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Apple 'Bramley's Seedling' (AGM)

The most popular cooking variety bearing heavy crops of large green fruits with a red flush. Vigorous grower of spreading habit. Pollination GROUP2. Triploid ( requires 2 pollinators). Bush on MM1.6

Apple 'Bramley's Seedling' Clone 20

A compact form of the very popular cooking apple. Although 20% less vigorous it usually has heavier crops of large, green-yellow fruit with a strong acidic flavour; Sept-Oct. Stores well. Pollination Gp:3 - triploid so best with 2 pollinators. Bush on MM106.

Apple 'Cox's Selfing'

An improved, self-fertile form bearing good crops of medium size fruit of classic flavour with flushed skin. Pick late September - stores well until December. Improved disease resistance. Pollination Gp: 3. Bush on MM106

Apple 'Egremont Russet' (AGM)

(Eating) Unique variety with small to medium size fruit with a rough textured golden-russet skin. Flesh is crisp with a sweet, nutty flavour. Pick late September for eating October-December. Pollination Gp:1 Bush on MM106

Medium-size, shiny, yellow fruit heavily flushed red, of good texture, crisp & sweet. Heavy cropper. Pick October for October-January use. Bush on MM106. Pollination GROUP 3.

Apple 'Herefordshire Russset'

Acclaimed new variety best described as a russet with a 'Cox' flavour. Pick late September - stores well until late January. Heavy crops of small to medium size fruit of good texture. Appears to need little cross pollination. Bush on MM106 Pollination Gp: 3

Apple 'Herefordshire Russset' Espalier

Apple 'James Grieve' (AGM)

Excellent hardy, early variety with medium-large, yellow, orange-striped, soft-textured, tangy, juicy fruit. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick early September for September-October use.Bush on MM 106. Pollination GROUP 2 - partially self-fertile.

Apple 'Keswick Codlin'

(Cooking or Eating) Medium-size, pale green flushed dark yellow fruit cooking to a juicy, cream froth requiring little sugar; also a refreshing, juicy eater. Heavy cropping. Profuse, early blossom & neat habit. Pick late August for Sept-Oct use. Bush on MM106. Pollination GROUP 2.

Apple 'Kidd's Orange Red' (AGM)

(Eating) Medium-size, yellow flushed red & russet fruit similar to the excellent flavour & texture of 'Cox'. Heavy & regular cropper with good disease resistance. Pick early October for Nov-Feb. use. Bush on MM 106. Pollination GROUP 2

(Eating) An improved 'Greensleeves' bearing heavy crops of crisp, refreshing, very disease resistant, greenish-yellow fruit sometimes with a hint of pink. Eat September. Forms a neat, easy to grow, compact tree. Pollination Gp: 3. Bush on MM106

Apple 'Paradice Gold'

Excellent new red flushed russet dessert apple of superb flavour with crisp, sweet flesh; harvest October. Planted in the Olympic Park to commemorate the London Paralympic Legacy. Fertile soil in sun. Recommend staking. Bush form on MM106. Polliniation Gp: 3

Striking scarlet-flushed, medium-size, crisp, juicy fruit with a strong 'fruity' flavour. Heavy cropper. Pick late September for October-December use. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on MM 106

Apple 'Red Windsor' Espalier

Very heavy crops of glowing rich-red fruit with a superb Cox type flavour; Sept. Ideal garden variety, very compact, good disease resistance and some blossom frost resistance. Espallier on MM106. Pollination Gp: 2 - self fertile.

Apple 'Reverend W Wilks'

The best early cooker bearing huge, green flushed pink fruit which bake superbly; August. Cooks to a light, sweet pale lemon puree hardly needing any sugar. Compact habit. Pollination Gp: 2.

Apple 'Scotch Bridget'

A reliabl;e, tough variety very popular in Scotland and northern areas. Largish, red flushed orange fruit with an acid tangy flavour. Can be used as a desert apple when stored. Cooks well keeping shape. Pollination Gp: 3 - triploid requires 2 pollinators. Bush on MM106.

Apple 'Scrumptious' (AGM)

A superb variety bearing crisp, sweet, aromatic fruit with a complexity of fine flavours; Sept. Frost hardy in flower, neat habit and reliable cropper. Half-standard on MM106. Pollination Gp: 3 - self fertile. Bush on MM 106

Very juicy dark red fruit with a sweet, crisp white flesh. Pick early October for November - January eating. May be necessary to thin fruit during July. Any reasonable soil in sun. Bush on MM 106. Pollination Gp: 2.

Apple 'Sturmer Pippin'

Regular cropper bearing pale green fruit flushed russet brown with crisp, greenish flesh of refreshing flavour. Pick November for January - April eating. Requires a warm garden to do well. Compact grower. POLLINATION GROUP: 2

Apple 'Sunset' (AGM)

Heavy & regular crops of medium-size fruit similar to Cox in taste, texture & appearance - but easier to grow. Harvest late September, use October - December. Pollination group: 2. Bush on MM106

Apple 'Worcester Pearmain' (AGM)

Very popular, old variety - one of the earliest to ripen. Crisp, juicy, sweet, bright red fruit eaten, when fully ripe, straight off the tree; does not store. Regular & prolific when established. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on MM106

Very popular cooking cherry bearing reliably heavy crops of large, acidic, near black fruit; August. Superb cherry pies or brandy ?! Compact & spreading habit. Self fertile. Half standard on Gisela 5

Cherry 'Summer Sun' (AGM)

Partly self-fertile cherry with heavy crops of bright red fruit, firm & crunchy with a good flavour. A good variety for this area as it reliably fruits even the worst of summers. Bred in Norwich in 1970. Crops late July & the fruit stores well. Colt rootstock.

Corylus maxima 'Kentish Cob'

Large shrub producing long, flat nuts in autumn, Possibly the largest and best flavoured of the cultivated nuts. Must have cross pollination to produce the best crops but will set a crop on its own. Space @ 2 metres in a fertile, retentive soil. 2m+

Cydonia japonica 'Meeches Prolific'

(Self fertile) Very large, very fragrant, yellow, pear shaped fruit; late October. Large, fragrant, pink-white, single flowers in late April - May. Excellent for quince jelly and many other culinary purposes. Fertile. deep, reasonably drained soil in a sheltered, sunny site. Standard on Quince A.

Cydonia oblonga 'Vranja'

Very reliable, long established, hardy variety bearing large, pear shaped, pale green-yellow fruit; October. Makes excellent quince jelly etc. Clusters of pale pink flowers in spring. Any reasonable soil in sun. Ht: 5m+.Half standard on Quince A

Damson 'Shropshire Prune'

Classic 'hedgerow' damson bearing glowing purple, oval fruit with a seriously astringent tang when fresh but cooks to a delicious, fresh tasting dessert. Harvest September on. Superb for many culinary dishes including damson gin. Clouds of fragrant, single white flowers in spring. Reasonably drained soil in sun. Bush on St Julian A.

Damson 'Sweet Prune'

(Self fertile) A classic German 'Hauszwetsche' sweet prune for traditional plum cake and fresh eating. Intermediate size, blue fruit between the Shropshire Prune and Merryweather. Many culinary uses including alcoholic beverages. Harvest mid September. Sunny site in fertile soil. Half standard on St Julian A.

Ficus afghanistanica 'Silver Lyre'

Hardy deciduous fig from the Iran & Afghanistan with heavily dissected, handsome silver-green foliage. The small dark fruit are sweet and commonly eaten. (There anyhow!) Slowly forms a large shrub in the shelter of a warm wall in sun. 4.0x3.0mtrs.

Greengage 'Willingham'

Found growing wild around Willingham, Cambs, this gage is regarded as being of the best eating varieties. Reliable crops of green-russet fruit, juicy and of superb flavour; mid August. Self fertile but better crops if cross pollinated. Bush on St Julian A.

A smaller, more shrubby deciduous tree with handsome, lobed, glossy, heart-shaped leaves. Insignificant flowers, followed by edible red fruit in autumn. The leaves are used locally to make tea. From, China, Korea & Japan. Sheltered spot in sun. 6.0x5.0mtrs.

Morus nigra 'Chelsea'

(syn. King James) Derived from a tree that grew in Swan Walk, London, in the 17th Cent. Unusually large, red-black, succulent fruit of intensely rich flavour produced early in the life of the tree; August. A handsome. gnarled, small tree with age.

Olea europea 'Fastigiata'

Slow growing, small, evergreen tree of upright habit. Densley packed, twiggy branches with small, darker green leaves, grey beneath.. Yellow-green flowers followed by fruit in favourable summers. On the borderlines of hardines so requires a sheltered, free draining site in full sun. To: 3.0x1.0m.

High yields of medium-size, pale yellow fruits the white flesh sweet & juicy; late August into September. Upright grower soon coming into fruit. Any reasonable soil in sun. Pollination group: 2 Bush on Quince A

Pear 'Concorde' (AGM)

A new variety with juicy fruit of excellent flavour & similar to 'Conference'. Stores until January. Pollinate with Beurre Hardy, Conference, Doyenne du Commice or Williams Bon Chretien.

Pear 'Conference' (AGM)

Ever popular variety the long, narrow fruit becoming juicy, yet firm, when ripe. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick late September - use October-November. Self fertile. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on Quince A

Medium to large yellowish green fruit with variable patches of brown russet and a pinkish red flush. Melting, creamy white, juicy flesh with an excellent flavour; mid-late September. Pollination Gp: 4. Bush on Quince A.

A 'sport' from Williams Bon Chretien the very sweet and juicy, red skinned fruit having good texture. Matures in August. Red tinted foliage in spring. Pollinates with Comice, Conference & Winter Nellis. Pollination Gp: 2. Bush on Quince A.

Pear 'Williams' Bon Chretien' (AGM)

Popular old English variety with oval, smooth-skinned, very juicy fruit - sweet & of good flavour. Pick/eat September - does not store. Pollinate with Buerre Hardy, Conference. Bush on Quince A.

This is the form generally cultivated for the Pistachio nut. Trees carry either male or female panicles of flowers. Only the latter will fruit but must be pollinated by a male form. Makes a small, deciduous tree with attractive pinnate leaves. Requires a very free draining soil in sun avoiding winter wet. Hardy to -10c. Native to central Asia & Middle East.

Very early, medium-size, blue-black plum the yellow, juicy flesh having good flavour. Good for both eating and cooking. Harvest: mid-late July - a week earlier than Czar. Self fertile. Bush on VVA 1

Product Detail					Price List GBP	Stock Availability
Plant Name		Common Name	Pot Size	Full description of plant	Retail Price	In Stock
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	Apple 'Bramley's Seedling' (AGM)	Cooking Apple	12Lt	The most popular cooking variety bearing heavy crops of large green fruits with a red flush. Vigorous grower of spreading habit. Pollination GROUP2. Triploid ( requires 2 pollinators). Bush on MM1.6	£29.45	2.00
	Apple 'Bramley's Seedling' Clone 20	Cooking Apple	12Lt	A compact form of the very popular cooking apple. Although 20% less vigorous it usually has heavier crops of large, green-yellow fruit with a strong acidic flavour; Sept-Oct. Stores well. Pollination Gp:3 - triploid so best with 2 pollinators. Bush on MM106.	£29.45	2.00
	Apple 'Cox's Selfing'	Eating Apple	12Lt	An improved, self-fertile form bearing good crops of medium size fruit of classic flavour with flushed skin. Pick late September - stores well until December. Improved disease resistance. Pollination Gp: 3. Bush on MM106	£31.75	1.00
	Apple 'Egremont Russet' (AGM)	Eating Apple	12Lt	(Eating) Unique variety with small to medium size fruit with a rough textured golden-russet skin. Flesh is crisp with a sweet, nutty flavour. Pick late September for eating October-December. Pollination Gp:1 Bush on MM106	£31.75	3.00
	Apple 'Gala'	Eating Apple	12Lt	Medium-size, shiny, yellow fruit heavily flushed red, of good texture, crisp & sweet. Heavy cropper. Pick October for October-January use. Bush on MM106. Pollination GROUP 3.	£31.35	1.00
	Apple 'Herefordshire Russset'	Eating Apple	12Lt	Acclaimed new variety best described as a russet with a 'Cox' flavour. Pick late September - stores well until late January. Heavy crops of small to medium size fruit of good texture. Appears to need little cross pollination. Bush on MM106 Pollination Gp: 3	£34.25	2.00
	Apple 'Herefordshire Russset' Espalier	Eating Apple	12Lt		£54.95	1.00
	Apple 'James Grieve' (AGM)	Eating Apple	12Lt	Excellent hardy, early variety with medium-large, yellow, orange-striped, soft-textured, tangy, juicy fruit. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick early September for September-October use.Bush on MM 106. Pollination GROUP 2 - partially self-fertile.	£31.35	1.00
	Apple 'Keswick Codlin'	Apple - Eating	12Lt	(Cooking or Eating) Medium-size, pale green flushed dark yellow fruit cooking to a juicy, cream froth requiring little sugar; also a refreshing, juicy eater. Heavy cropping. Profuse, early blossom & neat habit. Pick late August for Sept-Oct use. Bush on MM106. Pollination GROUP 2.	£31.35	2.00
	Apple 'Kidd's Orange Red' (AGM)	Apple - Eating	12Lt	(Eating) Medium-size, yellow flushed red & russet fruit similar to the excellent flavour & texture of 'Cox'. Heavy & regular cropper with good disease resistance. Pick early October for Nov-Feb. use. Bush on MM 106. Pollination GROUP 2	£31.35	1.00
	Apple 'Limelight'	Eating Apple	12Lt	(Eating) An improved 'Greensleeves' bearing heavy crops of crisp, refreshing, very disease resistant, greenish-yellow fruit sometimes with a hint of pink. Eat September. Forms a neat, easy to grow, compact tree. Pollination Gp: 3. Bush on MM106	£31.35	1.00
	Apple 'Paradice Gold'		12Lt	Excellent new red flushed russet dessert apple of superb flavour with crisp, sweet flesh; harvest October. Planted in the Olympic Park to commemorate the London Paralympic Legacy. Fertile soil in sun. Recommend staking. Bush form on MM106. Polliniation Gp: 3	£32.95	1.00
	Apple 'Red Devil'	Apple - Eating	12Lt	Striking scarlet-flushed, medium-size, crisp, juicy fruit with a strong 'fruity' flavour. Heavy cropper. Pick late September for October-December use. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on MM 106	£31.35	1.00
	Apple 'Red Windsor' Espalier	Eating Apple	12Lt	Very heavy crops of glowing rich-red fruit with a superb Cox type flavour; Sept. Ideal garden variety, very compact, good disease resistance and some blossom frost resistance. Espallier on MM106. Pollination Gp: 2 - self fertile.	£54.95	1.00
	Apple 'Reverend W Wilks'	Cooking Apple	12Lt	The best early cooker bearing huge, green flushed pink fruit which bake superbly; August. Cooks to a light, sweet pale lemon puree hardly needing any sugar. Compact habit. Pollination Gp: 2.	£31.35	2.00
	Apple 'Scotch Bridget'	Cooking / Eating	12Lt	A reliabl;e, tough variety very popular in Scotland and northern areas. Largish, red flushed orange fruit with an acid tangy flavour. Can be used as a desert apple when stored. Cooks well keeping shape. Pollination Gp: 3 - triploid requires 2 pollinators. Bush on MM106.	£31.35	1.00
	Apple 'Scrumptious' (AGM)	Eating Apple	12Lt	A superb variety bearing crisp, sweet, aromatic fruit with a complexity of fine flavours; Sept. Frost hardy in flower, neat habit and reliable cropper. Half-standard on MM106. Pollination Gp: 3 - self fertile. Bush on MM 106	£29.45	1.00
	Apple 'Spartan'	Eating	12Lt	Very juicy dark red fruit with a sweet, crisp white flesh. Pick early October for November - January eating. May be necessary to thin fruit during July. Any reasonable soil in sun. Bush on MM 106. Pollination Gp: 2.	£31.75	2.00
	Apple 'Sturmer Pippin'	Eating Apple	7.5lt	Regular cropper bearing pale green fruit flushed russet brown with crisp, greenish flesh of refreshing flavour. Pick November for January - April eating. Requires a warm garden to do well. Compact grower. POLLINATION GROUP: 2	£21.50	1.00
	Apple 'Sunset' (AGM)	Eating	12Lt	Heavy & regular crops of medium-size fruit similar to Cox in taste, texture & appearance - but easier to grow. Harvest late September, use October - December. Pollination group: 2. Bush on MM106	£31.75	2.00
	Apple 'Worcester Pearmain' (AGM)	Eating	12Lt	Very popular, old variety - one of the earliest to ripen. Crisp, juicy, sweet, bright red fruit eaten, when fully ripe, straight off the tree; does not store. Regular & prolific when established. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on MM106	£31.35	2.00
	Cherry 'Morello'	Cooking	12Lt	Very popular cooking cherry bearing reliably heavy crops of large, acidic, near black fruit; August. Superb cherry pies or brandy ?! Compact & spreading habit. Self fertile. Half standard on Gisela 5	£35.95	1.00
	Cherry 'Summer Sun' (AGM)	Eating Cherry	12Lt	Partly self-fertile cherry with heavy crops of bright red fruit, firm & crunchy with a good flavour. A good variety for this area as it reliably fruits even the worst of summers. Bred in Norwich in 1970. Crops late July & the fruit stores well. Colt rootstock.	£31.35	1.00
	Corylus maxima 'Kentish Cob'	Cob Nut	12Lt	Large shrub producing long, flat nuts in autumn, Possibly the largest and best flavoured of the cultivated nuts. Must have cross pollination to produce the best crops but will set a crop on its own. Space @ 2 metres in a fertile, retentive soil. 2m+	£26.60	1.00
	Cydonia japonica 'Meeches Prolific'		12Lt	(Self fertile) Very large, very fragrant, yellow, pear shaped fruit; late October. Large, fragrant, pink-white, single flowers in late April - May. Excellent for quince jelly and many other culinary purposes. Fertile. deep, reasonably drained soil in a sheltered, sunny site. Standard on Quince A.	£34.25	1.00
	Cydonia oblonga 'Vranja'	Edible Quince	12Lt	Very reliable, long established, hardy variety bearing large, pear shaped, pale green-yellow fruit; October. Makes excellent quince jelly etc. Clusters of pale pink flowers in spring. Any reasonable soil in sun. Ht: 5m+.Half standard on Quince A	£38.65	2.00
	Damson 'Shropshire Prune'		12Lt	Classic 'hedgerow' damson bearing glowing purple, oval fruit with a seriously astringent tang when fresh but cooks to a delicious, fresh tasting dessert. Harvest September on. Superb for many culinary dishes including damson gin. Clouds of fragrant, single white flowers in spring. Reasonably drained soil in sun. Bush on St Julian A.	£34.25	2.00
	Damson 'Sweet Prune'		12Lt	(Self fertile) A classic German 'Hauszwetsche' sweet prune for traditional plum cake and fresh eating. Intermediate size, blue fruit between the Shropshire Prune and Merryweather. Many culinary uses including alcoholic beverages. Harvest mid September. Sunny site in fertile soil. Half standard on St Julian A.	£34.25	2.00
	Ficus afghanistanica 'Silver Lyre'		3Lt	Hardy deciduous fig from the Iran & Afghanistan with heavily dissected, handsome silver-green foliage. The small dark fruit are sweet and commonly eaten. (There anyhow!) Slowly forms a large shrub in the shelter of a warm wall in sun. 4.0x3.0mtrs.	£13.95	3.00
	Greengage 'Willingham'		12Lt	Found growing wild around Willingham, Cambs, this gage is regarded as being of the best eating varieties. Reliable crops of green-russet fruit, juicy and of superb flavour; mid August. Self fertile but better crops if cross pollinated. Bush on St Julian A.	£34.25	1.00
	Morus cathayana	Mulberry	3Lt	A smaller, more shrubby deciduous tree with handsome, lobed, glossy, heart-shaped leaves. Insignificant flowers, followed by edible red fruit in autumn. The leaves are used locally to make tea. From, China, Korea & Japan. Sheltered spot in sun. 6.0x5.0mtrs.	£19.95	3.00
	Morus nigra 'Chelsea'	Black Mulberry	12Lt	(syn. King James) Derived from a tree that grew in Swan Walk, London, in the 17th Cent. Unusually large, red-black, succulent fruit of intensely rich flavour produced early in the life of the tree; August. A handsome. gnarled, small tree with age.	£39.95	2.00
	Olea europea 'Fastigiata'	Fastigiate Olive	5Lt	Slow growing, small, evergreen tree of upright habit. Densley packed, twiggy branches with small, darker green leaves, grey beneath.. Yellow-green flowers followed by fruit in favourable summers. On the borderlines of hardines so requires a sheltered, free draining site in full sun. To: 3.0x1.0m.	£9.50	1.00
	Pear 'Beth' (AGM)	Eating Pear	12Lt	High yields of medium-size, pale yellow fruits the white flesh sweet & juicy; late August into September. Upright grower soon coming into fruit. Any reasonable soil in sun. Pollination group: 2 Bush on Quince A	£34.95	2.00
	Pear 'Concorde' (AGM)	Eating Pear	12Lt	A new variety with juicy fruit of excellent flavour & similar to 'Conference'. Stores until January. Pollinate with Beurre Hardy, Conference, Doyenne du Commice or Williams Bon Chretien.	£34.95	2.00
	Pear 'Conference' (AGM)	Eating Pear	12Lt	Ever popular variety the long, narrow fruit becoming juicy, yet firm, when ripe. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick late September - use October-November. Self fertile. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on Quince A	£34.25	1.00
	Pear 'Onward'	Pear - eating	12Lt	Medium to large yellowish green fruit with variable patches of brown russet and a pinkish red flush. Melting, creamy white, juicy flesh with an excellent flavour; mid-late September. Pollination Gp: 4. Bush on Quince A.	£34.25	2.00
	Pear 'Sensation'	Eating Pear	12Lt	A 'sport' from Williams Bon Chretien the very sweet and juicy, red skinned fruit having good texture. Matures in August. Red tinted foliage in spring. Pollinates with Comice, Conference & Winter Nellis. Pollination Gp: 2. Bush on Quince A.	£34.95	3.00
	Pear 'Williams' Bon Chretien' (AGM)	Eating Pear	12Lt	Popular old English variety with oval, smooth-skinned, very juicy fruit - sweet & of good flavour. Pick/eat September - does not store. Pollinate with Buerre Hardy, Conference. Bush on Quince A.	£34.95	2.00
	Pistacia vera		3Lt	This is the form generally cultivated for the Pistachio nut. Trees carry either male or female panicles of flowers. Only the latter will fruit but must be pollinated by a male form. Makes a small, deciduous tree with attractive pinnate leaves. Requires a very free draining soil in sun avoiding winter wet. Hardy to -10c. Native to central Asia & Middle East.	£9.50	3.00
	Plum 'Herman'	Eating & Cooking	12Lt	Very early, medium-size, blue-black plum the yellow, juicy flesh having good flavour. Good for both eating and cooking. Harvest: mid-late July - a week earlier than Czar. Self fertile. Bush on VVA 1	£36.25	1.00