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 Apple tree
Apple trees have been grown in gardens and orchards throughout for many years and along with many old favorites, there are some
exciting new trees on offer. Nowadays, no matter how small your garden
is you are almost certainly able to grow apples. Some apples are
perfect in containers, trained against boundary
lines or as small trees within the garden. Apples are a must have in
the garden.
How to grow
Apples are easy to grow plants
that are rewarding when afforded the right care. The trees you are
buying have had a great start in life and are now ready to be placed in
your garden where you can enjoy their wonderful fruits. When you
receive your plants ensure that they are watered and if you are unable
to plant immediately you should ensure that they are kept in an
appropriate space, preferably cool and out of direct sunlight.
Position
Apples
enjoy a position in sun and when planting young trees it is always
advised that you allow some protection from hard winds, this will help
to get your trees off to the best start possible. Planting trees
against a wall or in an area that has a degree of protection from the
wind (e.g. near a hedge or structure) can help in the early stages of
growth.
Soil
Apples can be grown on a wide range of
soils. Ideally soil should be fertile, well drained and moisture
retentive as this will help support good growth and fruiting. When
planting your new tree add plenty of organic matter to the surrounding
soil, well-roted garden compost or multi-purpose compost will
suffice. A mulch of well rotted manure around plants will add
nutrients, Suppress weeds and reduce water loss.
Care
Regular
watering is essential, especially when fruits are forming.Installing
an irrigation system will make
this task simpler and reduce demands on your time. It is important to
fertilize apple trees lightly as too fertile a soil will result in a lot
of leafy growth at the expense of fruit growth. It is best to
fertilize later in the season after fruiting with a general ferilizer. Maintain a watch for
pests and diseases and act accordingly. A full list of pest control measures and other
remedies are available.
Harvesting
Harvest fruit
when plump by holding the apple in your hand and twisting the fruit from
the tree. If ripe the fruit will break from the tree with no need for
force. If you intend to store your apples for a period of time ensure
fruits are not damp as this may cause molds to develop. An apple rack is an ideal way of storing
apples.
Top Tip
When apples begin to form on the
tree early in the season thin them out by removing some small apples. This will ensure that you grow good sized eating apples that are full
of flavor .
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Apple tree
Apple A large, sweet, golden-yellow dessert apples (mid-September) fully hardy Pollination Group D
Garden care: Keep the base of the tree weed-free, fertilize at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. Remove damaged or crossing branches during the dormant season.
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Apple Braeburn Capable of producing huge crops of round to long, bi-colored, smooth skinned, crisp and juicy fruits. Ready to harvest from mid October and will store for up to 4 months. Apple Braeburn is grafted onto an M9 rootstock which produces a dwarf tree of excellent vigor in all soils - making it ideal for the garden, as you can easily reach to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit.
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Apple Braeburn Clone Helena Crisp and juicy Braeburn is one of the best-selling varieties and can now (thanks to this clone) be grown very successfully in your garden too. Helena is 10 days earlier than other Braeburns making it particularly good in gardens. Pick from mid October and store for up to 4 months without losing the superb crisp texture! Warm, summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavor and color.
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Apple Braeburn Hillwell This is an improved superior selection of Braeburn with better color and flavor.The aromatic fruit is sweet crisp and juicy with excellent all round quality.Keeps its super crisp texture in storage and eats well into March and April. Self fertile too!
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Apple Bramley Clone 20 2009 is the year of the Bramley as it's now 200 years since this most famous cooking apple was discovered as a chance seedling in a Nottinghamshire garden. Why not celebrate by planting your own Bramley tree? The clone 20 is a big improvement on regular Bramley, is less vigorous, more controllable, and will give you a significantly heavier crop. Renowned for its excellent cooking qualities. Note that it needs at least two other apples in the locality for pollination. Pick October for use throughout winter.
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Apple Bramley's Seedling The most famous of all and best ever cooking apple. Pick from October when mature for immediate use or lay fruits in a cool dry place for winter storage. All Bramleys are triploids and will set a partial crop by themselves. However pollination will be improved by having another apple tree near by, this can be in yours or a neighbors garden because the bees will happily travel a short distance to do the work. Apple Bramley's Seedling is grafted onto an M9 rootstock which produces a dwarf tree of excellent vigor in all soils - making it ideal for the garden, as you can easily reach to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit. Bred in Great Britain.
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Apple Cox's Orange Pippin Often considered the finest tasting dessert apple. Medium sized rosy apples have thin skins and a crisp texture followed by sweet and juicy flesh. A bumper crop will be ready to harvest in the autumn. Apples store well and are at their best for eating from November-January. Apple Cox's Orange Pippin is grafted onto an M9 rootstock which produces a dwarf tree of excellent vigor in all soils - making it ideal for the garden, as you can easily reach to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit. Bred in Great Britain.
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Apple Cybelle  Apple Cybelle is an excellent quality eating apple that is intended for crunching so you can enjoy the delicate juicy flavor with a hint of anis, and the well balanced combination of sugar and acidity. The trees blossom well in spring and have a resistance to frost ensuring a better harvest, as well as the fruit showing resistance to Scab. Ready to harvest September to October and stores well for up to ten weeks. Slightly older trees they will bear fruit quickly even in their first year of planting, and by simple spur pruning you will keep your investment in good shape for years to come.
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Apple Discovery A superbly flavored variety whose sweet and juicy fruits should be savored fresh from the tree, in late August and early September, as, like all early varieties, they don't keep. An excellent garden variety that is easy to grow and ideal for the patio or smaller garden. Warm, summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavor and color.
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Apple Diva This deciduous tree will produce 30-40 red blushed apples within the first year of planting with heavier yields in years to come. It has a sweet flavor and a delicious tangy bite. Preferring a cooler climate and damp conditions, Diva is ideal for growing in your English garden, it is also scab and mildew resistant.
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Apple Double Double U cordons should be supported by a network of wires, which will support the branches as the fruits develop and help maintain the overall shape of the plants. Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilize at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. Remove damaged or crossing branches during the dormant season.The trees are 90cm wide at the widest point (between the top two U's) and are about 1.3m tall.
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Apple Egremont Russet A self-fertile mid-season dessert variety. Producing a heavy crop of distinctive russet-bronze fruits,with crisp solid flesh and a rich, nutty flavor. An excellent apple for the cheese board. An easy variety to crop and makes an excellent pollinator for Cox and Braeburn. Harvest in October, and keeps well until January. A dwarf tree of excellent vigor in all soils - making it ideal for the garden, as you can easily reach to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit.
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Apple Grenadier Cooking Being ready to pick from mid August, Grenadier is a very good alternative (or partner) to the later cropping Bramley. It's an easy apple to grow as its steady growth makes it manageable in a small garden and it has few disease problems. Grenadier cooks superbly to a frothy puree and is wonderful in all apple desserts. Grown on M26 rootstock, to produce a tree height of approximately 2.5-3m (8-10') after 10 years. Warm, summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavor and color.
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Apple Herefordshire Russet The quality of this recently introduced variety is exceptional! Picking from late September and storing until late January it is rich and aromatic described as Cox with a Russet flavor. Although not listed as self-fertile it appears to require little pollination help.
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Apple Laxtons Fortune An easy-to-grow, mid-season apple, with a wonderful flavor - similar to Cox but sweeter and full of juice (a great favorite with children). Bred in Bedfordshire, it was introduced in 1904 and has been popular ever since. Plants show excellent disease resistance, and will reliably produce a heavy crop from September onwards, keeping for about a month from picking. Warm, summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavor and color.
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Apple Lord Lambourne Once assessed by Gardening from Which? as the best all-round British garden apple, this is indeed a superb mid-season variety. The crisp, firm fruits are bursting with sweet juice! Ready to pick from September, they will keep well until Christmas! Warm, summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavor and color.
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Apple Pinova Pinova is 'The Wonder Apple' as it has a lovely flavor which is not surprising when it has both Golden Delicious and Cox as part of its breeding. The delicious smooth skinned fruits are ready to eat in September, but will hang on the tree until December. Plus it has scab and partial mildew resistance, and stores exceptionally well. A trouble free apple for the home gardener, which can even be grown on the patio. A dwarf tree of excellent vigor in all soils - making it ideal for the garden, as you can easily reach to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit.
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Apple Red Falstaff A dwarf variety well suited to pot growing. Trees have small extension growth each year, followed by a mass of easy setting blossom and good size delicious fruit. Trees have frost tolerance and the fruits show good resistance to scab. Ideal for growing in large 60cm (2ft) diameter containers on the patio.
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Apple Self Fertile Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilize at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. Remove damaged or crossing branches during the dormant season.
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Apple Self Fertile Queen Cox This self fertile clone makes growing easy, as it sets good crops without the need for pollinators. Fruit is juicy and sweet, with the typical mellow Cox taste, although it has a deeper red flush than the usual Cox. Pick from late September, and eat all the way through to January. Warm, summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavor and color.
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