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Herefordshire Russet apple trees

Pick: Late-season Flowering group: 3 Uses: Eat fresh

A modern russet variety, and probably one of the best-flavoured russet apples available.

Promoted with some justification as a russet with the flavour of Cox's Orange Pippin, Herefordshire Russet has a very good aromatic flavour, quite different from the nutty flavour usually associated with russet varieties.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Herefordshire Russet apple trees for sale

Mature height*	Supplied as	Price** inc. delivery	Quantity required
Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)
Very small (1.5m - 2m)	2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M27 rootstock	£38.00
Very small (1.5m - 2m)	2-year bush-trained - 11.5L pot - M27 rootstock patio-trained	£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
Large (3m - 4m)	Half-standard premium - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock	£45.00
Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)
Very small (1.5m - 2m)	1-year - Bare-root - M27 rootstock	£30.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)	1-year - Bare-root - M9 rootstock	£29.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)	2-year - Bare-root - M9 rootstock	£36.00
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	£36.00
Full size (5m+)	1-year - Bare-root - M25 rootstock	£31.00
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
Partially-trained fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013) Please review the product details to make sure these are suitable for your requirements
Large (3m - 4m)	Fan/espalier part-trained - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock	£38.00
Trained fruit trees - pot-grown (Delivery start September 2013) Price excludes delivery and delivery restrictions may apply
Large (3m - 4m)	Espalier 2-tier -12L pot - MM106 rootstock	£49.00	Sold out alert me
Large (3m - 4m)	Fan 4-arm -12L pot - MM106 rootstock	£49.00	Enquire

**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.

Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. Click here to be notified when we get more trees of this variety.

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Summary features of Herefordshire Russet

Growing

Gardening skill: Easy(explain)
Cropping: Good
Fertility: Not self-fertile(explain)
Flowering group: 3(explain)
Pollinating others: Average(explain)
Ploidy: Diploid(explain)
Vigour: Weak growing(explain)
Bearing regularity: Regular(explain)
Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer(explain)
Fruit persistence: Normal ripening(explain)
Overall disease resistance: Average(explain)

Uses

Picking season: Late(explain)
Use / keeping: 1-2 months(explain)
Flavour quality: Very good(explain)
Flavour style: Sweeter
Good for eating fresh
Drying / Discoloring: Oxidising(explain)

Identification

Country of origin: United Kingdom
Period of origin: 2000
Fruit colour: Russet
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Leaf colour: Green
Popular variety

Climate

Temperate climates
UK Zone 2 - Northern UK: Yes

Pollination guide for Herefordshire Russet

Herefordshire Russet is in flowering group 3. Herefordshire Russet is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another 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 Herefordshire Russet apple trees

Herefordshire Russet is quite easy to grow, and shares many of the horticultural characteristics of its sibling Fiesta (also the offspring of Cox's Orange Pippin and Idared).

Varieties with similar picking times to Herefordshire Russet

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Annie Elizabeth Blenheim Orange Bramley 20 Bramley's Seedling Catshead 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 Fiesta Freyberg 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

Kent, UK, 2002. Herefordshire Russet is a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Idared.

Botanical name

Malus domestica Herefordshire Russet

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Herefordshire Russet apple trees for sale

Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

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

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

Partially-trained fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

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

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Summary features of Herefordshire Russet

Growing

Uses

Identification

Climate

Pollination guide for Herefordshire Russet

How to grow Herefordshire Russet apple trees

Varieties with similar picking times to Herefordshire Russet

Historical details

Botanical name

Malus domestica Herefordshire Russet

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