin, orange flushed skin, juicy and crisp texture. A suitable garden variety for beginners as it's easy to grow. The apples store well until Christmas, so perfect for the Christmas Day apple pie or crumble!

Christmas Pippin is a delightful eating apple. It is easy to grow, and therefore is a good variety for novice gardeners. It produces abundant flowers and heavy crops. The skin is thin, and the flesh is juicy and crisp. The flavour is sweet, with hints of honey. The fruit can be stored until late December, and therefore is ideal for making apple pies at Christmas.

Cox Self Fertile is a self fertile form of Cox’s Orange Pippin, giving heavy, late crops of top quality eating apples. They can be picked and eaten directly from the tree. They are also suitable for pressing into juice. The fruit is crisp, sweet and juicy, and pleasantly aromatic. The springtime blossom consists of attractive pinkish-white clusters.

A self fertile form of Cox’s Orange Pippin. Heavy, late crop of the best eating apple in the world. The fruit is orange over greenish-yellow with deep cream flesh that has sweet, aromatic flavour and is juicy and crisp. Best when it's picked and eaten straight from the tree or can be made into home-pressed apple juice. Striking pinkish-white clusters of blossom during the spring. A highly recommended variety.

A self fertile form of Cox’s Orange Pippin. Heavy, late crop of the best eating apple in the world. The fruit is orange over greenish-yellow with deep cream flesh that has sweet, aromatic flavour and is juicy and crisp. Best when it's picked and eaten straight from the tree or can be made into home-pressed apple juice. Striking pinkish-white clusters of blossom during the spring. A highly recommended variety.

Discovery is an attractive, well rounded early dessert apple. Flushed with bright blood red with slight traces of dark red stripes. Flesh is creamy white, firm, fine-textured, crisp and juicy with a hint of strawberry flavour. An excellent apple with good disease resistance. A great garden variety as they are at their best when eaten straight from the tree!

Discovery is an attractive, well rounded early dessert apple. Flushed with bright blood red with slight traces of dark red stripes. Flesh is creamy white, firm, fine-textured, crisp and juicy with a hint of strawberry flavour. An excellent apple with good disease resistance. A great garden variety as they are at their best when eaten straight from the tree!

Discovery is an attractive, well rounded early dessert apple. Flushed with bright blood red with slight traces of dark red stripes. Flesh is creamy white, firm, fine-textured, crisp and juicy with a hint of strawberry flavour. An excellent apple with good disease resistance. A great garden variety as they are at their best when eaten straight from the tree!

Egremont Russet is a good quality, mid-season apple. It's the most important commercial russet in the UK at this present time and can be found in mostly any supermarket. The flesh is cream, tinged yellow, sweet and firm with a distinctive rich, nutty flavour. It's skin is greenish-yellow, then golden flushed orange-red with large pale lenticels.

Fiesta is a traditional English apple, an excellent heavy-cropping garden tree with Cox-like characteristics. Its flesh is orange/red with short red stripes. Biting into the rather tough skin reveals sweet and aromatic flesh. Evereste can also be used as a cooking apple, keeping its shape well. It is grown commercially in Europe and New Zealand.

Fiesta is a tradtional English apple, an excellent garden tree with Cox-like characteristics. It's flavour is rich, aromatic and sweet with a crisp texture but rather tough skin. Flush is orange/red with short red stripes, slightly ribbed. A variety which is ideal for northern areas and is a very heavy cropper. Although classed as an eating apple, it can also be used for cooking and juicing keeping its delicious flavour and shape when cooked. Fiesta is a very popular variety which is grown commercially in Kent, Holland, Italy and New Zealand, but also a popular garden variety!

Herefordshire Russet is a modern variety that is the russet with a Cox-like flavour. Fruits are deep golden amber russetted. Exceptional eating quality with a rich, aromatic flavour and a winner in ‘taste testings’ around the country. The tree is well spurred, well shaped and moderately vigorous. The fruit set is heavy with small to medium sized fruit. A genuine resemblance to Cox but much easier to grow, far less troublesome and disease resistant. A very hardy variety that can be grown succesfully in any part of the UK.

James Grieve is a flavoursome early dessert apple, ideal for serving with cheese. The fruit is pale green with red flush stripes. The flesh is creamy-white, soft and juicy. James Grieve can also be used for juicing and cooking, and is an excellent pollinator, tyoically for Cox trees.

James Grieve is a well known, well flavoured early dessert apple. Red flush stripes over pale green with a creamy white, juicy, rather soft flesh. Excellent refreshing flavour and a reliable cropper. A deservedly popular apple which is grown commercially in the UK, usually as a pollinator for Cox. Can be used for eating, juicing and cooking, keeps its shape when cooked and is known to be one of the best apples to accompany a cheese board!

Laxton's Superb is a well known late dessert apple that is grown commercially in the Netherlands and the UK, and in private gardens. Purple flush and red stripes give this an old fashioned attractive appearance. Sweet and aromatic possessing certain similarities to Cox, can become biennial bearing. A good substitute for Cox’s Orange Pippin in colder exposed areas.

Limelight is named for the yellow-green colour of its fruit, almost luminous in certain conditions. It is a mid-season eating apple, with crisp, refreshing flesh. Limelight is a heavy cropper in the right conditions, and is very disease-resistant.

Red Devil is a stunning eating variety. As the name suggests, this apple has a striking red flush! Strong, fruity taste and superb fruity strawberry flavour. Red stained flesh when it's fully ripe that produces an incredible pink juice! Highly decorative and an excellent garden variety. The interesting name was inspired by the ‘Red Devil’ parachute display team. A healthy tree with a good disease resistance. Very popular garden apple in the UK, but also in France, Holland and Germany.