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Apple Trees Cooking

Apples, what can be nicer than eating the fruits grown in your garden fresh from the tree? Many new and old traditional varieties available. All the varieties in this section can be used for cooking. We supply the highest quality fruit trees and plants and pack them with great care. Fruit tree growing guide click here


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POLLINATION MADE SIMPLE

Most suburban situations provide good pollen due to the close proximity of other gardens. It is not always necessary to have pollinators if the bees and other pollinating insects are generous with their visits. If you have no other Apple tree close by then select two varieties in the same group or the adjoining group ie group 2 and 4 will pollinate group 3 as will any others in group 3. Some varieties of Apples are self fertile.

Pollination Table


A GUIDE TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT TREE

1 Year Maiden = A one year old tree and the size depends on the variety but in general they will be 125cm in height and will have some side branches.

2 Year Tree = A two year old tree that has been pruned back in the first winter to form a bush shape. Generally trees will be 140-160cm in height with multiple side branches. This height guide is an end of summer height.  

3 Year Tree = A three year old tree that has been pruned to form a bush shape. Generally trees will be 140-160cm in height with multiple side branches. This height guide is an end of summer height.  

2 Year Cordon = The term cordon simply refers to a single stem with short sideshoots (the fruiting spurs). This is usually trained angled to 45 degrees (oblique cordon), but can be trained singly vertically (also known as minarette)

2 Tier Espaliers -  The term espalier refers to the way fruit trees are trained to grow against a wall. It makes the tree easier to prune and the fruit easier to pick. This decorative method was often used in traditional walled kitchen gardens and is perfectly suited to growing fruit in the smaller garden. 

Stepovers - Cultivated since Victorian times, they are basically one tier espaliers that are low enough to simply ‘step over’ where necessary. These are useful to define borders with. Their short stem and a horizontal branch look equally good in front of ornamental borders or vegetables.



Apple Annie Elizabeth
Apple Annie Elizabeth
Cooking Apple - No cooking apple has better keeping qualities than old Annie. The pink blossom is outstanding. This variety is reliable in northern districts. Picking time October and fruits store until April. Pollination group 4.  
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Apple Arthur Turner
Apple Arthur Turner
Cooking Apple - The pink blossom in the spring is outstanding, no apple provides a finer display. Growth is upright and this variety is reliable in northern gardens. Crops are heavy and the rather dry texture of the fruit makes it an excellent baking apple. Fruit size is large, greenish to yellow, flushed orange to brown. Picking time August to September. Partly self fertile. Raised in Berkshire in 1912. Pollination group 3.
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Apple Blenheim Orange
Apple Blenheim Orange
Dessert/Cooking Apple - After nearly two centuries it is still regarded as the best dual purpose apple. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. The creamy flesh is crisp and dry with an excellent nutty flavour. Fruits are golden, flushed and striped with dull red and fine brown russet. Mildew resistance is good and the yields are heavy. Growth is very vigorous but this variety needs two other apple varieties for cross pollination (technical term is a triploid). A good choice for northern gardens. Picking time early October. Pollination group 3.
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Apple Bountiful
Apple Bountiful
Cooking Apple - Raised in 1964 at East Malling Research Station in Kent. The first new cooking apple for decades. A good choice for people who want large fruit but haven't the space for a Bramley’s Seedling. This compact variety pollinates freely, does not suffer from mildew and is heavy cropping. The fruits are pale green, striped with orange to red and they store well. Fruit is sweet and juicy and retains its shape. Picking time late September. Pollination group 3.
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Apple Bramleys Seedling
Apple Bramleys Seedling
Cooking Apple - By far the most popular cooking apple. The reason is easy to see. Heavy crops of extra large fruit, with creamy white flesh that is juicy and full of flavour. But think before making it your first choice. The variety is vigorous so it needs plenty of space or choose the dwarf M27 rootstock. It is also a triploid and needs two other varieties of apples to cross-pollinate. If you can live with this then the rewards are great. If not then Bountiful would be the next choice. Yellowish-green lightly striped with orange-red very large fruits. Picking time early-mid October. Fruits store well. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM). Pollination group 3. All of our Bramley's are the dwarf Clone 20 stock.
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Apple Charles Ross
Apple Charles Ross
Dessert/Culinary Apple - This handsome dual purpose apple was raised from Peasgood Nonsuch x Cox's Orange Pippin by Charles Ross at Welford Park in Berkshire around 1890. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM). Has some resistance to apple scab. Large, round, colourful and showy. Does well in chalky soils. Picking time mid September. Pollination group 3.
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Apple Howgate Wonder
Apple Howgate Wonder
Cooking Apple - Raised by G. Wratten at Howgate Lane, Bembridge, Isle of Wight in 1915 from Blenheim Orange x Newton Wonder. Howgate Wonder received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1929. Howgate Wonder is one of the largest cooking apples in cultivation today. A very useful garden and exhibition variety. Howgate Wonder is also a good choice for northern gardens or frosty sites. Ground colour pale green to yellow with three quarters flushed with brownish to red. Picking time early October. Pollination group 4.
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Apple James Grieve
Apple James Grieve
Dessert/Cooking Apple - Raised by James Grieve in Edinburgh, Scotland. First recorded in 1893. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897. Now a well known well flavoured, juicy second early. An excellent choice, especially for a difficult site. Crops heavily and regularly. The soft texture fruit is both juicy and tangy. Does well in northern gardens. Picking time late August to early September. Pollination group 3.
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Apple Lord Derby
Apple Lord Derby
Cooking Apple - Raised by Mr Witham, Stockport, Cheshire in 1862. Grown commercially in the UK and also a very popular garden variety. Has vigorous upright growth, good cropper with good disease resistance. It succeeds in cold, wet areas. Fruit size is large with a light green colour. Does not store well. Picking time mid September. Pollination group 4.
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Apple Peasgoods Nonsuch
Apple Peasgoods Nonsuch
Dessert/Cooking Apple - Raised by Mrs. Peasgood at Stamford, Lincolnshire in 1858. Received the First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1872. Large culinary apple. Primarily a garden and exhibition variety. When well coloured the more conical fruits look rather like Charles Ross. Pale green with broken green stripes and orange flesh. When cooked makes a sweet, deliciously flavoured puree. Juicy when eaten fresh. Picking time mid September. Pollination group 3.
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Apple Rev.W.Wilks
Apple Rev.W.Wilks
Cooking Apple - A compact variety which is especially recommended for small gardens. A large mid season apple which was raised in England from Peasgood's Nonsuch x Ribston Pippin. It was first recorded in 1904 when it received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Disease resistance is good and it produces very large juicy and tangy fruits. Picking time September. Pollination group 2.
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Apple Trees Cooking

Fruit trees for sale | Cooking Apple Trees. Apples, what can be nicer than eating the fruits grown in your garden fresh from the tree? Many new and old traditional varieties available. All the varieties in this section can be used for cooking. We supply the highest quality fruit trees and plants and pack them with great care