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Apple trees

Braeburn

  • Braeburn
  • Braeburn tree in blossom on M26 rootstock
  • Braeburn

Braeburn is one of the most important commercial apple varieties, grown in all the major warm-climate apple producing areas of the world. It has a very good flavour when grown in the right conditions, and keeps well.

Reserve now for delivery w/c 3rd September onwards

Braeburn apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (delivery Sept 2012 - April 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year bush-tree -12L pot - M27 rootstock £38.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)1-year -3L pot - M9 rootstock
Hillwell
£30.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year bush-tree -12L pot - M26 rootstock £38.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year -3L pot - MM106 rootstock
Hillwell
£30.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-tree -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £38.00

Bare-root fruit trees (delivery any week Nov 2012 - Feb 2013)

Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year -Bare-root - M26 rootstock £30.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year -Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £30.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year -Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £33.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year Half-Standard -Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £36.00

Trained fruit trees - pot-grown (delivery Sept 2012 - April 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)3-year Cordon -12L pot - M9 rootstock £39.00

Trained fruit trees - bare-root (delivery any week Nov 2012 - Feb 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)2-year Cordon -Bare-root - M9 rootstock £32.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime.

Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.



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Growing

  • Overall disease resistance: Average
    Susceptible to fireblight
  • Cropping: Good
  • Fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4
  • Ploidy: Diploid
  • Pollinating others: Average
  • Precocity: Precocious
  • Bearing regularity: Regular
  • Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Vigour: Average growth
  • Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
  • Scab: Some susceptibility
  • Mildew: Some susceptibility
  • Fireblight: Some susceptibility
  • Woolly aphid: Some susceptibility

Uses

  • Flavour quality: Good
  • Flavour style: Aromatic
  • Good for eating fresh
  • Picking season: Very late
    late October / early November
  • Use / keeping: 3 months or more

Identification

  • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Country of origin: New Zealand
  • Period of origin: 1950 - 1999

Climate


Pollination guide for Braeburn apple trees

Braeburn is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, although fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby.

Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.

More advice about pollination.


How to grow Braeburn apple trees

Braeburn is generally an easy variety to grow, but it needs a long growing season. It is successful in the southern UK and does very well in France and Italy.

Being a commercial variety, it is well-suited to the more dwarfing rootstocks such as M9. Braeburn and most of its sports are self-fertile and do not necessarily need a pollination partner.

Planting instructions.

Pruning instructions.


Historical details

Discovered in New Zealand in the 1950s, possibly a seedling of Lady Hamilton.

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