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Howgate Wonder miniature M27 Apple trees for sale This Howgate Wonder apple tree is grown on miniature M27 stock. M27 is a rootstock that produces the smallest tree of all; maturing to around 180cm’s in height and width, this tree is ideal for a container or small garden, courtyard or allotment. It should be staked if in a windy or open position. Crops can exceed 20ibs per tree when established and this rootstock is quite precocious, often yielding the year following planting. Howgate Wonder is one of the best cooking apple trees for garden or orchard, introduced from the Isle of Wight in 1929 from a Blenheim Orange x Newton Wonder cross. Highly recommended variety. Howgate Wonder miniature Apple tree – Season: The season of Howgate Wonder apples is genmerally from November to January. Howgate Wonder - appearance: Very large and weighty, deep green usually with a prominent maroon flush. Interior is cream-white. Howgate Wonder apple trees – flavour: Sweet and fruity. Keeps it’s shape more-or-less when cooked and turns a deeper shade of creamy yellow. Ideal for pies and recipes where the appearance of the end product is important. Also ideal for chutneys. Uses: A culinary apple. Cropping & Growth Vigorous, spreading with heavy reliable crops of very large fruit. Good disease resistance and a good variety for cold areas. Howgate Wonder - Pollination: ‘C’ pollination group, use varieties with the same or adjacent groups to pollinate successfully. Here are some suggested varieties: Charles Ross Catshead Gala Falstaff Bountiful Allington Pippin Braeburn

Lord Derby miniature M27 Apple trees for sale This Lord Derby apple tree is grown on miniature M27 stock. M27 is a rootstock that produces the smallest tree of all; maturing to around 180cm’s in height and width, this tree is ideal for a container or small garden, courtyard or allotment. It should be staked if in a windy or open position. Crops can exceed 20ibs per tree when established and this rootstock is quite precocious, often yielding the year following planting. Lord Derby: This famous cooker came from Cheshire in 1862 and is believed to be a Catshead seedling. Lord Derby miniature Apple tree – Season: Early Octopber to December. Lanes Prince Albert - appearance: Large, conical with slight ribbing. Pale green becoming yellow, usually a pinkish bronze flush on the sunny side. Lord Derby apple trees – flavour: Tatse is variable, although always good. Early in the season, and throughout the season when grown in the North, it is quite sharp and needs some sugar. But when stored, or grown in the south it is usually sweeter. Will keep some texture when cooked and much favoured for pies. Uses: A culinary apple. Cropping & Growth Vigorous and hardy grower. Productive. Lord Derby - Pollination: ‘C’ pollination group, use varieties with the same or adjacent groups to pollinate successfully. Here are some suggested varieties: Charles Ross Annie Elizabeth Howgate Wonder Herefordshire Russet Gala Catshead

Lord Lambourne miniature M27 Apple trees for sale Cordon Apple trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon Lord Lambourne is M9 which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. Lord Lambourne is one of the ‘famous names’ in garden apples, this Worcester Pearmain x James Grieve cross was introduced in 1923. Lord Lambourne miniature Apple tree – Season: Lord Lambourne can be harvested late September for use until mid November. Lord Lambourne - appearance: Lord Lambourne is a medium sized circular apple of greenish gold with a bright red flush and stripes. Nicely scented when ripe. Lord Lambourne apple trees – flavour: A good marriage of the two parents; largely sweet and juicy with a lightly fruity taste but does also have the balancing acidity of James Grieve. Uses: Usually eaten as dessert. Cropping & Growth Low to medium vigour. Lord Lambourne - Pollination: ‘A’ pollination group, use varieties with the same or adjacent groups to pollinate successfully. Here are some suggested varieties: Idared Egremont Russet Beauty of Bath Christmas Pearmain Granny Smith Irish Peach

Limelight miniature M27 Apple trees This Limelight apple tree is grown on miniature M27 stock. M27 is a rootstock that produces the smallest tree of all; maturing to around 180cm’s in height and width, this tree is ideal for a container or small garden, courtyard or allotment. It should be staked if in a windy or open position. Crops can exceed 20ibs per tree when established and this rootstock is quite precocious, often yielding the year following planting. Limelight is a very good new English Apple tree that is regarded as the ‘perfect’ garden Apple tree. Well worth considering for your planting requirements, especially for small gardens. Limelight miniature Apple tree – Season: This variety can be picked in late September and eaten until late November. Limelight - appearance: Although not highly coloured this is an attractive apple with a very clean and shiny appearance and luminous chartreuse green/yellow colouring throughout. Limelight apple trees – flavour: Sweet but refreshingly juicy and crisp. Uses: A dessert apple primarily but may also be cooked with. Cropping & Growth A naturally small and productive tree that is easy to grow and low maintenance, needs less pruning than some. Frost and disease resistant. Limelight - Pollination: This variety is self fertile so ideal for the one tree garden. It is in the ‘B’ pollination group and is a good pollinator for other varieties within that group.

Laxtons Superb miniature M27 Apple trees This Laxtons Superb apple tree is grown on miniature M27 stock. M27 is a rootstock that produces the smallest tree of all; maturing to around 180cm’s in height and width, this tree is ideal for a container or small garden, courtyard or allotment. It should be staked if in a windy or open position. Crops can exceed 20ibs per tree when established and this rootstock is quite precocious, often yielding the year following planting Bedfordshire apple, late 1800’s. A good Cox replacement but easier to grow. Useful storer. Laxtons Superb miniature Apple tree – Season: Pick from the tree around mid October, will store in good condition until January and sometimes longer. . Laxtons Superb - appearance: Medium to large in size with handsome purple red flush over pale green. White flesh, Laxtons Superb apple trees – flavour: A Cox type apple with some of that varieties complexity and aroma, but generally sweeter with a firm white flesh. Uses: Dessert use. Cropping & Growth Vigorous grower, especially in the early years. Hardy, productive and easy to grow. Laxtons Superb - Pollination: ‘B’ pollination group, use varieties with the same or adjacent groups to pollinate successfully. Here are some suggested varieties: Katy James Grieve Fortune Greensleeves Cox's Orange Pippin Grenadier

Kidds Orange Red miniature M27 Apple trees for sale This Kidds Orange Red apple tree is grown on miniature M27 stock. M27 is a rootstock that produces the smallest tree of all; maturing to around 180cm’s in height and width, this tree is ideal for a container or small garden, courtyard or allotment. It should be staked if in a windy or open position. Crops can exceed 20ibs per tree when established and this rootstock is quite precocious, often yielding the year following planting Kidds Orange red was raised in New Zealand, 1927 from a Cox’s Orange x Delicious cross. Quickly became popular in England and remains an oft-planted garden apple and a good alternative to Cox’s Orange that is easier to grow. Kidds Orange Red miniature Apple tree – Season: November and December is the best time to enjoy Kidds Orange Red. Kidds Orange Red - appearance: This is a medium sized apple of gleaming yellow-gold, heavily flushed carmine red. May have some russet patches. A beautiful apple. Kidds Orange Red apple trees – flavour: Similar to a Cox’s with the same strongly aromatic, balanaced flavour, but does mellow with storing, developing floral notes. Uses: A dessert apple. Cropping & Growth An abundant cropper on a tree of medium vigour. Kidds Orange Red - Pollination: ‘B’ pollination group, use varieties with the same or adjacent groups to pollinate successfully. Here are some suggested varieties: Katy Bountiful Elstar Herefordshire Russet Empire James Grieve

Katy Apple miniature M27apple trees for sale This Katy apple tree is grown on miniature M27 stock. M27 is a rootstock that produces the smallest tree of all; maturing to around 180cm’s in height and width, this tree is ideal for a container or small garden, courtyard or allotment. It should be staked if in a windy or open position. Crops can exceed 20ibs per tree when established and this rootstock is quite precocious, often yielding the year following planting. Syn Katja. Swedish raised in the 1940’s from a Worcester x James Grieve cross. A very popular garden variety that suits all area’s including the North. Katy Apple minaitura apple tree – Season: Katy can be harvested in early September and keeps well, for an early, may be used into October. Katy - appearance: Broadly conical with white inner flesh and a shiny deep maroon red skin colour almost obliterating the base colour. Katy apple trees – flavour: Sweet and fruity with a slight hint of strawberries but has retained a little of the balancing acidity of James Grieve. Uses: For dessert use and also juicing. Cropping & Growth Vigorous and healthy. A good cropper and frost hardy. Katy - Pollination: ‘B’ pollination group, use varieties with the same or adjacent groups to pollinate successfully. Here are some suggested varieties: Greensleeves Crimson Queening James Grieve Grenadier Cox's Orange Pippin Bountiful

Jumbo miniature M27 Apple trees This cooking apple tree is grown on miniature M27 stock. M27 is a rootstock that produces the smallest tree of all; maturing to around 180cm’s in height and width, this tree is ideal for a container or small garden, courtyard or allotment. It should be staked if in a windy or open position. Crops can exceed 20ibs per tree when established and this rootstock is quite precocious, often yielding the year following planting. Jumbo is a recent introduction to the range of Culinary apple trees, and a good garden variety. The fruits can attain huge size and have very versatile qualities. Jumbo Apple tree – Season: Harvest in October and use from storage well into Spring; a very good keeepr with little loss of texture or flavour. Jumbo - appearance: Very large and weighty and impressive, the solid fruits have a handsome orange blaze and some striping in red over amedium green background. Yellows and intensifies in colour with age. Jumbo apple trees – flavour: Relatively sweet for a cooker with a good fruity aroma. Keeps it’s teture when cooked, good for dicing, flans, tarts and pies as well as chutneys and juicing. Uses: A culinary apple but has been enjoyed for dessert in March as it has quite high natural sugar levels for a cooker. Cropping & Growth Vigorous, spreading with heavy reliable crops of very large fruit. Good disease resistance and a good variety for cold areas. Jumbo - Pollination: A triploid variety that needs to be planted with two others to achieve full potential. Here are some suggested varieties: Greensleeves Falstaff Bountiful Charles Ross Cox's Orange Pippin Elstar Grenadier

Blue Tit stepover Blue Tit stepover Plum trees Stepover trees are used primarily for edging a border or pathway or to divide the kitchen/vegetable garden. These very tiny trees are just 18” in height with two side laterals from the main stem forming a capital ‘T’ shape. The stepover tree is an ormamental addition to your garden and these trees are grown on the Pixy rootstock. Plant 120-150cm’s apart. Blue Tit is a relatively recent introduction and already popular as a garden tree. Blue Tit is a quality dessert Plum. Blue Tit plum tree – season This variety ripens fairly early, from the first week in August. Blue Tit Plum – appearance & flavour Medium sized to large deep blue-purple, inside golden yellow and juicy. Fine, sweet flavour. Blue Tit Plum – pollination Self fertile so requires no pollinator and is itself a good pollinator for other varieties.

Jonagold miniature M27 Apple trees for sale This Jonagold apple tree is grown on miniature M27 stock. M27 is a rootstock that produces the smallest tree of all; maturing to around 180cm’s in height and width, this tree is ideal for a container or small garden, courtyard or allotment. It should be staked if in a windy or open position. Crops can exceed 20ibs per tree when established and this rootstock is quite precocious, often yielding the year following planting. Jonagold is a very important variety commercially, and one of the better supermarket apples. Raised in the U.S.A in 1968 from a Jonathan x Golden Delicious cross. It soon spread globally and is grown all over Europe and has received an Award of Garden Merit from the R.H.S. Jonagold miniature Apple tree – Season: Harvest Jonagold mid October, keeps in store until February or sometimes later with care. Jonagold - appearance: At it’s best an attractive apple, although colouring can be variable. Pale green yellow, an oval apple variably covered by a bright orange red flush. Flesh is very crisp and cream. Jonagold apple trees – flavour: Firm and juicy with a wonderful crispy bite. Plenty oif juice, plenty of sugar but with a satisfying light underlying acidity to give it balance. Very enjoyable to eat. Uses: For dessert use. Cropping & Growth Vigorous variety and spreading. Capable of giving heavy crops reliably. Jonagold - Pollination: This is a triploid variety that ideally needs two others to pollinate and yield fully. Here are some suggested varieties: Falstaff Golden Delicious Bountiful Fortune Cox's Orange Pippin Arthur Turner Charles Ross

Violetta cordon Violetta cordon Plum trees Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon Violetta is Pixy which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. Violetta is a new North European variety with some very fine attaributes. It is very frost hardy and does not reequire a polinator to produce an abundant crop. Dessert or dual purpose. A very abundant cropper and reliable in all areas. Violetta cordon plum tree – season Late July to early August ripening. Violetta Plum – appearance & flavour Beautiful, oval dusky violet purple throughout. Inside greenish-yellow, juicy, well flavoured and ideal for all purpose. Violetta – pollination No pollinators are required to produce the beautiful fruit.

Victoria cordon Victoria cordon plum tree Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon Victoria is Pixy which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. Victoria is the most well known and enduring Plum tree variety of them all, scarcely needing description. Generally does well, during years of over-abundance some thinning is a good idea to prevent bi-ennial cropping. The classic dual purpose plum. Victoria cordon plum tree – season Generally can be used from late August to mid September. Victoria Plum – appearance & flavour Oval light red over yellow, when fully ripen purple-red. Juicy yellow inner flesh, sumptuous flavour. Perfect for dessert but also admirably suited to all culinary purposes. Victoria – pollination No pollinators are required to produce the large, quality fruits. Tree sizes for Victoria plum tree: St Julien ‘A’ A vigorous tree mostly used for field and grassy area’s, paddock and orchard. Promotes high yields and makes a good disease-resistant tree suitable for most soils and areas. It will mature to 360cm’s approx with a spread slightly less. Plant 300cm’s apart. Can be grown into half standard or bush form. Pixy Rootstock Is the only ‘dwarf’ rootstock for Plums. An ideal choice for smaller areas and contained gardens, it is also happy being kept in a 20-24” container [using John Innes no 2 compost] Can be maintained at around 200cm’s although it will grow more without pruning. Space 180-210cm’s apart.

Yellow Pershore cordon Pershore Yellow cordon Plum trees for sale Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon is Pixy which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. Pershore Yellow is a popular choice for bottling, jams and preserves or pies, this yellow Plum has a mild sweet taste and is generally easy to grow. Pershore Yellow cordon plum tree – season Is ripe mid to late August. Pershore Yellow Plum – appearance & flavour A pretty primrose yellow plum, interior apricot yellow, somewhat dry and flavourless if eaten fresh but cooked transforms itself into juicy golden nectar! Pershore Yellow – pollination Self fertile so will carry a good crop on it’s own.

Opal plum cordon Opal Plum cordon trees for sale Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon Opal is Pixy which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. Opal is an early variety and the best in this class. Opal is a small well flavoured dessert plum. Opal cordon plum tree – season Ripens in late July for use over 10-14days. Opal – appearance & flavour Small to medium sized rounded fruits, nicely coloured pinkish red over yellow. Good sweet flavour well suited to eating fresh from the tree. Opal – pollination Pollinate with: Victoria Herman Czar Avalon Jubilee

Marjories Seedling cordon plum Marjories Seedling cordon Plum trees Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon is Pixy which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. Marjories Seedling is one of the best varieties and is suitable for all area’s. It is also recommended as a late-season extender and has fruits of very good quality. Marjories Seedling cordon plum tree – season Late September and will hang into October providing quality late fruits. Marjories Seedling Plum – appearance & flavour Medium to large in size, somewhat circular, ripening to a fine deep purple usually with a dusky bloom and the occassional green flush. Flesh golden yellow with a good flavour; highly favoured for pies, jams and freezing but more than suited to dessert use when fully ripe. Marjories Seedling – pollination Self fertile so may be grown as a sole tree. Also a good pollinator for other varieties.

Jubilee cordon plum tree Jubilee cordon Plum trees Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon Jubilee is Pixy which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. This Jubilee plum is grown on dwarf Pixy stock which is compact and makes the smallest Plum tree of all. Trees can be maintained at around 180cm’s in height with a similar spread, perhaps a little less if contained in a 20-24”” pot. The trees are easy to manage and easy to harvest with no ladders required. Jubilee [syn ‘Jubileeum’] is a superb recent introduction from Sweden that combines hardiness, fruit quality and self-fertile flowering to a marked degree. Described as the ideal garden Plum tree and our best--selling variety. The results achieved with Jubilee and always first class. Recommended highly. Jubilee cordon plum tree – season Mid-late August, usually in season for about 3 weeks. Jubilee Plum – appearance & flavour Medium to large and light red with a yellow flesh. Flavour good, sweet and not too acid and although mostly used for dessert also cooks well. Jubilee – pollination Self fertile so fine on it’s own.

Excalibur cordon plum tree Excaliber cordon Plum trees Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon Excalibur is Pixy which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. Excalibur is a recent introduction which came at about the same time as ‘Avalon’ Excaliber can produce exceptionally fine show-winning large fruits and is a superb dessert plum, well worth growing. Highly recommended. Excaliber plum tree – season About 10 days earlier than Victoria, late August and up to mid September. Excaliber Plum – appearance & flavour Large to very large pale red with a silvery bloom, oval in shape. Flesh bright yellow-green, juicy, mildly sweet and very satisfying to eat. May also be used for culinary purposes. Excaliber – pollination Requires a pollinator such as Violetta Victoria Jubilee Czar

Czar cordon plum tree £20.95 Czar cordon Plum trees for sale Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordonPlum is Pixy which is the best stock for cordon Plum trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. The Czar is one of the most popular of all Plum tree varieties and is always recommended as a durable, hardy cropper. It suits dual purpose and is also self fertile & easy to grow. Czar plum tree – season Usually ripening from laye July/early August. Czar Plum – appearance & flavour No more than medium sized, semi circular dark violet-purple. Mostly used for cooking but also suits dessert. Good flavour. Czar – pollination Self fertile so fine on it’s own.

Burbanks Giant Prune cordon Burbanks Giant Prune Plum cordon Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon is Quince C which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. This rather old and well known variety is one of the hardiest Plums so is good for frosty area’s, normally prtoducing a good crop under most conditions. A very heavily yielding tree that is primarily used for cooking purposes at which it excels. Burbanks Giant Prune plum tree – season Early-mid September, keeps well. Burbanks Giant Prune Plum – appearance & flavour Medium sized, shapely, oval reddish-purple, flesh golden. Firm texture which is fine for bottling and makes a great pie or for jams etc; will suit dessert when fully ripe. Burbanks Giant Prune – pollination Self fertile so fine on it’s own.

Blue Tit cordon Plum Blue Tit Plum trees for sale Cordon Plum trees are a good choice for restricted areas and a fence or wall. They can be grown at a 45degree angle, or upright. The rootstock we use for our cordon is Quince C which is the best stock for cordon trees. Plant 60-80cm’s apart. Blue Tit is a relatively recent introduction and already popular as a garden tree. Blue Tit is a quality dessert Plum. Blue Tit plum tree – season This variety ripens fairly early, from the first week in August. Blue Tit Plum – appearance & flavour Medium sized to large deep blue-purple, inside golden yellow and juicy. Fine, sweet flavour. Blue Tit Plum – pollination Self fertile so requires no pollinator and is itself a good pollinator for other varieties.