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Fiesta apple trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 3       Uses: Eat fresh | Juicing 
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Fiesta is a relatively new English apple, developed in Kent in the 1970s but with a very traditional English style and flavour. Cox's Orange Pippin is one of its parents, and it has inherited the classic Cox aromatic sweet/sharp flavour. Visually it also looks the part, with the attractive orange flush so typical of traditional English apples.

Fiesta is one of the best apples for juicing. It produces copious amounts of juice, with a very good rich sweet / sharp flavour.

It can also be used as a substitute for Cox's Orange Pippin in apple cookery - slices keep their shape when cooked.

Unlike Cox's Orange Pippin, Fiesta also stores very well and remains firm and sweet - a quality it probably inherits from its other parent, an American variety called Idared.

Fiesta is grown commercially on a small-scale in the UK and France, sometimes marketed as Red Pippin. It is easy to grow and a reliable cropper, making it an excellent choice for the garden or small orchard.

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Fiesta apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

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

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)1-year - Bare-root - M27 rootstock £30.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £29.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £33.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £33.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £35.00
Full size (5m+)Standard 1.75m - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £36.00

Pot-grown cordon fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

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

Bare-root cordon fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £33.00

Trained fruit trees - pot-grown (Delivery start September 2013)

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Large (3m - 4m)Espalier 2-tier -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00 Sold out
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Large (3m - 4m)Fan 4-arm -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00Enquire

**All prices include delivery (except certain fan-trained or espalier-trained or mature trees). We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

2-year pot-grown Fan-trained and Espalier trees: Prices of these trees do NOT include delivery as they require special delivery arrangements. Delivery is not possible to all areas. Click here for details or contact us to find out more. These restrictions do not apply to our 1-year part-trained trees or cordons.

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 - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Alternatives to Fiesta apple trees

Alternative fruit trees - Sunset apple trees
Late-season  (3)  SF  
Eat | Juice 

Sunset apple trees

Like Fiesta, a good Cox-style apple and easy to grow.
Alternative fruit trees - Cox's Orange Pippin apple trees
Mid-season  (3)  
Eat | Cook | Juice 

Cox's Orange Pippin apple trees

Fiesta has a very similar flavour to Cox, which is one of its parents.
Alternative fruit trees - Kidd's Orange Red apple trees
Late-season  (3)  
Eat | Juice 

Kidd's Orange Red apple trees

A similar Cox-style apple to Fiesta, with a slightly sweeter flavour.
Alternative fruit trees - Meridian apple trees
Mid-season  (3)  
Eat | Juice 

Meridian apple trees

Meridian is related to Cox, and has a similar flavour to Fiesta, and is easy to grow.
Alternative fruit trees - Red Falstaff apple trees
Late-season  (3)  SF  
Eat | Juice 

Red Falstaff apple trees

A good partner for Fiesta, with a pleasant juicy apple flavour.
Alternative fruit trees - Rubinette apple trees
Late-season  (3)  
Eat 

Rubinette apple trees

Similar to Fiesta, slightly smaller, with a more concentrated flavour.
Alternative fruit trees - Herefordshire Russet apple trees
Late-season  (3)  
Eat 

Herefordshire Russet apple trees

Fiesta is a sibling, sharing the same parents.




Summary features of Fiesta

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
  • Fruit colour: Orange flush
  • Blossom colour: Pink - light
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Fiesta

Fiesta is in flowering group 3. Fiesta is partially self-fertile, but fruiting will be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other apple trees.



How to grow Fiesta apple trees

Fiesta is easy to grow and is an excellent substitute for Cox, inheriting much of the rich aromatic flavour - but few of the horticultural difficulties.

Fiesta has better than average tolerance to poor soils including chalky soils.

Fiesta trees tend to grow in a rather haphazard fashion, so this is perhaps not the best variety to choose if you want the tree to be a feature in the garden.



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Bramley 20
Bramley's Seedling
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Chivers Delight
Christmas Pippin
Dumelow's Seedling
Empire
Fameuse
Golden Delicious
Golden Noble
Golden Pippin
Golden Russet
Howgate Wonder
Jonathan
Jupiter
Karmijn de Sonnaville
King of the Pippins
Lady (Api)
Laxton's Superb
Pixie
Rajka
Rosemary Russet
Rubinette
Saturn
Scotch Bridget

Adams Pearmain
Barnack Beauty
Calville Blanc
Claygate Pearmain
Cornish Aromatic
Cornish Gilliflower
Court Pendu Plat
Edward VII
Elstar
Freyberg
Herefordshire Russet
Idared
Jonagold
Kidd's Orange Red
Lane's Prince Albert
Lemon Pippin
Newton Wonder
Orleans Reinette
Red Falstaff
Tydeman's Late Orange
Zabergau Reinette

Ashmead's Kernel
Keepsake
Mutsu (Crispin)
Spartan
Sturmer Pippin
Winter Gem
Yorkshire Greening



Historical details

Developed in the 1970s at the East Malling Research Station in Kent, UK. Fiesta is a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Idared. It is sometimes known as 'Red Pippin'.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Fiesta



Related variety collections

Top 5 apple varieties with the best flavour, Cox's Orange Pippin substitutes, Apple varieties suitable for organic culture


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