Fiesta apple trees
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current) 1993
Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
Fiesta apple trees for sale
Pot-grown
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
PG12-year bush-trained 11.5L pot-grown tree M27 rootstock £59.00
Very small tree
(< 1.7m after 10 years)
PG22-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree M26 rootstock £55.00
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
PG32-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree MM106 rootstock £55.00
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree M9 rootstock £34.95< 5 in stock
Small tree
(1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
BR22-year bush-trained bare-root tree M9 rootstock £44.75< 5 in stock
Small tree
(1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
BR31-year bare-root tree M26 rootstock £34.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR42-year bush-trained bare-root tree M26 rootstock £43.00
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR51-year bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £34.95
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR62-year bush-trained bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £43.00< 5 in stock
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR72-year bush-trained bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £45.25< 5 in stock
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
(Central leader)
Next deliveries
Order now for delivery from week commencing 11th December onwards where these items are showing as in stock.
Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95. It is calculated when you add trees to your basket, based on your postcode.
Fiesta is a relatively new English apple, developed in Kent in the 1970s but with a very traditional English style and flavour. Cox's Orange Pippin is one of its parents, and it has inherited the classic Cox aromatic sweet/sharp flavour. Visually it also looks the part, with the attractive orange flush so typical of traditional English apples.
Fiesta is one of the best apples for juicing. It produces copious amounts of juice, with a very good rich sweet / sharp flavour.
It can also be used as a substitute for Cox's Orange Pippin in apple cookery - slices keep their shape when cooked.
Unlike Cox's Orange Pippin, Fiesta also stores very well and remains firm and sweet - a quality it probably inherits from its other parent, an American variety called Idared.
Fiesta is grown commercially on a small-scale in the UK and France, sometimes marketed as Red Pippin. It is easy to grow and a reliable cropper, making it an excellent choice for the garden or small orchard.
How to grow
Fiesta is easy to grow and is an excellent substitute for Cox, inheriting much of the rich aromatic flavour - but few of the horticultural difficulties.
Fiesta has better than average tolerance to poor soils including chalky soils.
Advice on fruit tree pollination.
History
Developed in the 1970s at the East Malling Research Station in Kent, UK. Fiesta is a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Idared. It is sometimes known as 'Red Pippin'.
Fiesta characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersAverage
- PloidyDiploid
- Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
- WildlifeRHS Plants for Pollinators
- Picking seasonLate
- CroppingHeavy
- Keeping (of fruit)3 months or more
- Food usesEating freshJuice
- Flavour style (apples)Aromatic
- Disease resistanceAverage
- CankerSome susceptibility
- MildewSome resistance
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1950 - 1999
- Blossom colourPink - light
- Fruit colourOrange flush
- AwardsRHS AGM (current)
