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www.adamsappletrees.co.uk Adam’s 2016/2017Apples www.adamsappletrees.co.ukwww.adamsappletrees.co.uk1 Contents Our aim is to grow and supply quality Adam’s Varieties...... 5-14 fruit trees at competitive prices Other Tree Fruit...... 17-18 As a family business we have been growing and supplying thousands Soft Fruit...... 19-20 of apple trees to orchards, farms, nurseries, and gardens every year Blueberries...... 20 since 1994. We grow over 130 different varieties of apple trees, most Apples we supply as bare-root maidens, but also 2 year old trees. Fruit trees Planting Sundries...... 21 Rootstocks...... 4 in pots are available year round to collect from the nursery. We also grow and supply a broad range of other tree fruit and soft fruit. Email: [email protected] Prices and Ordering...... 4 Easy find apple varieties...... 15 Directors: Much of our business is now by recommendation, and many of our Adam Powell BSc m.Hort(RHS) Terms & Conditions...... 21 customers, from all over the British Isles and Europe return year and Kim Powell Frequently Asked Questions...... 22 after year. They say our trees grow well. All our trees are grown on certified rootstocks and are inspected twice a year by DEFRA plant inspectors giving us fireblight buffer zone status.

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www.adamsappletrees.co.uk Please ring first if you wish to visit 01404 841166 Adam’s Adam’s Kim amongst the young apple EC Plant Passport UK/EW: 53147 trees, Adam’s Apples, August 2 www.adamsappletrees.co.uk Apples Apples www.adamsappletrees.co.uk 3 Apples Heavier crops are obtained when apples are pollinated by another variety of apple. This occurs Flowering Cropping Apple Rootstock Description best when flowering periods coincide or overlap, to achieve this choose varieties with the same Group period/use or adjacent flowering periods. For example all varieties in group 3 will pollinate but they will also Adam’s M9, MM106 Dessert Bright red, nutty aromatic flavour. Hardy and pollinate with groups 4 and 2, but not 1 and 5. 2 M25 Oct-Mar disease resistant. 19th century. We offer four varieties of crab apples (Evereste, John Downie, Red Sentinel, Profusion) A new early bittersweet that produces crops Amanda Late MM106 these flower freely and will increase fruiting in your orchard. We recommend one crab apple to Sept. similar to . Developed by Liz Copas. every 40 fruiting apple trees. American Dessert Aromatic flavour of peardrops with vanilla. 3 MM106 Mother Oct-Jan Yellow flesh. Known as Mother. U.S.A.1844. MM106 Cooker Very hardy for the north of . Sweet Rootstocks for apples Annie Elizabeth 4 All our apple trees are grafted onto a rootstock. The rootstock of an apple tree will M25 Oct-April does not need sugar. 1868 Leicestershire. Cooker Cooks to a yellow puree. Attractive blossom determine how tall it will grow and also how quickly it will come into cropping after planting. Arthur Turner 2 MM106 Sept-Nov 1915 Bucks. The rootstocks we supply are; Ashmead’s M9, MM106 Dessert Pale green aromatic eater, acid drop flavour 3 MM106 – Half Standard – Orchard and garden use – Growing to 4-5 metres on maturity. Trees Kernel M25 Oct-Feb Improves with keeping. 17th century origin. start cropping in two years and are in full cropping after 5-6 years. These can be grown as a bush tree Bakers Large apple gold flushed. Juicy and refreshing 1 MM106 Eat/Cook or trained as cordons or espaliers. Most fruit can be picked from the ground, the rest by stepladder. Delicious aromatic. A regular cropper, Wales 1932. M25 – Standard – Farm Use – Growing to 7-10 metres plus, a vigorous rootstock used to Bardsey Island M9, MM106 Cooker From The Bardsey Island Tree off the coast of grow the traditional standard apple tree. Come into cropping after five years. Generally M25 Oct. Wales, disease resistant. www.bardseyapple.co.uk recommended by DEFRA for stewardship schemes. A higher canopy allows grazing, but stock M9, MM106 Dessert Eat from the tree, sweet and juicy, does not 2 guards are advisable. M25 Aug keep. Somerset 19th century. M9 – Dwarf – Ideal on a patio also used for intensive orchards – Growing to 2-3 metres - On Cooker A large red cooker with its own sweetness. Beef Apple 4 MM106 good soil, needs permanent staking. Good for containers in small gardens. Sept-Oct Regular cropping, a very attractive apple. Devon. MM106 Vintage cider variety. Bittersweet, a heavy cropper. Black 4 Cider Nov Prices and orderinG M25 More vigorous than Dabinett, Somerset. Blenheim Apples 1 year-old Please place your M9, MM106 Eat/Cook Crumbly texture distinctive sweet nutty Orange 3 Wholesale - 25 trees (total order) or more – £8.00 per tree. order online, by M25 Oct-Feb flavour keeps well. 18th century Oxfordshire. Retail - Less than 25 trees – £12.00 per tree. Bloody Dessert Blood red apple, pink stained flesh, sweet phone, email or post Ploughman 3 MM106 Do not send any money Sept-Oct crisp juicy. Scotland. Apples 2 year-old until we have confirmed Boskoop 3 MM106 Eat\Cook Large aromatic, crops and keeps well. Wholesale – 25 trees (total order) or more – £10.00 per tree. availability and notified you Oct-Feb Retail – less than 25 trees – £15.00 per tree. of the full amount. You can pay by credit card, cheque or Pears, Plums, Gages, Damsons, Cherries, online. Bloody Ploughman Peaches (2 year-old) Wholesale – 25 trees (total order) or more – £11 per tree. Retail – less than 25 trees – £16.50 per tree. Our guarantee Discounts on larger orders In the unlikely event your We can offer further discounts on orders over £500, and we are trees do not grow we will particularly keen to help community groups, schools and allotment replace them as long as we societies. can be sure reasonable care Packaging and delivery was taken by you. Please tell UK Mainland excluding highlands, other areas at cost. 10% (plus us before July if you have a VAT) of the order value with a minimum charge of £12.50 + VAT. problem.

All prices are subject to change web prices maybe cheaper we have regular offers on our website Adam’s Adam’s 4 www.adamsappletrees.co.uk Apples Apples www.adamsappletrees.co.uk 5 Flowering Cropping Flowering Cropping Apple Rootstock Description Apple Rootstock Description Group period/use Group period/use Cooker Like Bramley but not a triploid. Retains shape Colloggett Cider/Cook Cooks to a golden puree and makes a dry Bountiful 2 MM106 3 MM106 Sept-Oct when cooked, disease resistant. Kent 1964. Pippin Sept-Nov cider. 1920 syn. Cornish Giant. Dessert Crisp, juicy. Heavy crops ripen well south of Cornish Dessert 4 MM106 3 MM106 Sweet sharp and spicy flavour. 1813 Cornwall. Jan-March the Midlands, stores well, self-fertile. Aromatic Oct-Feb M9, MM106 Cooker The most popular cooker. Keeps well, can be Cornish Dessert A knobbly apple, attractive blossom. Rich Bramley 3 3 MM106 M25 Oct-Mar eaten uncooked after Christmas. Notts.1809. Gilliflower Oct-Jan aromatic flavour. 1800. Bramley Cooker As Bramley, but 20% less vigorous, fruits Court M9, MM106 Dessert Fruity flavour. Old West Country variety 3 MM106 4 Clone 20 Oct-Mar more freely. of Wick M25 Sept-Dec Very hardy. 1790 Somerset. MM106 Cider Vintage sharp , vigorous and Court Pendu MM106 Dessert Rich pineapple like acidity. Attractive blossom. Brown’s 5 5 M25 Oct-Nov upright medium sized fruit. Totnes, Devon. Plat M25 Oct-April Pre1600 maybe grown by the Romans. Cider Bittersweet, late. Herefordshire Cider Sweet Vintage, heavy but irregular cropping. 4 MM106 Court Royal 2 M25 Oct 19th century. November East Devon. Bulmers Cider Cox’s Orange M9 Dessert A distinctive full flavour, russeted skin. Crops 3 M25 Bittersweet, a strong grower. 3 Norman Oct Pippin MM106 Oct-Mar best in drier districts. MM106 Cider/Cook Mild bittersharp cooks to a sharp golden puree. Crawley Eat/Cook A very attractive blemish free apple. A prolific Camelot 2 5 MM106 M25 Dec-Mar Late cropper, scab resistant. Somerset 19th century. Beauty Oct-Feb cropper. Sweetens with storage. Sussex 1870. A regular cropper and a vigorous tree. The Cooker Crimson Cook Catshead 4 MM106 green apples cook to a firm puree. Recorded 3 MM106 As Bramley but with red skin. Oct.-Jan Bramley Dec/Mar as early as 1600. Cider/Cook Full medium sharp vintage quality. Yellow flushed M9 Eat/Cook Sweet juicy large apple. Scab resistant. Hangs 3 M25 Charles Ross 2 Nov with vivid crimson when ripe. Somerset. MM106 Sept well on the tree when ripe. Berks.1890. M9 Eat/Cook Green crisp apple, sweet and juicy. Cheddar M9, MM106 Dessert A crisp dessert apple with pink stripes on a cream Crispin 2 1 MM106 Dec-May A vigorous tree, reliable crops. Cross M25 Aug-Sept background, juicy with mellow acidity. Bristol 1916. Dessert Spicy nutmeg flavour, sharp but sweetens A full bittersweet that drops its fruit naturally Darcy Spice 3 M25 MM106, Cider Jan-Mar with age. Essex 1785. Mid in November. Heavy crops, widely planted. M25 Nov. Devonshire MM106 Dessert Strawberry flavour, best when eaten from the From Martock, Somerset. 1 Chivers Dessert Quarrenden M25 August tree. Popular Victorian apple. 1676. 4 MM106 A golden apple, sweet and juicy, stores well. Delight Nov/Jan M9, MM106 Dessert An early eater, best eaten from the tree 3 Christmas Dessert Russeted green apples with yellow flesh. M25 Aug-Sept Trouble free, even in exposed districts. 1 MM106 Pearmain Nov-Jan Sweet juicy crisp. Maidstone 1893. Cooker Makes a sweet puree. Heavy cropper. Dr Harvey 3 MM106 Claygate M9 Dessert A popular eater in Victorian times. Nutty Sept-Dec Excellent sweet baker, Norfolk 16th century. 2 Pearmain MM106 Dec-Feb aromatic. An excellent keeper. 1821 Surrey. Eat/Cook Cox Bramley cross. Requires little sugar when Cobra 3 MM106 Sept-Nov. cooked but also eats well, 2007. Dessert Firm and aromatic. Popular Victorian variety Cockle Pippin 2 MM106 Oct-Mar Hardy, heavy cropping Mr. Cockle 1800 Surrey.

Ashmeads Kernel – voted the most popular traditional variety, its flavour improves with keeping.

Adam’s Adam’s 6 www.adamsappletrees.co.uk Apples Apples www.adamsappletrees.co.uk 7 Flowering Cropping Flowering Cropping Apple Rootstock Description Apple Rootstock Description Group period/use Group period/use Cider Cider Bittersharp, heavy cropping new variety. Duffin 3 M25 Bittersharp, Cornwall. Fiona 1 MM106 Mid Season Sept Developed by Liz Copas. Duke of Dessert An excellent fruit drop flavour, sweet sharp with M9, MM106 Dessert An early eater, similar to cox but sweeter and 4 MM106 Fortune 3 Devonshire Oct-April a cream flesh. Scab resistance. Cumbria 1835. M25 Sept-Oct much easier to grow. Dunkerton Sweet low tannin, makes a fruity cider. Found MM106 Bittersharp vintage, musky aromatic. 3 M25 Cider Nov 3 Cider Oct Late Sweet by Mr. Dunkerton. Somerset. M25 Glos.17th century. Egremont M9, MM106 Dessert A nutty distinctive flavour. Disease resistant, hardy Cider A useful pure sharp, making a single variety 3 Frederick Late MM106 Russet M25 Oct-Dec & resistant to frost. 1872 Merriot, Somerset. October cider of vintage quality. Monmouthshire. MM106 Cider Medium bittersweet, good disease resistance. Galloway Cooker Hardy yellow russetted cooker that keeps its 4 3 MM106 M25 October Newton St.Cyres, Devon. Pippin Nov-Feb shape. Ellison’s MM106 Crisp juicy and aromatic, a slight taste of Dessert Sweet sharp strong flavour, aromatic and juicy. 3 Dessert George Cave 2 MM106 Orange M9 aniseed. Makes good juice. 1904 Lincs. August 1923 Essex. Dessert Heavy crops of good quality fruit, trouble free Cider Bittersharp/sweet, strong grower, heavy yields. 3 MM106 Gilly 1 MM106 Sept-Oct in all districts. Sept Developed by Liz Copas. MM106 Cooker Large with a sharp aromatic Des/Cook Sweet with acidity, high in Vitamin C, an English Codling 2 Gloster 69 4 MM106 M25 Oct-Dec flavour. One of the oldest English apples. Nov-March excellent pollinator. Large pink blossom April, small red Golden Dessert Ripens golden yellow when flavour develops 3 MM106 Evereste MM106 Crabapple crabapples, hold well in winter, an excellent Delicious Nov-Feb to its best, a good pollinator, crops regularly. pollinator. Cooker M9 Dessert An autumn eater with crimson fruit. Disease 2 MM106 Sweet, good in pies. Norfolk 1820. Exeter Cross 3 Sept/Mar MM106 August resistant. Des/Cook Green with white crisp flesh. South of England. Dessert Reliable red eater, sweet and crisp, crops well, 2 MM106 Falstaff 3 MM106 Nov-March Recommended for cooking and eating. OCt-Jan disease resistant. Partially self-fertile. Kent 1980. M9 Dessert Crisp and tangy eater very easy to grow, MM106 Eat/Cook Sharp, becoming sweeter with ripening. Greensleeves 3 Farmer’s Glory 3 MM106 Sept-Oct suitable for difficult sites. A good pollinator. M25 Aug-Oct A vigorous tree. Devon. Cooker Cooks to a pale puree, tolerant of wet Fair Maid of MM106 Cider Oct- Vintage sharp, scab resistant, compact tree. 2 MM106 3 August climates, heavy cropper. Devon M25 Nov Devon. MM106 A modern heavy cropping Cox flavoured Hangy Down 4 Cider Oct Bittersweet, heavy cropper. West Country. Dessert M25 3 MM106 eater that keeps well. Can keep until May. Oct-May Harry Masters Cider Reliable bittersweet vintage, Yarlington Kent 1986. 4 MM106 Mild bittersweet, also called Bulmer’s Jersey late Oct Somerset. Fillbarrel 2 M25 Cider Oct A new bittersweet that produces early crops. Fillbarrel. Somerset. Cider Hastings Mid MM106 The fruit is large, and the trees compact. September Developed by Liz Copas. Evereste Herefordshire Makes good quality pink cider. Hereford, 17th 4 MM106 Cider Oct century.

Kingston Black – The best for single variety cider.

Fortune – Probably the sweetest apple variety we grow, fairly small so ideal in lunch boxes.

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Greensleeves – A tangy eater and a useful pollinator for other varieties.

Flowering Cropping Apple Rootstock Description Group period/use Flowering Cropping M9, MM106 Eat/Cook A favourite West Country apple. Acid\sweet Apple Rootstock Description Hoary Morning 3 Group period/use M25 Nov-Jan Keeps shape when cooked. 1819 Somerset. Lanes Prince Eat/Cook A late keeping cooker, that can also be used Hocking’s MM106 Eat/Cook Tolerant of wind and rain, keeps shape when 4 MM106 3 Albert Oct-Mar for dessert fruit after Christmas. Scab resistant. Green M25 Nov-Jan cooked, eat at Christmas. Callington Cornwall. M9 Dessert Cox type apple but easier to grow in Howgate Cooker A very large apple often used in shows. 1915, Laxton Superb 3 3 MM106 MM106 Nov-Jan exposed areas. Sweet and juicy. Bedford 1897. Wonder Oct-Mar Isle of Wight. M9, MM106 Cooker Keeps shape when cooked. Hardy, widely grown Eat/Cook Dual purpose apple of good flavour. Reliable in Lord Derby 3 3 MM106 M25 Sept-Dec in Northern England. Attractive flowers. Sept-Oct difficult areas, partially self-fertile. Scotland. Dessert Sweet early eating apple also cooks well Dessert Juicy with a sweet honey flavour, heavy crops Limberland 2 M25 3 MM106 August Disease resistant. North Devon. Nov-Feb of large apples. Reliable. Makes good juice. Lord Dessert A reliable eater with bright striped fruit White blossom, large orange and red fruits 2 MM106 John Downie MM106 Crabapple Lambourne Sept-Nov Sweet and aromatic. Hardy. make very good jelly, pollinator for apples. MM106 Dessert Rich aromatic pineapple flavour. Raised in Lucombe’s Pine 4 A very large red cooking apple, it is excel- M25 Oct-Feb St.Thomas, Exeter 1800. Cooker lent for pies and makes an impressive baked Jumbo 3 MM106 MM106 Full bittersweet vintage. Traditional variety still Oct.- Feb. apple! With a natural sweetness it can be 3 Cider Sept cooked with no sugar. Often 500g each. M25 used in commercial orchards. Devon. M9, MM106 Eat/Cider Sweet and juicy from the tree. Good for juice. MM106 Cider A popular and reliable cropper. Used 2 Michelin 3 M25 Sept-Oct x James Grieve. Sweden. M25 Oct-Nov commercially. French 19th century. Dessert Red crisp aromatic. Heavy cropper that keeps Cooker Large cooker of good quality, sweeter than Kent 3 MM106 Monarch 3 MM106 Nov-May well. Nov-Jan Bramley. Makes a good puree. 1918 Essex. Keswick Cook/Eater Cooks to a frothy puree, also good for jelly. MM106 Cider Good for light cider before Christmas. 4 MM106 Morgan Sweet 3 Codlin Sept-Oct Lancs.1793. M25 Aug-Sept Triploid. 18th century Somerset. Kidd’s Orange M9 Dessert A yellow eater with red stripes. Sweet crisp Newton Cook/Eat Distinctive yellow and red late cooker. Cooks to 3 4 MM106 Red MM106 Oct-Jan and aromatic. New Zealand. Wonder Oct-Mar a puree. In spring it can also be eaten uncooked. Norfolk MM106 Eat/Cook Large apple, keeps shape cooked. Good cropper, Killerton Sharp 3 3 M25 Cider Sept Sharp. Broadclyst Devon. Beefing M25 Dec-May ornamental flowers. Norfolk 18th century. MM106 Cider One of the best bittersharp vintage cider MM106, Cider Also known as Sweet Woodbine. A medium 3 Northwood Mid M25 November varieties.19th century, . M25 October to large sweet apple from Crediton Devon. King of the M9, MM106 Dessert A juicy crisp golden eater. Cooks as well, keeps Orleans M9 Dessert Golden yellow fruit, nutty and aromatic. 3 4 Pippins M25 Oct-Feb shape. Makes cider. 19th century origin. Rienette MM106 Oct-Feb 18th century. MM106 Dessert Sweet early eater, thought lost but now back Kirton Fair 2 M25 July-Aug in cultivation. Crediton [Kirton] Devon.

Winston – Keeps on the tree after the leaves have dropped in November. Sops in Wine – Makes pink cider or juice. Sweet and small, ideal for lunch boxes.

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Flowering Cropping Apple Rootstock Description Group period/use Sharp, good disease resistance. Payhembury, Payhembury 3 M25 Cider Oct East Devon. Peasgood M9 Cooker Juicy eaten fresh. Cooks to a delicate puree. 3 Nonsuch MM106 Sept-Dec A decorative tree, large apples. 1850 Lincs.

Eat/Cook Large green apple with a red flush. Sweet and Flowering Cropping Peter Lock 2 M25 Apple Rootstock Description Nov-April aromatic, makes a good puree. Devon pre 1800. Group period/use MM106 Dessert Roundway Eat/Cook Very large fruit of good pear like flavour. Pigs Nose 3 Sweet sharp, aromatic. South West England. 4 MM106 M25 Sept Magnum Bonum Nov-Mar Devizes Wilts. 1860. Dessert Red over gold, modern variety bred for Rosemary M9 Dessert Sweet and aromatic with a taste of acid drops. 3 MM106 3 Nov-May reliable yields and juicy crisp texture. Russet MM106 Oct Ornamental flowers, good cropper. 1831. Pitmaston M9, MM106 Dessert A small golden apple, pineapple taste, Crisp and aromatic, this red sweet apple 3 Dessert Pineapple M25 Sept-Nov distinctive and delicious. 18th century origin. Rubins 3 MM106 related to , will keep well Oct-March until March. Plum Vite M9, MM106 Dessert Sweet juicy, very early, widely recorded in 3 M9 Dessert Bred for disease resistance. Heavy crops of M25 July-Aug Devon, good disease tolerance. Saturn 3 Porters Cider MM106 Sept red fruit, crisp and juicy. Kent 1980. 3 MM106 Bittersharp, vintage. Somerset. Perfection Oct Scotch Cooker Large fruit that cooks to a puree. Very 2 MM106 Good A pretty compact tree with purple foliage. Dumpling Sept-Nov attractive flowers. Scotland 1949. Profusion pollina- MM106 Crabapple The blossom is crimson and the fruit dark Slack ma MM106 Cider or 2 A sweet apple of old Devon origin. tor red like small bunches of cherries. Girdle M25 Eating Dessert Red apples, sweet, aromatic strawberry flavour. M9, MM106 Eat/Cider Purple leaves and flowers. Fruit dark red inside 3 MM106 Sops in Wine 2 Sept-Jan Regular cropping disease resistant. Czech Rep. M25 Aug-Oct and outside. Heavy cropper. S.W.England. Scented white flowers, red crabapples that Red Sentinel MM106 Crabapple Somerset MM106 Cider Medium bittersweet, red striped apple. are popular for Christmas decorations. 4 Redstreak M25 Sept-Oct Somerset. Dessert Aromatic honey flavour and crisp a reliable Red Windsor 2 MM106 Dessert Dark red eater with a crisp white flesh. Oct-Nov regular cropper, RHS AGM 1998. 3 MM106 Oct-Jan A good pollinator and easy to grow. Reverend W. Cooker Good early cooker, large fruits on a compact 3 MM106 Dessert Red apple, white flesh, sweet juicy. Topsham Wilks August tree. 1904 Bucks. Star of Devon 2 MM106 Oct-April Devon 1905. M9, MM106 Dessert A hardy eater with sweet aromatic but crisp 2 St.Edmunds Dessert An attractive , when fully ripe has M25 Oct-Feb fruit. 19th century Yorkshire origin. 2 MM106 Russet Sept-Oct a taste of pears/vanilla. Bury St. Edmunds, 1875. M25 Bittersharp vintage, sealing wax red fruits, very Stoke Red 1 Cider Nov MM106 disease resistant. 1920, Rodney Stoke, Somerset. MM106 Cooker Cooks to a creamy puree. A good baked Striped Beefing 3 M25 Oct-Apr apple that keeps well. 1794. Dessert Sweet crisp juicy, green. Can be picked as late 3 MM106 Oct-Apr as January. Likes Sun. Suffolk 1831. M9, MM106 Dessert A heavy cropping eater, ripening to yellow, Sunset 3 M25 Oct-Dec similar to Cox but easier to grow. Dessert Good flavour, disease resistant triploid. 4 MM106 Dec-Mar Cox’s Orange Pippin x Court Pendu Plat. M25 Cider Sweet to mild bittersweet vintage, yellow fruit, Sweet Alford 3 MM106 November makes sweet juice. Early18th century, Devon. Ribston Pippin

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‘easy find’ Apple Varieties

Varieties suitable for Varieties suitable Best sellers - cookers Espaliers & Cordons for juicing Annie Elizabeth Annie Elizabeth Ashmeads Kernel Ashmeads Kernel Bramley Bramley Braeburn Cox’s Orange Pippin Charles Ross Flowering Cropping Charles Ross Crispin Howgate Wonder Apple Rootstock Description Group period/use Christmas Pearmain Darcy Spice Jumbo Lanes Prince Albert MM106 Cider Crawley Beauty Ellisons Orange Lord Derby Sweet Coppin 3 Sweet vintage quality. Devon, 18th Century. M25 Oct-Nov Crispin Elstar Monarch Duke of Devonshire Greensleeves Peasgood Nonsuch MM106 Sweet. Disease resistant and vigorous. Egremont Russet Howgate Wonder Reverend Wilks Tale Sweet 3 Cider Nov M25 Village of Tale, Devon. Elstar • Greensleeves Jonagold James Grieve Katy Best sellers - cider M9, MM106 Dessert/Cider Large red striped eater, sharp but crisp, very Jonagold • Katy Kidds Orange Red Black Dabinett 3 M25 Sept-Nov resistant to scab. 18th century origin Devon. Kidds Orange Red Lanes Prince Albert Browns Lord Lambourne Kingston Black A prolific red apple, fairly sharp, bred for MM106 Dessert Pitmaston Pineapple Lucombes Pine Morgan Sweet 3 its extreme scab resistance in the Czech Oct.-Feb Ribston Pippin Pitmaston Pineapple Northwood Republic. Saturn • Sunset Sops in Wine Somerset Redstreak Upton Pyne Sweet Alford Sops in Wine M9, MM106 Eat/Cook Flavour improves after Christmas. Rezare Tregonna King 4 Sweet Alford M25 Oct-Jan near Launceston, Cornwall. Varieties for Varieties with Tom Putt exposed sites ornamental flowers Tremletts Bitter Tremlett’s MM106 Full bittersweet, frost resistant. Heavy cropper 2 Cider Oct Adam’s Pearmain Adam’s Pearmain Bitter M25 deep red conical fruit. Exe valley, 19th century. American Mother Arthur Turner Annie Elizabeth Ashmead’s Kernel Varieties for organic Tydeman’s Late Dessert A rich aromatic eater that sweetens in store. 3 MM106 Ashmeads Kernel cultivation therefore Orange Oct -Mar Attractive ornamental flowers. Beauty of Bath Court Pendu Plat disease resistant Blenheim Orange Ellison’s Orange Annie Elizabeth Eat/Cook Large golden fruit, sweet aromatic pineapple Upton Pyne 4 MM106 Court Pendu Plat Greensleeves Beauty of Bath Oct-Jan taste, with ornamental pink flowers. Devon. Discovery Kent Cheddar Cross Cooker Popular cooker in Victorian times, makes a Egremont Russet Kidds Orange Red Court of Wick Warners King 3 MM106 Fortune • Greensleeves Lord Derby Claygate Pearmain Sept-Dec good puree. 1700’s. James Grieve • John Downie Orleans Rienette Discovery Cook Sept- Large yellow\white apple that keeps its shape Lane’s Prince Albert Pitmaston Pineapple D’Arcy Spice White 3 MM106 Laxton Superb • Lord Derby Ribston Pippin Egremont Russet Oct when cooked. Melrose Abbey, 19th century. Lord Lambourne Rosemary Russet Hoary Morning M9, MM106 Dessert A small red aromatic eater that sweetens in Monarch Sops in Wine King of the Pippins 4 Sunset Lane’s Prince Albert M25 Nov-April storage. Leave until November on the tree. Reverend W.Wilks Tydeman’s Late Orange Lord Derby Dessert Good cropper bearing sweet sharp aromatic Ribston Pippin Worcester Pearmain Lord Lambourne William Crump 5 MM106 Sunset • Suntan Lucombe’s Pine Oct-Dec fruit. Parentage Cox x Worcester Pearmain. Tydeman’s Late Orange Best sellers - eaters Newton Wonder Woolbrook Cooker Sweet sharp taste. Large apples dotted with Winston Orleans Rienette 3 MM106 Russet Oct-Mar russet. Sidmouth, Devon. Ashmeads Kernel Pinnora Crabapples Egremont Russet Rajka Worcester M9, MM106 Dessert Strawberry flavour when ripe. Firm juicy Evereste Fortune Reverend W.Wilks 3 Pearmain M25 Sept-Oct white flesh. 1873 Worcester. John Downie James Grieve Rosemary Russet Profusion Katy Saturn M25 Medium bittersweet vintage. Found by a Red Sentinel Saturn Sops of Wine Yarlington Mill 4 Cider MM106 watermill at Yarlington, West Cadbury. Spartan Stoke Red Sunset Tale Sweet Winston Tom Putt Winston Saturn and rajka – Varieties bred specially for organic production Many other varieties are available in smaller quantities, please ask

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OTHER TREE Fruit

Cherries Cherokee Colt Dessert Gisela July Black fruit of excellent flavour Acid cherry, dark, good for bottling or Morello Colt Cooking cooking. Grow trained on a north wall. Hardy July self-fertile. Stella Colt Dessert Reliable red cherry, sweet and juicy, Gisela July self-fertile. Sunburst Colt Dessert Large sweet fruit, self-fertile. Black Dabinett - Bittersweet Vintage Stoke Red - Bittersweet Vintage Gisela Late July Good flavour. Damsons Merryweather Eat/Cook Heavy crops, large plum sized damson, can 3 St.Julien A Late Sept. be eaten or cooked. Nottingham, 1907. Figs Brown A reliable self-fertile variety that will crop well in a sheltered location. Supplied as Turkey two year old plants £10.00 each. Gages Dennistons Dessert Good for northern areas. Sweet with red Superb 2 St Julien A flesh. Heavy crops and reliable. U.S.A. 19th Late Aug century. Oullins Eat/Cook Pick early for cooking or leave for dessert. Traditional Golden Gage 4 St Julien A August Large yellow fruit of gage flavour. France 1860. Rheine Claude Dessert Reliable with good flavour. Greengage. Cider Varieties de Bavay 2 St Julien A Sept. Self-fertile. Belgium, 1832. Mulberry Black Large fruit ripening to black rich flavour, July, an excellent specimen tree. Mulberry 1.25metre tall 3 litre pot £15.00 each. Peaches and Nectarines Reliable self-fertile peach suitable for Peregrine St.Julien A Peach outdoors mild sheltered districts or conservatories. Madame Good quality fruit not prone to peach leaf Blanchett St.Julien A Nectarine curl needs a sheltered position. Self-fertile.

Tom Putt – Sharp Browns - Sharp Vintage

Damsons – Cherries – Morello Figs – Brown Turkey Merryweather

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Blackcurrant – Ben Sarek Gooseberries – Hinamaki Red

Blackcurrants – Like all dark fruit are very high in anti-oxidants and therefore promotes long life. Victoria Plum White Currants – White Versailles

Adam’s Adam’s 18 www.adamsappletrees.co.uk Apples Apples www.adamsappletrees.co.uk 19 Raspberries Planting Sundries Price + VAT Supplied as bare root canes minimum 10 per variety Strong untreated hardwood stakes 90cm long, will Stakes £1.25 10 canes: £12.50 20 canes: £23.00 50 canes: £45.00 last 20 years. Rabbit Guards Plastic spiral rabbit guards 60cm. 60p Malling Jewel Cropping early. A variety tolerant of most conditions. Excellent flavour. July cropping. Soft rubber 30cm ties that loosen as the tree girth Tree Ties 60p increases. Glen Ample Recently bred for outstanding fruit size, quality, and yield. July-August.

Begins cropping in August until the frost. Large fruits with a good flavour when Autumn Bliss ripe. Pruning and training is very easy – the canes are cut down to ground level Terms & Conditions after Christmas and need little support as they grow in the spring. 1. All prices quoted are excluding V.A.T., fruit trees and bushes are zero rated for V.A.T. 2. Customers are requested to forward payment in advance of orders being dispatched. 3. Existing trade customers terms: payment 30 days from the date of invoice. 4. New customers and large orders non-returnable deposit required of 10% for orders over £500 and the balance prior to delivery, no goods will be released until all funds have fully cleared. 5. Any complaints should be notified in writing no later than 7 days from receipt of an order. Tree lifting Freshly dug tree orders 6. Liability is limited to the replacement of the order or refund of the price paid. 7. Goods remain the property of TALATON PLANTS LTD until paid for in full. Blueberries 8. Carriage is charged at £12.50 plus vat or 10% plus vat of the order value 3 year-old plants £8.50 each , £7.00 per plant for 10+, £5.00 per plant for 50+. whichever is greater, this applies to U.K. mainland excluding the Scottish Wholesale enquiries welcome. Highlands these are charged separately. Highbush blueberries require an acid soil. They can be grown in a container with a peat based 9. For Bare-root plants sent out in the winter we will guarantee the plants up until compost, or leaf mould mixed with your garden soil. Full sun and moisture are also preferred. They require no annual pruning and heavy crops are possible if you can put a net over the the first of July of the same year as delivery. This is providing we are notified bushes to protect from the birds. No top and tailing required in fact no stalks. Good for jam, before the first of July and the goods have been treated according to our muffins, pies, eating fresh or freezing. Home grown blueberries have more flavour as they ripen on the bush. They have the greatest number and concentration of anti-oxidants of any fruit and recommendations. We may wish to view the goods. Refund is limited in this regular eating is supposed to extend life expectancy. No guarantees. case to replacement of the goods in the following bare-root season. Patio Blueberries 1-1.2 metres 10. We reserve the right to amend prices without notice. Prices maybe cheaper Sunshine Blue - Compact self-fertile, pretty pink flowers. Semi evergreen. online. Garden Blueberries 1.5 – 2.0 metres 11. For orders of less than 25 trees constituting a retail mail order, customers have Blue Crop - Heavy cropping, August MID. the right to cancel upto 7 days after placing an order without incurring cost Chandler - Very large fruit excellent flavour, August, September MID. or return goods received at their own cost for whatever reason within 3 days Duke - Firm fruit, July, good autumn colour, August MID. of their receipt, in accordance with the distance selling regulations. Returned Earliblue - Vigorous and hardy, July EARLY. goods must be in their original condition. Legacy - Firm fruit, vigorous, excellent flavour, productive, September LATE. 12. Placing an order constitutes acceptance of these terms. These terms and Spartan – Large fruit, heavy crops, good autumn colour, July EARLY. conditions do not effect your statutory rights.

Adam’s Adam’s 20 www.adamsappletrees.co.uk Apples Apples www.adamsappletrees.co.uk 21 Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the recommended spacing 5. How long will I have to wait to get for fruit trees? fruit? This is determined by the rootstock: Half standards, MM106 rootstock will crop in two years. Apple trees on MM106 half standard, 4-5 metres, 200 trees per acre, 500/hectare, the same for Full standards, M25 rootstock will need to form pears, cherries, plums. a crown before cropping, this will take 3-5 years. Cropping will begin in year 5. Apple trees on M25 standards, 8-10 metres, 40-50 6. Should the trees be pruned in the trees per acre, 100-125/hectare. first year? Maiden trees, that is one year old trees should be Always allow more space rather than less, think pruned shortly after planting before they come about grass management when the orchard is into leaf. Young Apple Trees at Adam’s Apples, Devon mature. Fruit trees grow bigger on clay soils and less on sandy soils. Do this by reducing the growth by 20-30cm to a bud or to 1.0 metre when planted and pruned. 2. How big will my trees be on arrival? This pruning will encourage cropping branches Our trees are vigorous, they should be between lower down the tree. 4-6 feet tall, 1.2-1.8 metres, on dispatch. They may be pruned before sending For more advice on pruning see pruning section on our website www.adamsappletress.co.uk 3. How tall will the trees grow? 8. Can orders be collected? This is determined by the rootstock, soil type You are welcome to collect from the nursery but and variety. please give us a couple of days notice.

MM106, Colt, St. Julien, Quince C – 12-15 feet, 9. When will my trees arrive? 4-5 metres. For plants in pots like blueberries we send out round the year. M25 – 25-30 feet, 8-10 metres. 3 year-old apple trees on MM106 Lord Lambourne on MM106 We send most bare-root tree orders out 4. How should I treat my trees on between January and March though trade orders arrival? and those intended for christmas presents get sent We package the trees carefully to prevent them before Christmas. We do contact you by phone drying out and being damaged in transit. or email to advise when your order is being sent. You can arrange to have your order left in a safe place if you are not expecting to be in when the If you are not ready to plant them for a few delivery arrives. days keep them somewhere cool and open the packaging a little, keep the roots wrapped. They 10. When is the best time to place can be stored like this for 7-10 days but make sure

an order? 12 feet high the roots are moist to touch not dry. Orders can be placed throughout the year. We tend to sell out of many varieties by If the ground is too wet or frozen it is best to Christmas, so if you require particular varieties it delay planting and heel the plants in soil or moist is best to order early. We have trees in pots year straw. Plant by mid-March. round to collect from the nursery. Adam’s Adam’s 22 www.adamsappletrees.co.uk Apples OrchardApples 6 yearswww.adamsappletrees.co.uk old M25 Devon Farm Orchard on M25 rootstock23 www.adamsappletrees.co.uk Adam’s Apples

TALATON PLANTS Ltd Egremont Barn, Payhembury, Honiton EX14 3JA

Tel: 01404 841166

Directors: Adam and Kim Powell

Company Registration no: 04769811

EC Plant Passport UK/EW: 53147

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