Fruit tree catalogue

•   Category - Apple trees
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• Identification
• Stock

Gardening skill

?
Suitable for beginners
Average2
Some needed1

Fruit tree categories

Apple trees3

Stock availabilitytop

Tree form

1-year3
2-year1
2-year bush-trained2
Patio-trained1
Half standard1
Standard 1.75m1
Cordon1
Fan-trained1
Espalier-trained1
Step-over1
Spindle-bush1

Supplied as

Bare-root3
Pot-grown2

Height after 10 years

Small (dwarf)1
Medium (semi-dwarf)2
Large (semi-vigorous)3
Full-size (standard)1

Rootstock

M1162
M251
M262
M271
M91
MM1063

Usingtop

Picking season

?
Very early
Early
Mid2
Late1
Very late

Keeping

?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks1
1-2 months1
3 months or more1

Uses

Good for eating fresh3
Good for cooking2
Good for juice2
Good for cider

Cooking result

Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape1

Growingtop

Planting position

Full sun essential
Full sun preferred3
Tolerates partial shade
Tolerates north-facing shade

Flowering group

?
1
2
31
42
5
6

Self-fertility

?
Self-fertile1
Partially self-fertile1
Not self-fertile1

Ploidy

?
Diploid2
Triploid1

Pollinating others

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Good
Average2
Poor1

Vigour

?
Weak growing1
Slightly small
Average growth1
Slightly large
Large1
Very large

Precocity

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Precocious1
Slow to start bearing

Cropping

Heavy
Good1
Light2

Fruit bearing

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Spur-bearer3
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer

Fruit persistence

?
Normal ripening3
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent

Bearing regularity

?
Regular2
Biennial tendency1

Climatetop

Blossom frost-resistance

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Good resistance1
Some resistance
Susceptible1

Can be grown in

Temperate climates3
Mild / damp climates
Warm climates1

Disease resistancetop

General resistance

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Good
Average1
Poor2

Suitable for organic

?
Organic / no-spray culture

Canker

?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility1
Very susceptible1

Scab

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Very resistant18
Some resistance19
Neutral
Some susceptibility15
Very susceptible3

Mildew

?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility2
Very susceptible

Silverleaf

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible

Fruit identificationtop

Country of origin

France 1
New Zealand1
United Kingdom1

Period of origin

1500 - 1549
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 17991
1800 - 18491
1850 - 1899
1900 - 19491
1950 - 1999
2000

Fruit colour

Orange / Red1
Orange flush2

• Apple trees
  

  Cox's Orange Pippin  Best seller

  Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
• Apple trees
  

  Gala

  Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour.  compare
  From £18.95 to £31.50
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating | Juice 
• Apple trees
  

  Orleans Reinette

  Orleans Reinette is a traditional French apple variety, and remains popular for its old-fashioned flavour.  compare
  From £18.95
  Flowering: 4(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking