Rajka apple trees
£34.95
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- Picking season: Mid Crop will stay on the tree for a long period
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Rajka is a modern apple variety, developed specifically to be resistant to the main apple diseases, and hence a good choice for the gardener or home orchardist who prefers an organic or un-treated regime. We were one of the first to introduce this variety to the UK.
The apples are a deep-red colored over a golden yellow background when ripe. The flesh is a creamy-yellow color and is open-textured, fairly crisp but not too hard, and snaps cleanly when you bite into it. The flavor is sweet, but with good acidity.
Rajka apple trees for sale
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree,M116 rootstock£34.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
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Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
Growing and Training
Rajka makes an excellent garden apple variety, and the built-in disease-resistance makes it a good variety if you prefer to grow apples without spraying.
Rajka is easy to grow, and crops reliably. The fruit will hang on the tree for an extended period, which means you can pick as and when you need to.
Rajka prefers a sunny position in order to get the best flavour.
History
Rajka was developed in the Czech Republic in the 1990s, the result of a complex breeding programme which incorporated disease resistant characteristics from a number of different varieties. Rajka is distantly related to Lord Lambourne (and hence James Grieve), and the flavour is somewhat similar.
Rajka characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersAverage
- Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
- Picking seasonMid
- CroppingGood
- Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
- Food usesEating freshJuice
- Disease resistanceGood
- Scab (Apple and Pear)Very resistant
- Powdery mildewSome resistance
- Country of originCzech Republic
- Period of origin1950 - 1999
- Blossom colourPink - light
- Fruit colourRed
British-grown trees 
Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK.
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All our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance.
Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS.
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Guaranteed fruit trees
When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions.
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More about apple trees
Apple trees are generally easy to grow, and because there are so many apple varieties there is invariably a good choice for almost any growing situation.
Apples display perhaps a greater range of flavours, appearance, and texture than any other tree fruits. This diversity makes apples a particularly satisfying fruit for home cultivation. Without much difficulty (or space) you can grow a number of different apple trees which will keep a family supplied with fresh apples from mid-summer to late autumn, and with a good spread of flavours and uses.
Our apple trees are grafted on rootstocks which will control the mature height of the tree - so you can choose the size of tree that will best suit your garden or orchard project.
