FRUIT TREES 2015/2016 APPLE TREES ARTHUR TURNER' "CULINARY" RAISED IN 1912 BY CHARLES TURNER, AN OUTSTANDING COOKING APPLE, LARGE DEEP FLAVOURED, GREENISH YELLOW FRUITS. GOOD CROPPER, £14.50 STRONG UPRIGHT TREE WITH GOOD DISEASE RESISTANCE. MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

ASHMEADS "DESSERT" AN OLD VARIETY CIRCA 1700. WELL SHAPED, RICH GOLDEN BROWN KERNAL' FRUITS WITH A HIGHLY NOTED SWEET FLAVOUR. ON DWARFING ROOTSTOCK. £14.50 GROUP D.

BALSAM' "CULINARY" AN OLD AND TRADITIONAL YORKSHIRE VARIETY. A CONSISTANT AND RELIABLE CROPPER OF GREEN FIRM APPLES, STRONG EASY TREE. ON £14.50 MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

BISMARCK' "CULINARY" ORIGINATING 1870. MID TO LATE SEASON. VERY LARGE GREEN/YELLOW APPLES FLUSHED ALMOST PURPLE. A HEAVY RELIABLE CROPPER £14.50 EVEN IN COLD LOCATIONS. EXCELLENT FLAVOUR. GROUP B.

BLENHEIM "DESSERT" INTRODUCED IN 1818. A LOVELY YELLOW FLUSHED RED APPLE, CRISP, ORANGE' YELLOW FLESH WITH A NOTED SWEET, NUTTY FLAVOUR. MID SEASON. ON £14.50 MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

BLOODY "DESSERT" AN OUTSTANDING COMPACT TREE, SETS WELL WITH ALMOST PLOUGHMAN' GLOWING RED APPLES, SWEET AND JUICY WITH UNUSUAL RED STREAKED FLESH, £14.50 EAT OFF THE TREE. MID TO LATE SEASON. DATES FROM 1883 OF SCOTTISH ORIGIN. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

BRAMLEY "CULINARY" FIRST INTRODUCED 1876. LARGE GREEN RED BLUSHED FRUITS, A SEEDLING' CLASSIC BAKING VARIETY, CROPS RELIABLY WITH GOOD KEEPING QUALITIES. £14.50 GROUP B.

BROWNLEE'S "DESSERT" VERY INTENSE SWEET APPLES, HIGHLY AROMATIC. THE FRUITS ARE A RUSSET' CLEAR RUSSET BROWN, CROPS VERY WELL. THE TREE HAS A NEAT, UPRIGHT £14.50 HABIT. AN OLD VARIETY CIRCA 1840. ON MM106 DWARFING ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

BUNDY'S "DUAL PURPOSE" BRIGHT RED MEDIUM SIZED FRUIT WITH UNUSUAL RED FLESH, RINGWOOD RED' SHARP AND VERY TANGY. SUPERB FOR JUICES AND PRESERVES OR EATING. VERY £14.50 PRETTY RARE TREE. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP C.

BURR KNOT' "CULINARY" AN UNUSUAL VARIETY DATING FROM 1818. A NATURALLY DWARF, DENSE TREE PRODUCING MID SEASON ROUNDED SMOOTH GREEN APPLES £14.50 BLUSHED RED, MEDIUM SIZE WITH VERY SWEET JUICY FLAVOUR. BURRS ARE PRODUCED ALONG THE BRANCHES. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP C.

CARLISLE "CULINARY" DATING FROM 1820, A MUCH RESPECTED COOKING APPLE WITH CODLIN' ABUNDANT CROPS OF GOLDEN GREEN FRUITS WITH A GOOD SWEET FLESH. £14.50 SUITED TO NORTHERN LOCALITIES. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP C. CATS HEAD' "CULINARY" AN EXTREMELY OLD VARIETY OF COOKING APPLE, VERY ELONGATED AND ANGULAR IN APPEARANCE WITH A VERY LARGE PALE YELLOW OR SILVERY £14.50 GREEN FRUIT WITH A VERY SMOOTH SKIN. COOKS TO A FIRM SHARP PUREE. MEDIUM SIZE TREE, HEAVY CROPPER. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

COX'S ORANGE "DESSERT" ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN BRITISH APPLES, ORIGINATING IN 1825. A PIPPIN' CLOSE RELATIVE OF THE RIBSTON PIPPIN. FRUIT GREEN DAPPLED ORANGE WITH £14.50 RENOWNED SWEET FLAVOUR. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

COURT PENDU "DESSERT" OLDEST APPLE STILL IN CULTIVATION, DATES FROM ROMAN TIMES. A PLAT' LATE FLOWERER AND RELIABLE SETTER. MEDIUM SIZED, RICHLY FLAVOURED £14.50 FRUIT. ON DWARFING ROOTSTOCK. GROUP D.

DIRELTON RED' "CULINARY/CIDER" A MOST UNUSUAL APPLE WITH RED TINTED FOLIAGE, LARGE CARMINE PINK BLOSSOM AND RED CONICAL FRUITS THAT ALSO HAVE RED FLESH £14.50 TO THE CORE. OF SCOTTISH ORIGIN AND WELL SUITED TO THIS LOCALITY. CRISP AND JUICY, QUITE SHARP FLAVOUR. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP C.

DISCOVERY' "DESSERT" SUPERB VARIETY, HEAVY RELIABLE CROPPER, WELL SIZED GREEN FRUITS FLUSHED BRIGHT RED, HARD, CRISP, SWEET AND JUICY, EATS OFF THE £14.50 TREE AND STORES WELL. R.H.S. AWARD OF GARDEN MERIT. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP A.

EGREMONT "DESSERT" DEEP RICH FLAVOURED, HEAVY CROPS OF MEDIUM SIZED ROUNDED RUSSET' FRUITS, SELF FERTILE. COMPACT UPRIGHT HABIT AND RESISTANT TO LATE £14.50 FROSTS. EXCELLENT FOR THIS LOCALITY. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP A.

ELLISONS "DESSERT" GOLDEN STRIPED RED FRUITS, JUICY WITH A NOTED DEEP FLAVOUR. ORANGE' AN OPEN BRANCHED TREE WITH BLOSSOM THAT IS RESISTANT TO FROSTS. A £14.50 GOOD VARIETY FOR THIS LOCALITY. INTRODUCED IN 1911. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP C.

FIESTA' "DESSERT" VARIETY WITH MEDIUM TO LARGE RED FLUSHED FRUITS READY FOR PICKING LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER. FREE FLOWERING, SETS READILY £14.50 AND A HEAVY CROPPER. GROUP B.

FLOWER OF THE "DUAL PURPOSE" AN OLD YORKSHIRE APPLE DATING FROM 1826. MEDIUM TOWN' SIZED, RIBBED, YELLOW SKINNED FRUITS HEAVILY STRIPED SCARLET. COOKS FIRM £14.50 OR IF KEPT EATS SHARP AND CRISP. A RARE VARIETY ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

GALA' ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY GROWN VARIETIES IN THE WORLD WITH RELIABLE SWEET TASTING FRUIT. HEAVY CROPPER. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B. £14.50

GEORGE CAVE' A NOTED EATING APPLE FOR FLAVOUR, SELF FERTILE SO CROPS RELIABLY, FRUITS ARE PALE GREEN FLUSHED RED/ORANGE. RECOMMENDED BY R.H.S. WISLEY. WE £14.50 FIND THIS AN EXCELLENT APPLE FOR THIS LOCALITY. GROUP A. GOLDEN SPIRE' "COOKER/DESSERT" A LANCASHIRE VARIETY CIRCA 1850. AN UNUSUAL CONICAL APPLE, VERY SWEET FLAVOUR, STAYS FIRM WHEN COOKED. IF STORED FOR A £14.50 FEW WEEKS MAKES A LOVELY EATER. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP A.

GRAVENSTEIN' "CIDER/CULINARY" VERY OLD VARIETY DATING FROM 1650. LARGE OBLONG FRUIT WITH A PINK/ORANGE FLUSH. SUPERB CRISP FLESH, VERY JUICY. ALSO £14.50 COOKS WELL STAYING FIRM. VERY HARDY, EARLY SEASON, SUITS THIS LOCALITY. GROUP A.

GRONINGEN "DESSERT" A MODERN DUTCH VARIETY, VERY PRODUCTIVE TREE WITH UNIFORM KROON' BLUSHED ROUNDED FRUITS WITH A CRISP, SWEET FLESH. DOES WELL IN THIS £14.50 LOCALITY. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

HOWGATE "DUAL PURPOSE" FIRST RAISED IN 1915. PRODUCES LARGE DEEP RED FRUIT, CAN WONDER' BE USED FOR COOKING OR IF KEPT IT IS A LOVELY SWEET FLAVOURED LARGE £14.50 APPLE. RELIABLE CROPPER. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

JAMES GRIEVE' "DESSERT/COOKER" DATES FROM 1897. FRUITS HAVE A RED FLUSH WITH CRIMSON STRIPES, EATS OFF THE TREE, VERY JUICY WITH EXCELLENT FLAVOUR, £18.50 ALSO COOKS WELL. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

KATY' "DESSERT" SUPERB VARIETY, FRUITS TURNING BRIGHT SCARLET, SMOOTH SKIN WITH EXTREMELY GOOD SWEET FLAVOUR. EATS STRAIGHT FROM THE TREE. A £14.50 VERY HEAVY CROPPER. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

KESWICK CODLIN' "DESSERT/CULINARY" A GOOD NORTHERN VARIETY, INTRODUCED IN 1793. LARGE LIGHT GREEN ALMOST YELLOW APPLES, COOKS TO A FOAM, ALSO EATS £14.50 WELL WITH SOFT JUICY TEXTURE, WELL WORTH GROWING. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

KINGS ACRE "DESSERT" DATES FROM 1897. A STRONG HEALTHY GROWER, PRODUCES GOOD PIPPIN' CROPS OF LARGE, DEEP GREEN FRUITS, OUTSTANDING SWEET, JUICY APPLES £14.50 WITH A LOVELY AROMA. KEEPS WELL. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

LAXTON'S "DESSERT" CIRCA 1904. BRIGHT RED FLUSHED ORANGE FRUITS, FLESH CREAMY FORTUNE' WHITE, VERY JUICY. A NATURALLY SMALL TREE, EASY TO GROW. MID SEASON. £14.50 R.H.S. AWARD OF GARDEN MERIT. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP A.

LAXTON'S "DESSERT" INTRODUCED 1922. GREEN YELLOW FRUITS FLUSHED PURPLE, FIRM SUPERB' WHITE JUICY FLESH. VERY GOOD KEEPING QUALITY. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. £14.50 GROUP B.

LORD DERBY' "CULINARY" OLD VARIETY DATES FROM 1862. LATE FLOWERING, RELIABLE CROPPER, LARGE GREEN FRUITS TURNING PALE YELLOW, FIRM FLESH COOKS TO £14.50 A GOLDEN RED. WELL WORTH GROWING. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP E. LORD "DESSERT" VERY RELIABLE AND HEAVY CROPPING GARDEN VARIETY. STRIPED LAMBOURNE' RED FRUITS WHICH RIPEN LATE, VERY SWEET AND JUICY. A GOOD VARIETY FOR £14.50 THIS LOCALITY. INTRODUCED IN 1907. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

NEWTON "CULINARY" ONE OF THE BEST COOKING APPLES AVAILABLE. INTRODUCED IN WONDER' 1887. LARGE COLOURFUL FRUIT WITH YELLOW FLESH HEAVILY FLUSHED WITH £14.50 SCARLET. SWEET AROMA. HARDY AND TOLERANT OF LATE FROSTS. GROUP C.

PEASGOOD'S "CULINARY" DATING FROM 1853, A FAMOUS APPLE OF ITS TIME, EXHIBITION NONSUCH' QUALITY, VERY LARGE, GREENISH GOLD BLUSHED ORANGE WITH RED STRIPES. £14.50 CROPS HEAVILY. THE APPLES BAKE SUPERBLY WITH A SWEET DELICATE FLAVOUR. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP C.

PITMASTON "DESSERT" CIRCA 1785. SMALL GOLDEN APPLES PRODUCED PROLIFICALLY, PINEAPPLE' PACKED WITH FLAVOURS OF PINEAPPLE AND HONEY. THE TREE HAS A GOOD £14.50 WELL FORMED BUSHY HABIT AND VERY PRETTY BLOSSOM. A MOST UNUSUAL VARIETY. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP C.

REVEREND W "CULINARY" LARGE PRIMROSE YELLOW FRUITS, WHITE FLESH THAT COOKS TO A WILKS' FOAM, RELIABLE HEAVY CROPPER. VERY GOOD DISEASE RESISTANCE, OLD £14.50 VARIETY CIRCA 1904. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

RIBSTON PIPPIN' "DESSERT" HEAVY CROPPING, RICH INTENSE FLAVOUR WITH JUICY DEEP CREAM FLESH. A YORKSHIRE VARIETY CIRCA 1707 FROM RIBSTON HALL NEAR £14.50 KNARESBOROUGH SO WELL SUITED TO THIS LOCALITY. STORES WELL, RIPENS OCTOBER. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

SHARLSTON "DESSERT" ORIGINATING CIRCA 1880 FROM SHARLSTON NEAR WAKEFIELD. PIPPIN' READY MID TO LATE SEASON, PALE GOLDEN FRUITS WITH RUSSET DOTS, FIRM £14.50 JUICY FLESH WITH A FRAGRANT REFRESHING FLAVOUR. IDEAL FOR THIS LOCALITY. FROM VERIFIED STOCK. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP A.

SPARTAN' "DESSERT" DEEP RED APPLE NOTED FOR ITS CRISP JUICY AROMATIC FLAVOUR. SELF FERTILE AND AN EXCELLENT POLLINATOR FOR OTHER VARIETIES. VERY £14.50 GOOD DISEASE RESISTANCE. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

VIOLETTE' "DESSERT" THE NAME REFERS TO THE VIOLET BLOSSOM AND THE VERY DARK RED APPLES. THE FLESH IS WHITE AND CRISP WITH A SLIGHT PERFUMED £14.50 FLAVOUR. CROPS HEAVILY AND READY TO PICK MID SEPTEMBER. A VERY OLD AND RARE VARIETY. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK.

TREMLITT'S "CIDER" A TRADITIONAL OLD VARIETY, SUPERB LARGE CROPS OF SMALL, DEEP BITTER' RED CONICAL FRUIT, PRODUCES A SWEET JUICE WITH HIGH TANNIN GIVING A £14.50 FULL BODIED DRY CIDER. PICK OCTOBER. GROUP A.

WINTER GEM' "DESSERT" ORIGINATING FROM KENT THIS IS A QUALITY DESSERT APPLE, HIGHLY AROMATIC WITH CRISP JUICY FLESH, PINK FLUSHED FRUIT. EXCELLENT KEEPING £14.50 QUALITIES, HENCE ITS NAME. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP C. WORCESTER "DESSERT" AN EAT OFF THE TREE VARIETY, FRUITS BRIGHT CRIMSON FLUSHED, PEARMAIN' CRISP AND SWEET WITH A SLIGHT STRAWBERRY FLAVOUR. GROUP B. £14.50

YORKSHIRE "CULINARY" DATING FROM 1945 THIS IS A GOOD HARDY NORTHERN VARIETY. AROMATIC' HEAVY CROPS OF MEDIUM SIZED GREEN, RIPENING TO YELLOW FRUITS THAT £14.50 COOKS TO A GOOD TANGY PUREE. SPUR BEARING AND KEEPS WELL. ON MM111 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP B.

YORKSHIRE "CULINARY" VERY OLD YORKSHIRE VARIETY CIRCA 1803. PRODUCES HEAVY GREENING' CROPS OF LARGE GREEN APPLES STRIPED AND BLUSHED RED IN THE SUN. COOKS £14.50 TO A VERY RICHLY FLAVOURED PALE GREEN PUREE. NATURALLY COMPACT TREE. ON MM106 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP E.

PEAR TREES BEAURRE HARDY' "DESSERT" LARGE CONICAL FRUITS. VERY JUICY WITH A DISTINCTIVE PERFUMED FLAVOUR. A GOOD VARIETY, SUITABLE FOR THIS LOCALITY. INTRODUCED 1820. £16.50 ON DWARFING ROOTSTOCK.

BETH' "DESSERT" A LOVELY EASY TO GROW VARIETY, NATURALLY COMPACT AND NEAT GROWING. SMALL YELLOW BLUSHED PINK FRUITS, BUT LOTS OF THEM WITH A SOFT JUICY SWEET FLAVOUR. ON QUINCE C DWARFING ROOTSTOCK.

CLAPPS A RELIABLE CROPPER WITH LARGE GREEN RED BLUSHED FRUITS. A RENOWNED FAVOURITE' EATING VARIETY. GOOD NEAT UPRIGHT GROWER. ON QINCE A ROOTSTOCK. £16.50

CONCORDE' QUITE A NEW VARIETY. A CROSS BETWEEN CONFERENCE AND DOYENNE DU COMICE. RELIABLE WITH HEAVY CROPS OF EXCELLENT FLAVOUR. NOTED FOR £16.50 CROPPING FROM A YOUNG AGE. ON DWARFING ROOTSTOCK.

CONFERENCE' "DESSERT" A RELIABLE ALL ROUND FAVOURITE. WILL CROP EVEN IN POOR SEASONS. LONG NARROW FRUITS WITH EXCELLENT KEEPING QUALITIES. ON £16.50 DWARFING ROOTSTOCK.

DOYENNE DU EATING VARIETY, ONE OF THE BEST FLAVOURED PEARS. RICH BUTTERY FLESH, COMICE' ORANGE BLUSHED LARGE FRUITS. ENJOYS A SUNNY SITE. ON DWARFING £16.50 ROOTSTOCK.

WILLIAM'S BON EATING VARIETY. FAMOUS AND POPULAR VARIETY, VERY GOOD FOR COLDER CRETIEN' DISTRICTS. SETS RELIABLY. VERY JUICY AROMATIC FRUITS. ON DWARFING £16.50 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP 3.

PLUM & GAGE TREES GAGE A NATURALLY COMPACT SMALL TREE PRODUCING LARGE GOLDEN YELLOW 'GOLDFINCH' FRUITS THAT ARE VERY SWEET AND JUICY. EAT OFF THE TREE. SELF FERTILE. A £14.50 LOVELY VARIETY.

GAGE OUTSTANDING FLAVOUR, NONE CAN BEAT IT! THE DOWN SIDE IS IT'S IRREGULAR 'GREENGAGE' CROPPING, BUT IT'S WELL WORTH THE WAIT. ON ST JULIEN A DWARFING £14.50 ROOTSTOCK. GROUP 2. GAGE 'OULIN'S PRODUCES GOOD SIZED GOLDEN GREEN FRUITS WITH OUTSTANDING SWEET GOLDEN GAGE' FLAVOUR, READY MID TO LATE AUGUST, VERY USEFUL AS THE FRUITS CAN BE £14.50 USED FOR PRESERVES OR JUST EATEN FROM THE TREE. GROWN ON ST JULIEN A DWARFING ROOTSTOCK. GROUP 3.

PLUM 'BURBANK' A LARGE RED PLUM, EXCELLENT FLAVOURED AMBER FLESH. THE HABIT OF THE TREE IS SMALL AND SEMI WEEPING. AN AMERICAN TREE WELL WORTH £14.50 GROWING.

PLUM 'CZAR' PROLIFIC RELIABLE CROPPER, SELF FERTILE. JUICY BLACK PLUMS WITH GREEN FLESH, COMPACT UPRIGHT TREE THAT TOLERATES SHADE VERY WELL, GROWN £14.50 ON ST JULIEN DWARFING ROOTSTOCK. GROUP 2.

PLUM 'EARLY VERY GOOD VARIETY FOR THIS LOCALITY, MATURES EARLY. MEDIUM SIZED LAXTONS' YELLOW/RED FRUITS, OVAL IN SHAPE. HEAVY CROPPER. £14.50

PLUM 'VICTORIA' VERY HEAVY CROPPING, EAT OFF THE TREE, JUICY FRUITS. ONE OF THE BEST DESSERT PLUMS. SELF FERTILE. AN EXCELLENT VARIETY FOR THIS LOCALITY. £14.50 GROWN ON ST JULIEN A ROOTSTOCK. GROUP 2.

CHERRY TREES LAPIN'S A SUPERB SELF FERTILE, MID SEASON VARIETY. LARGE CROPS OF LUSCIOUS DEEP CHEROKEE' RED FRUITS. A VERY HARDY VARIETY THAT SETS WELL EVEN IN POOR £14.50 CONDITIONS. ON COLT ROOTSTOCK.

MERTON GLORY' A SWEET DESSERT CHERRY WITH RED FRUITS BLUSHING TO YELLOW, MID SEASON GOOD CROPPER. GROWN ON COLT DWARFING ROOTSTOCK. £14.50

MORELLO' SELF FERTILE, COMPACT NEAT GROWING HABIT. PICKING TIME AUGUST ONWARDS, PICKED EARLY GOOD FOR COOKING OR LATE FOR EATING. ON COLT £14.50 ROOTSTOCK.

STELLA' DENSE COMPACT TREE PRODUCING MASSES OF LARGE CREAM/WHITE SPRING BLOSSOM FOLLOED BY PURPLE/RED, SWEET CHERRIES IN LATE SUMMER. SELF £14.50 FERTILE. ON COLT DWARFING ROOTSTOCK.

SUNBURST' "DESSERT" A LOVELY HEAVY CROPPING VARIETY RIPENING JULY-AUGUST. LARGE, SWEET, DEEP RED FRUITS RIPENING TO ALMOST BLACK. GROWN ON COLT £14.50 DWARFING ROOTSTOCK. SELF FERTILE.

QUINCE MEECHES A SELF FERTILE VARIETY WITH PEAR SHAPED LARGE GOLDEN GREEN FLESHY PROLIFIC' FRUITS THAT ARE EXCELLENT FOR JAM AND PRESERVES. A GOOD RELIABLE £16.50 CROPPER THAT IS EASY TO GROW. ON QUINCE A DWARFING ROOTSTOCK.

VRANJA' A NOTED LARGE FRUITING VARIETY THAT BEARS FRUIT FROM A YOUNG AGE. STRONG GROWING AND VERRY PRETTY IN FLOWER WITH ROSE PINK BLOSSOM. £16.50 PICK FRUIT IN OCTOBER. ON QUINCE A ROOTSTOCK. Trees are 5 litre container grown, average height 5ft-6ft dependant on varieties, bare root trees are available from November onwards. We grow varieties suitable for this locality. Please enquire for availability as some varieties sell out quickly. We usually have other varieties of top fruit available and larger 2nd year trees. These can be found in the fruit section of the nursery shop. Flowering groups 1, 2 & 3 are shown for pollination partners, we are happy to advise on suitable varieties.

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