Spring 2022
We are now accepting pre-orders for delivery from September onwards for pot-grown trees and December onwards for bare-rooted trees.
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Varieties
327 varieties
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Almonds
2
Apples
95
Early eating apples
7
Mid-season eating apples
19
Late eating apples
37
Cooking apples
25
Dual-purpose apples
13
Apricots
14
Cherry plums
4
Cherries
27
Sweet cherries
25
Sour cherries
1
Cider apples
17
Crab apples
17
Damsons
7
Inter-specific trees
5
Hazels
13
Medlars
3
Mirabelles
6
Mulberries
7
Nectarines
5
Peaches
10
Pears
32
Dessert pears
27
Cooking pears
7
Asian pears
3
Perry pears
8
Plums
42
Eating plums
33
Cooking plums
9
Dual-purpose plums
15
Japanese plums
2
Quinces
7
Walnuts
7
Figs
4
Juneberries
3
Stock availability
All
327
Available to pre-order
308
Not in stock
19
Form
1-year
255
1-year bush-trained
11
2-year
102
2-year bush-trained
150
Spindlebush
21
2-year half-standard
54
Premium half-standard
56
2-year top-worked
4
2-year (1.75m)
36
Cordon-trained
23
Premium cordon
19
Espalier
Fan-trained
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Mature size
Very small
41
Small
53
Medium
137
Large
251
Very large
86
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
39
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M9
37
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Dwarf
1
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Quince C
2
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VVA-1
31
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Quince Eline
11
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Quince Eline interstem
3
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Gisela 5
18
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M26
56
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Gisela 6
1
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Wavit
16
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Weiwa
7
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M116
41
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MM106
90
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Colt
10
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Own-roots
2
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Quince A
28
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Semi-vigorous
19
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St. Julien
64
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Quince A interstem
6
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MM111
14
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Pyrodwarf
16
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M25
46
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Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
12
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Brompton
15
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F12/1
5
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Supplied as
Bare-root
277
12L pot
171
11.5L pot
61
8L-9L pot
3
7L pot
48
3L-4L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
119
Average
149
Experienced
34
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
111
Partially self-fertile
46
Not self-fertile
149
Flowering group
?
1
7
2
53
3
151
4
61
5
12
6
4
Pollinating others
?
Good
45
Average
201
Poor
31
Ploidy
?
Diploid
160
Triploid
22
Universal pollinator
?
Yes
10
No
5
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
111
Free-spurring
3
Partial tip-bearer
22
Tip-bearer
8
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
270
Mild damp climates
106
Warm climates
98
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
8
RHS Plants for Pollinators
248
Using
Picking month
June
1
July
16
August
29
September
37
October
16
November
7
Picking season
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Very early
6
Early
50
Mid
100
Late
123
Very late
22
Cropping
?
Heavy
113
Good
147
Light
28
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
3
1-3 days
75
1 week
62
2-3 weeks
54
1-2 months
44
3 months or more
33
Food uses
Eating fresh
217
Culinary
142
Traditional cooker
18
Dual purpose
49
Juice
53
Hard cider
34
Drying
3
Edible fruits
3
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
24
Sharper
32
Sweeter
45
Aromatic
27
Vinous
1
Cooking result
Puree
16
Textured puree
2
Keeps shape
13
Juice style
Sweeter
6
Sharper
9
Sweet (cider)
4
Sharp (cider)
6
Bittersweet (cider)
10
Bittersharp (cider)
3
Cling-stone
Freestone
19
Semi-freestone
3
Clingstone
15
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
118
Average
87
Poor
17
Scab
?
Very resistant
26
Some resistance
39
Some susceptibility
26
Very susceptible
4
Canker
Very resistant
6
Some resistance
21
Some susceptibility
12
Very susceptible
4
Mildew
?
Very resistant
3
Some resistance
20
Some susceptibility
15
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
3
Silverleaf
Very resistant
5
Some resistance
5
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
1
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
8
Very susceptible
2
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
2
Some resistance
9
Some susceptibility
12
Very susceptible
1
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
3
Belgium
7
Canada
15
Czech Republic
3
France
27
Germany
11
Hungary
1
Ireland
1
Italy
2
Japan
2
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
6
Norway
1
Russia
1
Slovakia
1
Sweden
4
Switzerland
2
Ukraine
5
United Kingdom
162
United States
29
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
3
1600 - 1649
5
1650 - 1699
3
1700 - 1749
4
1750 - 1799
14
1800 - 1849
35
1850 - 1899
42
1900 - 1949
52
1950 - 1999
77
2000
25
Flowering month
March
3
April
6
May
2
Flesh colour
White
12
Cream
7
Golden / Yellow
24
Orange
1
Pink / Red
5
Dark red
4
Fruit colour
Black
10
Blue - dark
16
Crimson
2
Gold
1
Green
12
Green - light
20
Green / Red
7
Green / Yellow
15
Orange
6
Orange / Red
41
Orange flush
28
Purple
8
Purple - light
5
Red
33
Red - dark
20
Red / Black
7
Red / Green
5
Red striped
2
Russet
8
Varigated
1
Yellow
13
Yellow / Orange
4
Yellow / Red
5
White
3
Fruit size
Small
11
Average
58
Large
41
Very large
4
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
67
RHS AGM (former)
18
RHS AM
1
RHS 1st class
1
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
2
Varieties list
Apple trees
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
Crab apple trees
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
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Amber Heart
The most popular traditional English white cherry, widely known as Kent Bigarreau.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Peach trees
Amsden June
An early-ripening white-fleshed freestone peach from the USA, ready in June / July in the UK.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Very early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: White
Apple trees
Annie Elizabeth
A traditional English cooking apple, with a sweet flavour, which keeps its shape when cooked.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Inter-specific trees
Aprikyra
®
A sweet self-fertile apricot-cherry cross, also known as an Aprichery or Cherrycot
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Inter-specific trees
Aprimira
®
Aprimira is a sweet self-fertile apricot - mirabelle cross, also known as a miracot.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Inter-specific trees
Aprisali
®
A sweet self-fertile apricot - plum cross, also known as an Aprium.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Quince trees
Aromatnaya
A heavy-cropping Russian quince, for cooking and eating fresh.
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Cherry trees
Athos
®
A natural dwarf sweet cherry tree, unlikely to get much bigger than 2m.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
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
Peach trees
Avalon Pride
A disease-resistant yellow-fleshed peach, well-suited to growing outdoors in the UK.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Damson trees
Aylesbury Prune
A traditional English damson, which used to be grown in the Vale of Aylesbury.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Ballerina Flamenco
®
A ballerina-style apple tree which grows as columnar minarette.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Ballerina Samba
®
One of the best-flavoured Ballerina minarette-type apple varieties.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Beauty of Bath
One of the earliest English apples, ripening in early August.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Belle de Louvain
Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Peach trees
Bellegarde
A well-regarded late-season traditional yellow-flesh peach.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Asian pear trees
Benita Rafzas
®
Benita Rafzas is an unusual cross between an Asian and European pear.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Quince trees
Bereczki
Bereczki is a traditional eastern European quince variety, ideal for jams and jellies.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Bergeron
Bergeron is the classic French apricot variety, and a common sight in French summer markets.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Bergeval
®
A modern apricot with pretty orange fruits and a rich sweet flavour.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Pear trees
Beth
An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Beurre Hardy
A classic French pear with a very good flavour, but grows best in a warm sheltered situation.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Beurre Superfin
A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Black Dabinett
Black Dabinett is darker-skinned sport of Dabinett, but otherwise very similar to the original.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Black Oliver
A traditional English black cherry from the West Midlands.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Pear trees
Black Worcester
The oldest true English pear, 16th century or earlier. Ideal for stewed pears.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Bladon Pippin
TM
A new Cox-style apple variety, but with a sweeter flavour - discovered as a chance seedling in the village of Bladon.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Blaisdon Red
Blaisdon Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Blakeney Red
A popular perry pear, and one of the most reliable croppers. Produces a medium-tannin juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Blenheim Orange
Blenheim Orange is a classic English dual-purpose apple, useful for dessert and culinary purposes.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Bloody Ploughman
An old Scottish apple variety, named for the crimson-red colour of its skin and stained flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Damson trees
Blue Violet
A traditional Westmorland damson variety - unusually sweet and early-ripening for a damson.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Braeburn
Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Bramley's Seedling
Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Brandy
A mid-season English perry pear which produces a low-tannin juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Walnut trees
Broadview
Broadview is the best Walnut variety for the UK climate.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Fig trees
Brown Turkey
Brown Turkey is the most popular fig for the UK climate.
Cider apple trees
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
Walnut trees
Buccaneer
Another good Walnut variety for the UK climate.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Burcombe
A dark red / black cherry from the Tamar valley.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hazel trees
Butler
Butler is a relatively new hazel variety, with heavy crops of large hazel nuts.
Crab apple trees
Butterball
Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Cambridge Gage
Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Carman
An unusual mulberry, with large sweet white fruits. Carman starts fruiting at a much younger age than other mulberries.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Catillac
A very old French culinary pear, dating back to the reign of Louis XIV.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Pear trees
Celebration NUVAR
®
Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Celeste
Celeste is a compact dark red/black cherry, one of the best early-season varieties, with a sweet mild flavour.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Quince trees
Champion
A large American quince which does well in the drier parts of the UK.
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Chivers Delight
Chivers Delight is an under-rated Cox-style apple from Cambridgeshire. Crisp and sweet.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Christie
Christie is a traditional Scottish dessert pear.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Christmas Pippin
®
Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a chance seedling tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Clapps Favourite
An attractive red-flushed early-season pear from the USA.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Coe's Golden Drop
Coe's Golden Drop is a large oval gage from the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Colney
Colney is a large modern late-season English dessert cherry, dark red/black, with a good flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Compacta
®
Featured on BBC Gardeners' World, this is one of the best apricot trees for growing in a small space.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Crab apple trees
Comtesse de Paris
Comtesse de Paris can be considered as an improved Golden Hornet. It features the same white blossom and persistent yellow fruitlets, but grows with a better form.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Concorde
A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Pear trees
Conference
Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Conference Moors Giant
®
Moors Giant is a natural sport of the popular Conference pear - all the same qualities, but with much larger fruit size.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hazel trees
Corabel
A modern French hazel variety, producing large nuts with a sweet flavour.
Apple trees
Core Blimey
TM
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
Apple trees
Cornish Aromatic
An attractive late-season apple from Cornwall, with a good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cornish Gilliflower
Cornish Gilliflower is a popular English eating apple with an excellent sweet aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hazel trees
Cosford
Cosford is a popular Filbert, with a flavour allegedly superior to other Hazel nuts.
Apple trees
Coul Blush
Coul Blush is an early-season dual-purpose apple from Scotland.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry plum trees
Countess
A dark-red cherry plum, with sweet golden flesh, suitable for eating fresh and cooking.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Picking month: August
Apple trees
Court Pendu Plat
Court Pendu Plant is a traditional French apple with an aromatic pear-drop flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cox's Orange Pippin
Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Crispin
Crispin (also known as Mutsu) is a high quality apple from Japan, with a good flavour, and also sharp enough for cooking.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
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
Cider apple trees
Dabinett
Dabinett is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Fig trees
Dalmatie
A large green-fruited fig with pretty foliage.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Delbarestivale
An attractive heavy-cropping September apple with a good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Plum trees
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
Apple trees
Devonshire Quarrenden
A very old English summer apple, with a vinous strawberry flavour, grown throughout the UK.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Pear trees
Doyenne du Comice
Doyenne du Comice is arguably the best flavoured of all pears.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Dunkerton's Late
Dunkerton's Late is a traditional cider variety, producing a light sweet cider.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Early Moorpark
A traditional English apricot from the 19th century.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Early Red Maraly
®
Early Red is a modern dark red sweet cherry with a firm flesh.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Plum trees
Early Transparent Gage
One of the easier gages to grow, Early Transparent has attractive semi-translucent fruit.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Edda
A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Eden
®
A new dual-purpose apple which has a naturally non-browning flesh, ideal for salads and fresh apple juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Egremont Russet
Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Hazel trees
Ennis
Ennis has become one the top commercial hazel varieties, very high yields, and a good flavour.
Crab apple trees
Evereste
Evereste is one of the most well-known crab-apples, featuring white blossom and red-yellow fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Excalibur
Excalibur is a red-purple plum, similar to Victoria but with a better flavour for eating fresh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Damson trees
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
Walnut trees
Fernette
A modern French Walnut variety with high-quality nuts.
Picking season: Late
Apple trees
Fiesta
Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Medlar trees
Flanders Giant
One of the largest-fruited medlars, with attractive blossom and autumnal colours.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Inter-specific trees
Flavor King
Flavor King is a pluot (Japanese plum / apricot cross) with large sweet fruit.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Fondante d'Automne
An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Walnut trees
Franquette
Franquette is a late-season thin-shelled Walnut.
Picking season: Late
Apple trees
Gala
Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Galloway Pippin
A traditional Scottish cooking apple which keeps its shape when cooked.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS 1st class
Nectarine trees
Garden Beauty
Garden Beauty is a slow-growing dwarf nectarine variety, ideal for pot culture.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Peach trees
Garden Lady
Garden Lady is a slow-growing dwarf peach variety, ideal for pot culture.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Perry pear trees
Gin
A rare English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Glou Morceau
A traditional 18th century Belgian pear with a notably rich sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Goldcot
One of the most reliable apricots for the UK climate, with good winter hardiness.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: August
Apple trees
Golden Delicious
The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Crab apple trees
Golden Gem
A traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Golden Glow
A modern English apricot, found growing as a chance seedling near Worcester.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: August
Crab apple trees
Golden Hornet
Malus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Cherry plum trees
Golden Sphere
Golden Sphere is a large yellow Cherry Plum with a sweet plum-like flavour.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Picking month: August
Plum trees
Gordon Castle
A good dessert plum for northern areas due to its hardiness.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Gorgeous
Malus Gorgeous has pink/white blossom and spherical cherry-like red fruits which are good for jelly.
Fruit colour: Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Peach trees
Gorgeous
Gorgeous is a yellow-fleshed peach, well adapted to the English climate.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Pear trees
Gorham
A reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Granny Smith
Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Green Horse
A traditional Gloucestershire perry pear, which produces a low tannin perry.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Plum trees
Guinevere
Guinevere is a modern late-season dessert plum, with a good flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hazel trees
Gunslebert
Gunslebert is a modern hazel variety, an excellent choice for the garden or small orchard.
Cherry plum trees
Gypsy
Gypsy is a bright red Cherry Plum with a notably sweet flavour.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Plum trees
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
Peach trees
Hale's Early
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Hazel trees
Hall's Giant
Hall's Giant is noted for its excellent flavour and is a good pollinator for other hazels.
Crab apple trees
Harry Baker
Malus Harry Baker is a popular crab-apple with deep pink flowers and dark red fruits which are very good for crab-apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Harry Masters Jersey
Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
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
Apricot trees
Helena du Roussillon
®
A traditional French apricot variety, grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon area.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: August
Perry pear trees
Hendre Huffcap
A well-known English perry pear variety, and a reliable cropper. Makes a light, low-tannin perry.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Herefordshire Russet
Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Herman
Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Hertford
A large dark red English cherry with a good flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Hidden Rose
®
Hidden Rose is named for the unexpected pink flesh hidden behind the plain green skin.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Pear trees
Humbug
Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Illinois Everbearing
An American hybrid mulberry, producing long black fruits from an early age.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Almond trees
Ingrid
Ingrid is the best Almond variety for the UK climate, suitable for the warmer and drier areas of the UK.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Invincible
Invincible is a high quality pear which can also cope with difficult conditions.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Irish Peach
Irish Peach is a popular early season apple, ripening in July / August. It is easy to grow and low maintenance.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Isaac Newton's Tree
Also known as Flower of Kent, this is the variety the famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton sat under.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
James Grieve
James Grieve is the classic Scottish dual-purpose apple. It can be eaten fresh, and is also excellent for juicing and cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Pear trees
Jargonelle
Jargonelle is a sweet early summer pear, and will grow in most situations.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Jefferson
Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Jelly King
®
A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
John Downie
John Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Apple trees
Jonagold
Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavor.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Fig trees
Jordan
A precocious red-fruited fig.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Josephine de Malines
A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Jubilee
Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Judge Amphlet
A popular English perry pear variety producing a light, low-tannin juice.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Walnut trees
Jupiter
Picking season: Late
Plum trees
Katinka
®
A very early-season dual-purpose dark-blue plum with an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Plum trees
Kea
Kea is a culinary plum from Cornwall, ideal for plum jam.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Hazel trees
Kentish Cob
The traditional English cob-nut, still grown commercially in Kent.
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Mulberry trees
King James 1st
A traditional English mulberry from the 17th century, also known as Chelsea.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Damson trees
King of the Damsons
A traditional 19th century English damson from Nottinghamshire. Also widely-known as Bradley's King.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
King of the Pippins
A popular and versatile dual-purpose apple, widely grown in the Victorian era.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
King's Acre Pippin
A traditional late-season English apple with a robust flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Kingston Black
Kingston Black is one of the premier English cider varieties and produces a bittersharp juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Kioto
®
One of the easier apricots for UK growers, attractive orange fruits blushed red. The blossom has some frost resistance.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Plum trees
Kirke's Blue
An old-fashioned blue plum with a rich sweet flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Knight's Early Black
A traditional English early-season black cherry
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Kordia
Kordia is a large late-season true black cherry variety with a good balanced cherry flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Asian pear trees
Kumoi
One of the most popular Asian pears, with a firm flesh and sweet flavour.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Lady Henniker
A well-regarded Victorian dual-purpose apple, easy to grow.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Lane's Prince Albert
A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hazel trees
Lange Tidling Zeller
Lange Tidling Zeller is one of the new heavy cropping German hazel varieties.
Cherry trees
Lapins
Perhaps the best all-round sweet cherry for the UK. Easy to grow, with heavy crops of good-flavoured cherries.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Walnut trees
Lara
®
An early-ripening French Walnut variety producing large nuts.
Crab apple trees
Laura
Malus Laura is a very upright dwarf crab-apple, with bronze leaves, crimson blossom and maroon fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Laxton's Fortune
A quietly popular Edwardian era Cox-style apple, developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Laxton's Superb
Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Plum trees
Lindsey Gage
Lindsey Gage is a sweet-flavoured green gage, similar to Cambridge Gage.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Little Pax
TM
A new English apple variety, recently discovered on the Isle of Wight - but its appearance and flavour hark back to the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Lord Lambourne
Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Nectarine trees
Lord Napier
Lord Napier is the best white-fleshed nectarine for the UK climate.
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Pear trees
Louise Bonne of Jersey
An attractive red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Plum trees
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
Walnut trees
Mars
Picking season: Mid
Quince trees
Meech's Prolific
A deservedly-popular quince variety from the USA, fragrant fruit and attractive blossom.
Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Cherry trees
Merchant
An early-season black/red cherry with a good flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Apple trees
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
Plum trees
Meritare
An attractive new early-season dessert plum from Sweden, similar to Opal, with large fruits and good cold-hardiness.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Damson trees
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
Cherry trees
Merton Glory
A well-known mid-season English white cherry.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Pear trees
Merton Pride
One of the best English pears, with a notably juicy buttery flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Nectarine trees
Mesembrine
®
Mesembrine is a sweet-flavoured flat nectarine with yellow flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Japanese plum trees
Methley
Methley is a Japanese plum (Prunus salicina), as opposed to the more usual European plums (Prunus domestica).
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Michelin
Michelin is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Mirabelle trees
Mirabelle de Nancy
Mirabelle de Nancy is an old traditional Mirabelle, originating from north-east France.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Mulberry trees
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
Pear trees
Moonglow
A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
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
Cider apple trees
Morgan Sweet
Morgan Sweet is a traditional English cider variety producing a full sweet juice.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Morus Pendula
A weeping fruiting mulberry.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Napoleon Bigarreau
A traditional white cherry, with an excellent flavour and appearance.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Nectarine trees
Nectarella
Nectarella is a genetic dwarf nectarine, ideal for growing in a pot.
Apple trees
Newton Wonder
A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Cherry trees
Nimba
®
Nimba is a modern large-fruited red sweet cherry, ripening right at the start of the cherry season.
Picking season: Very early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Saskatoon bushes
Northline
A popular Saskatoon or Juneberry, very heavy-cropping, and sweet-flavoured.
Picking month: July
Hazel trees
Nottingham
A traditional large-fruited English hazel variety.
Medlar trees
Nottingham
A popular Medlar, used mainly for cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
NUVAR® Marble
A modern English crab-apple, with large fruits, ideal for early-season crab-apple jelly.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Obelisk
®
A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Old Green Gage
The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Onward
Onward is high quality dessert pear, related to Doyenne du Comice but easier to grow.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Plum trees
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
Apple trees
Orleans Reinette
Orleans Reinette is a traditional French apple variety, and remains popular for its old-fashioned flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Oullins Golden Gage
The flavour of a true gage yet also easy to grow, Oullins Golden Gage is a good first gage tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Pacific Red
®
Pacific Red is a modern large-fruited red sweet cherry with a firm flesh.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Pear trees
Packham's Triumph
Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Pakistan Giant Fruit
A high quality mulberry from Islamabad, with very large fruits.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Fig trees
Panache
An attractive striped fig, ripening in early August.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cherry trees
Penny
Penny is a high quality late-season black cherry - ripening in mid-August.
Picking season: Very late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Peach trees
Peregrine
Peregrine is the best flavoured white-flesh peach for the UK climate.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: White
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Nectarine trees
Pineapple
Despite the name, Pineapple is actually a yellow-fleshed nectarine, ripening in early September.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Crab apple trees
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.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Pink Marry
A new red-flushed apricot which ripens in early July.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Picking month: July
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Pitmaston Pine Apple
A small English 18th century apple with a distinctive fruity pineapple-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Cider apple trees
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
Quince trees
Portugal
Portugal is perhaps the best-flavoured of all Quinces, but prefers a warm dry climate.
Cider apple trees
Prince William
Prince William is a modern bittersweet cider variety from the famous Long Ashton Research Station.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Purple Pershore
Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Apple trees
Queen Cox
A modern self-fertile form of the renowned Cox's Orange Pippin, with arguably even better flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Queen's Crown
Queen's Crown is a dual-purpose red plum with a good sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Red Falstaff
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Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hazel trees
Red Filbert
Red Filbert produces dark purple-shelled hazel nuts.
Cider apple trees
Red Foxwhelp
Red Foxwhelp is an old English cider apple variety which produces a dull red bittersharp juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Red Obelisk
Malus Red Obelisk is a compact upright crab-apple with white flowers, purple / green leaves, and red fruits.
Fruit colour: Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Crab apple trees
Red Sentinel
Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AM
Apple trees
Red Windsor
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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
Peach trees
Redhaven
Red Haven is a yellow-fleshed peach, popular because it has some resistance to peach-leaf curl.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Plum trees
Reeves
A high-quality English dual-purpose plum, similar to Victoria but with an improved flavour for eating fresh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Cherry trees
Regina
Regina is a new late-season sweet black cherry, with a good flavour and resistance to splitting.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Plum trees
Reine Claude de Bavay
The most widely-grown green gage, Reine Claude de Bavay has the distinctive gage-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Reine Claude Doree
A high-quality yellow-green gage, and usually more productive than other green gages.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Reine Claude Violette
A traditional French gage first recorded in the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour. Also known as Purple Gage.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Reverend W. Wilks
A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Ribston Pippin
A handsome English apple from the 18th century.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Rivers' Early Prolific
Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Robada
Robada is a large-fruited apricot. The orange fruits are usually flushed with red, and will ripen in the middle / late July in the UK.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Crab apple trees
Roberts Red
Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits. Useful for cooking and produces a claret red colour juice
Fruit colour: Purple
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Almond trees
Robijn
Robijn is a modern almond variety, suitable for planting in drier areas of northern Europe.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Peach trees
Rochester
An excellent yellow-fleshed peach, well-suited to the UK climate.
Cling-stone: Freestone
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Crab apple trees
Rosehip
Malus Rosehip is notable for its large rosehip-shaped red fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Rosemary Russet
A classic English russet apple, but not as well known as its Victorian contemporaries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Rosette
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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
Medlar trees
Royal
A compact-growing Medlar, useful for smaller gardens.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Rubinette
Considered by many to be the best-tasting apple ever, Rubinette has a perfect sweet / sharp flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry plum trees
Ruby
Ruby is a large-fruited modern Cherry Plum, with dark red flesh.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Saint Edmund's Russet
Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Pear trees
Santa Claus
As the name suggests, Santa Claus is a late ripening dessert pear which keeps until Christmas.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Saturn
An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Peach trees
Saturn
Saturn is a distinctive flat peach also known as a donut peach or Chinese peach.
Apple trees
Scotch Bridget
A popular Scottish cooking apple, well-suited to damp wet conditions.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Scotch Dumpling
Scotch Dumpling is a large Scottish cooking apple. Cooks to a frothy puree with a good flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Scrumptious
Scrumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Plum trees
Seneca
Seneca is a high-quality late-season large American plum with a notably sweet flavor.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Sensation
A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Quince trees
Serbian Gold
Serbian Gold is probably the best quince variety for the UK climate.
Damson trees
Shepherds Bullace
A large-fruited bullace, used for cooking and preserves, similar to a damson.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Asian pear trees
Shinseiki
This popular Asian pear variety is well suited to the UK climate, and produces crisp sweet-flavoured pears.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Damson trees
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
Cherry trees
Skeena
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One of the best of the Canadian late-season cherries.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Saskatoon bushes
Smoky
Smoky is generally considered to be the sweetest-flavoured Saskatoon or Juneberry.
Picking month: July
Cider apple trees
Somerset Redstreak
An English cider apple variety producing a very high-quality bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Spartan
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cherry trees
Stardust
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Stardust is a new mid-season white cherry which is also fully self-fertile.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Cherry trees
Stella
If you only want to grow one cherry tree, choose Stella - self-fertile, easy to grow, and a good pollinator.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Plum trees
Stella's Star
A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Stirling Castle
A traditional Scottish cooker from the Victorian era, with a good sharp flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Stoke Red
A traditional English cider apple producing a bittersharp juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
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
Cherry trees
Sunburst
Sunburst is a large red mid-season cherry with a good sweet mild flavour, and notably easy to pick.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Surprize
TM
An unusual new apple variety with a unique combination of orange skin and pink flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Sweetheart
Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Cherry trees
Sylvia
Sylvia produces large dark red sweet cherries, ripening in the middle of the cherry season. It is a naturally small tree and grows with a columnar form, useful if space is limited.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
Cherry trees
Tamara
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Tamara has probably the largest fruit size of any of the cherry varieties we offer.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Thames Cross
An attractive yellow mid-season plum with a good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Saskatoon bushes
Thiessen
A large-fruited early-ripening Saskatoon or Juneberry.
Picking month: July
Perry pear trees
Thorn
An ancient pear variety from Gloucestershire, now used mainly for perry production.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Three Counties
Three Counties is an early-ripening bittersweet cider apple.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Tickled Pink
A new red-fleshed apple variety, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
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
Apricot trees
Tomcot
Tomcot is a modern apricot variety with large fruits, suitable for planting in warm dry areas of the UK.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Hazel trees
Tonda di Giffoni
A modern large hazel variety from Italy.
Hazel trees
Tonda Gentile Trilobata
A traditional Italian hazel nut, usually used in cooking and confectionery.
Plum trees
Toptaste Kulinaria
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A new blue dessert plum with sweet yellow flesh, and good disease resistance.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Tremlett's Bitter
Tremlett's Bitter is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
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
Plum trees
Victoria
Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Quince trees
Vranja
A popular traditional Quince variety, well-suited to the southern UK.
Apple trees
Warner's King
An 18th century English cooker which remains popular. Cooks to a sharp-flavoured puree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Warwickshire Drooper
Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Waterloo
Waterloo is a traditional English sweet cherry with a red / black skin.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Hazel trees
Webb's Prize Cob
A mid-season English hazelnut.
Mulberry trees
Wellington
A large-fruited Mulberry tree.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
William Crump
A little-known high quality English apple, related to Cox and Worcester Pearmain.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Williams
Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Plum trees
Willingham
A traditional English green gage, with a reputation for excellent flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Perry pear trees
Winnals Longdon
A traditional Herefordshire perry pear variety, produces a low tannin perry.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Winter Gem
Winter Gem is a late-season apple variety with a very good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Winter Nelis
A late-season dessert pear from Belgium, with an excellent sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Worcester Pearmain
Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Yarlington Mill
Yarlington Mill is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Yellow Ingestrie
One of the prettiest of all apples, perfect for a table display, with a rich fruity flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
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
