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Adams Pearmain
Adams' Pearmain is a popular Victorian-era English apple with a distinctive 'pearmain' shape.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Admiration
Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Blossom colour: Pink - light
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Arthur Turner
A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ashmead's Kernel
A versatile English 17th century russet apple, Ashmead's Kernel is noted for its distinctive pear-like flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Avalon
Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Bardsey
A hardy disease-resistant apple, discovered growing on an island off the west coast of Wales.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Blue Violet
A traditional Westmorland damson variety - unusually sweet and early-ripening for a damson.
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Bountiful
Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Bramley 20
Bramley 20 is a naturally smaller version of Bramley's Seedling (the apples are the same size though).
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Bright Future
An excellent late-season English apple with a very good sweet/sharp flavour and crisp hard flesh.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Brownlees Russet
Brownlees Russet is a high quality late-season dessert russet apple.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Brown's Apple
Brown's Apple is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a sharp juice.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 5
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Charles Ross
Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cinderella®
A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.
- Fruit colour: Gold
- Blossom colour: White
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Claygate Pearmain
Claygate Pearmain is a popular English dessert apple of the Victorian era.
- Picking season: Very late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Coralburst®
Malus Coralburst is a naturally compact crab-apple with a superb blossom display and small persistent yellow-orange fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Bronze
- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Core BlimeyTM
Core Blimey is a red Cox-style eating apple, suitable for most areas of the UK.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Czar
Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Dabinett
Dabinett is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
- Picking season: Very late
- Flowering group: 6
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Dalmatie
A large green-fruited fig with pretty foliage.
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Denniston's Superb
Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Discovery
Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ellison's Orange
Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Farleigh
One of the hardiest damsons, and crops heavily. Farleigh has the distinctive damson flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Goldcot
One of the most reliable apricots for the UK climate, with good winter hardiness.
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Golden Gem
A traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Blossom colour: White
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Golden Sphere
Golden Sphere is a large yellow Cherry Plum with a sweet plum-like flavour.
- Flowering group: 1
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Greensleeves
Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Grenadier
Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Gypsy
Gypsy is a bright red Cherry Plum with a notably sweet flavour.
- Flowering group: 1
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Haganta
Haganta is a new large blue plum variety from Germany, one of the latest-ripening and an excellent flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Hauszwetsche German Prune
Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hertford
A large dark red English cherry with a good flavour.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp is an American cold-hardy disease-resistant apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Howgate Wonder
Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Jordan
A precocious red-fruited fig.
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Jumbo
A dual-purpose apple, named for the exceptionally large size of its fruits.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Jupiter
Jupiter is a popular Cox-style apple with a slightly stronger flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Katy
Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Keswick Codlin
Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Kiku-shidare-zakura
This is the classic Japanese weeping pink cherry blossom tree (sometimes known as Cheal's Weeping Cherry).
- Blossom colour: Pink
- Flowering month: April
- Awards: RHS AM
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Kursar
A small ornamental early-flowing cherry tree, with profuse blossom.
- Blossom colour: Pink
- Flowering month: March
- Awards: RHS AM
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Limelight
Limelight is an attractive green mid-season dessert apple, ideal for beginners.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Lord Derby
Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Louisa
Malus Louisa is a pretty weeping crab apple with light pink blossom and small yellow fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Orange
- Blossom colour: Pink - light
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Marjorie's Seedling
Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Meridian
Meridian is a little known modern English apple, heavy crops, easy to grow, and excellent flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Merryweather
Merryweather is a very popular damson, with unusually large fruit, one of the hardiest of fruit trees.
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Mojo Berry®
A new dwarf mulberry tree with edible fruits which reaches a maximum height of around 1.5m.
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Morello
Morello is a traditional late-season acid or sour-cherry, ideal for cooking with, and can be grown in north-facing situations.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Morus Pendula
A weeping fruiting mulberry.
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Olympic Flame
An attractive small rowan tree, its orange/red autumn leaf-colours are amongst the best.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Opal
Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Panache
An attractive striped fig, ripening in early August.
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pink Charm
A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.
- Fruit colour: Pink
Pink Glow
Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
- Blossom colour: White
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pinova
An attractive disease-resistant dessert apple, capable of producing good clean fruit without chemical sprays.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pixie
Pixie produces lots of small Cox-style apples, easy to grow and keep well.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Porter's Perfection
Porter's Perfection is a 19th century English cider variety producing a bittersharp juice.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Prairie Fire®
Malus Prairie Fire is a medium-size upright crab-apple tree, notable for its dark pink flowers.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Professor Sprenger
A well-proportioned crab-apple with profuse white blossom, and golden-orange fruitlets in autumn.
- Fruit colour: Orange
- Blossom colour: White
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Prunus litigiosa
A columnar flowering cherry, often called the Tassel Cherry because of unusual shape of its white flowers.
- Blossom colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Rajka
Rajka is a modern disease-resistant heavy-cropping apple variety with a good sweet/sharp flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Red Devil
Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Red Sentinel
Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Blossom colour: White
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Awards: RHS AM
Red Windsor®
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
RosetteTM
Probably the best-flavoured of the pink-fleshed apple varieties, and produces lovely pink juice.
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ruby
Ruby is a large-fruited modern Cherry Plum, with dark red flesh.
- Flowering group: 1
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Santana
Santana is a good quality disease-resistant apple, notable for low levels of allergenic compounds.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Saturn
An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Shepherds Bullace
A large-fruited bullace, used for cooking and preserves, similar to a damson.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Shropshire Prune
The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Snow Goose
A small upright flowering cherry tree with particularly large single white flowers.
- Blossom colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Summer Sun
Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect.
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Sunset
Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
The Bride
A small ornamental cherry with large single white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Blossom colour: White
- Flowering month: April
Tom Putt
An old traditional English cider variety with a sharp juice, which can also be used for cooking.
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Topaz
A modern and reliable disease-resistant variety with a sharp flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Tydeman's Late Orange
Tydeman's Late Orange is an excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Yellow Pershore
Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile

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