FRUIT TREES

Striking pinkish-white clusters of blossom during the spring. Cox Self Fertile is 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. Features;-- Self Fertile- M26 Bush Rootstock- Uses: Eating and Juicing- Storing: January- Picking Month: Early October- Good for Container plantingPicture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot.

This apple (which has a tart/acidic taste) is primarily intended for culinary purposes, as they melt in cooking resulting in a good yellowish puree, used to make apple jam or apple sauce; it is not recommended for pies.This comes in a 13.5 litre pot.

Red Windsor is one of the easiest and most reliable apple varieties. Produces heavy crops of delicious red fruit and has a good balance of sweet and sharp flavour, slightly sharper than Cox. An ideal garden variety that has an easy, compact growth, is frost hardy.This reliable red Apple tree is self fertile so won't require a pollination partner and it has good disease resistance. Form: Bush 2 Year, M26 Rootstock- Uses: Eating & Juicing- Picking month: Mid September- Storing: October- Award-winningPicture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot.

Form: Bush / 2 Year, St. Julien A rootstockMerryweather is an unusually large plum sized damson, both for dessert and culinary use. Reliable heavy crops of blue-black fruits that can be eaten fresh when fully ripe, but are usually used for cooking. Yellow-greenish firm flesh, juicy and acidic flavour. A clingstone fruit, the stone tends to stick to the flesh. The tree itself is very vigorous and has a spreading habit. Good resistance to silver leaf disease.Picture image courtesy of Frank P Matthews.Sold in a 12 litre pot.

Form: Bush / 2 Year - VVA-1A rootstock (semi dwarf)Gages are small plums that have a more delicate constitution but with superior flavour and sugar content. Cambridge is a classic English variety. Produces an excellent heavy crop of small, yellowish-green fruits that are juicy and fresh, honey flavoured. Great for eating fresh and making jams. Prefers: Full sunAspect: South-facing or West-facingGages like fertile soil, ideally slightly acidic, with a pH of 6-6.5, but they're tolerant of a wide range of soils. They don't like to dry out, especially when the fruit is forming, so generally prefer a loamy or clay soil, as long as it doesn't get waterlogged. Like a sheltered spot.Self Fertile. Will cross pollinate with plums.Picture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot.

Form: Bush / 2 Year / Quince A rootstockScientific name: Pyrus communis 'Conference'Features;-A Consistent variety & firm garden favourite.Heavy crops of medium sized yellowish-green fruits with brown russet over areas, occasionally pink flushed on chalk soil. Flesh is pale yellow with a slight pinkish tinge towards the core. Sweet and juicy, melting with a pleasant pear flavour. The easiest pear to grow and delicious to eat - the flavour is excellent. The hardiest and most reliable variety throughout Britain. Self-fertile. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.The ideal position for a pear tree is in a sunny, sheltered location, either an open site, such as in a lawn, or trained against a wall or fence. Space free standing trees about 3-4.5m (10-15ft) for this rootstock ('Quince A')Soil Type Moderately fertile, well drained soil and 'non acid soil'.Uses: EatingPicking Month: Mid SeptemberStoring: NovemberPollination group 3 - Self-fertility: Picture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 liter pot.Web Orders: Due to the nature of this product we are unable to send by post or courier.We deliver to locally, we also offer a click and collect service.

Plum (Prunus) Opal.One of the most reliable and good quality garden plums, known as the early Victoria. Produces a heavy crop of medium, reddish-purple round fruit with golden yellow flesh that has a superb delicious, slightly sweet flavour. Stone seperates nicely from the flesh, freestone. The tree itself is upright in habit making a neat pyramid shaped tree. White, scented flowers appear during the spring. Uses: EatingPicking month: Mid JulySelf Fertile - Pollination Group 3RHS Award of Garden Merit.Picture image courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot.

Form: Bush, Roostock Quince Large subtle pink flowers and very large, pear-shaped fruit. Yellow when they're fully ripe. Sweet and strong scent.Produces a good crop.Producing beautiful flowers in the spring.Uses: CookingPicking month: Early OctoberStoring: DecemberPollination group 2 Self-fertilityRelatively trouble-freeTip-bearer (produces fruit on tips of the previous year's shoots & also on some spurs.)Quinces originally came from Iranian mountain slopes - which can get cold in winter so they are extremely hardy. Meech's Prolific makes delicious jellies and pie fillings when combined with apples or jelly or marmalade when used on their own. Picture image shows plant when in fruit, courtesy of Frank P MatthewsSold in a 12 litre pot.