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Pixie apple trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 4       Uses: Eat fresh    Disease-resistance: Good
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  • Pixie apple tree
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Pixie is an excellent garden apple for those who like traditional English apple flavours. It is a good substitute variety for Cox's Orange Pippin (its probable parent) but much easier to grow.

The flavour has some of the aromatic qualities of Cox's Orange Pippin but is more robust - a good choice if you prefer a slightly sharper apple.

Red Pixie is a sport of the original variety, identical in flavour and growth characteristics, but with a more pronounced red colouring.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Pixie apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock
Red Pixie		£38.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock
Red Pixie		£29.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock
Red Pixie		£29.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock
Red Pixie		£34.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock
Red Pixie		£35.00

**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 - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Pixie

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1900 - 1949
  • Fruit colour: Orange flush
  • Blossom colour: Pink - light
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Pixie

Pixie is in flowering group 4. Pixie is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby.



How to grow Pixie apple trees

Pixie is easy to grow and generally untroubled by diseases. The apples tend to be quite small and Pixie has a tendency to over-crop, so it is a good idea to thin the fruitlets in June.



Varieties with similar picking times to Pixie

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Allington Pippin
Bardsey
Egremont Russet
Honeycrisp
Red Delicious
Santana
Sunset
Tickled Pink

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
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
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



Historical details

UK, 1947. Thought to be a seedling of Cox's Orange Pippin.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Pixie



Related variety collections

Cox's Orange Pippin substitutes


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