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Little PaxTM apple trees

Malus domestica
Little Pax is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3

Little Pax is a late-season English dessert apple. The apples usually ripen in October and will keep in a refrigerator or cold shed well into the new year.

Although discovered only recently, its pretty bell-like "pearmain" shape, and speckled red-flushed skin are very reminiscent of the classic 19th century English apples. The rich sweet aromatic flavours also hark back to the Victorian era. The flesh is crisp but not dense, so this is an easy apple to eat.

Little Pax is also characterised by its unusually prolific spring blossom.

Little Pax 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.

  • PG1Premium cordon 12L pot-grown tree M9 rootstock £61.00
    Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
  • PG22-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree M26 rootstock £57.75
    Medium tree (2m-3m after 10 years)
  • PG3Premium half-standard 12L pot-grown tree MM106 rootstock £63.00
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)

Bare-root

  • BR1Cordon-trained bare-root tree M9 rootstock £46.75
    Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
  • BR22-year bush-trained bare-root tree M9 rootstock £45.25
    Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
  • BR31-year bare-root tree M26 rootstock £35.75
    Medium tree (2m-3m after 10 years)
  • BR41-year bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £35.75
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • BR52-year bush-trained bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £43.75
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
  • BR62-year half-standard bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £46.95
    Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years)
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Next deliveries

Order now for delivery from 24th September for pot grown trees and December for bare-rooted or mixed tree orders.

Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

Growing and Training

Little Pax is easy to grow, but as might be expected from an apple variety from the Isle of Wight, it likes a long growing season to achieve its attractive red colouration.

This is a naturally productive variety, and as a result fruit size can tend to be small - this is easily addressed by thinning the fruitlets at the end of May after the blossom has finished.

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History

Little Pax was planted as a seedling tree in the gardens of St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Its parentage is unknown, although it displays the typical bell-like "Pearmain" shape associated with several Victorian varieties such as Adam's Pearmain.


Little Pax characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Pollinating othersGood
  • Fruit bearingPartial tip-bearer
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climates

Using

  • Picking seasonLate
  • CroppingHeavy
  • Keeping (of fruit)3 months or more
  • Food usesEating fresh

Problems

  • Disease resistanceAverage
  • Scab (Apple and Pear)Some susceptibility

Identification

  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin2000
  • Blossom colourPink - light
  • Flesh colourCream

Similar varieties

  • See also Bladon Pippin
    Bladon Pippin
    A new Cox-style apple variety, but with a sweeter flavour - discovered as a chance seedling in the village of Bladon.

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