Varieties

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
• 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 PippinTM

  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
• 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®

  • 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

  • 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 BlimeyTM

  • 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
• 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: Partially 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.
• 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.
• 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

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Flowering group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not 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.
• 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 PaxTM

  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

  • 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®

  

  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®

  

  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

  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
• 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®

  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

  StardustTM

  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

  SurprizeTM

  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

  Tamara®

  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®

  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
• 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
• 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