Fruit and Nut

Fruit Trees - New for 2015

Apples

Honey Crisp. Eater. One of only two North American apple varieties in our lists. Large exceptionally jucy fruit, flavour quite sweet but mild (some apple connoisseurs might find it a little bland). It grows very well in Nova Scotia, Canada, out-cropping most other varieties. Also noted for it's very good storage qualities. October, will store till March or April. Pollination group 3. Minnesota 1988. Available as maiden tree on MM106.

Little Pax. Eater. Developed from a tree gifted to Sy Cecilia's abbey on the Isle of Wight. Lovely aromatic, crunchy fruit, red flecked with yellow. Also noted for its large beautiful pale pink flowers, popular with bees. October, will keep till March. Pollination group 3. Available as maiden tree on MM106 also as 2 yr Bush on M9.

Red Falstaff. Red sport of Falstaff (Golden Delicious x James Grieve).Crisp, juicy, rich flavour. October till December. Pollination group 3 but regarded as self fertile. Frost-resistant blossom. Good for juice and also for cider (medium sharp). Norfolk 1983 . Available as 1 yr maiden on MM106.

Red Winsdor. Red sport of Alkmene, parents Cox's Orange Pippin and Duchess of Oldenburg. Exceptional flavour, slightly more acid than Cox. Also highly disease resistant. . September. Pollination group 2 but regarded as self fertile. Herefordshire 1985 (Alkmene was developed in Germany in 1930). Available as maiden tree on MM106 and also as 2 yr bush on M9.

Rosette. Very new apple, developed by the Frank Matthews nursery in Worcestershire 2011. Best known for its reddish pink flesh with the distrinctive rosette pattern. Juicy, sweet, good flavour. Good disease resistance. Very early fruiting, around mid-August. Pollination group 2. Available as maiden on MM106 and also as 2 yr bush on M26 rootstock (not strong growing so will develop more like an M9).

Tickled Pink (Baya Marisa). New variety, red skinned but more known for its unique red flesh. Generally considered a cooker (the colour keeps when cooked), great in pies. Quite disease resistant and will store to the New Year. Also used for juice (red!) and can be used as an eater when fully ripe (slightly tart). Pollination group 3. Bavaria 2005. Available as maiden on MM106 and also as 2 yr bush on M9. .

Yellow Ingestrie. Old variety, Orange Pippin x Golden Pippin. Firm and crisp, aromatic, exquisite flavour. September-October. Pollination group 2. Originates c 1800. Mentioned in Hogg. Available as maidens on MM106.

Apricot hybrids

Flavour King. Hybrid between plum and apricot. Purple fruit with apricot scent and rich sweet flavour. Makes a very compact tree, possibly suited for container growing. Rather special but requires warm sunny sites, best grown against a wall. Partially self fertile but also pollinated by early plums (pollination group 1). Pixy and St Julien A rootstocks.

Mirabelle Aprimira. Cross between a mirabelle plum and an apricot. Delicious sweet fruit. Suitable for a sunny sheltered site or south-facing wall. Self fertile. Disease-resistant Weiwa rootstock. Maiden trees, barerooted.

Necarine

Pineapple. Old variety from Rivers of Sawbridgeworth. Pale-skinned with yellow flesh. Rich aromatic flavour with hint of pineapple. Ripens September. Self fertile. Viewed as a greenhouse tree but will fruit on a sunny wall in a sheltered garden provided some additional protection from rainfall and late frosts is given during winter and early spring. Mentioned in Robert Hogg's Fruit Manual (1884). Maidens on St Julien A rootstock.

Peaches

Available as maiden trees on St Julien A rootstocks. Peaches are warm temperate fruits and need a south facing wall in sheltered location to do well. Can also be grown under glass.

Rochester                               
Large red and yellow fruit, juicy, very good flavour. Regarded as one of the most suitable peaches for cool temperate climates. Late flowering, so less susceptible to frost. Late August. Self fertile. USA c1900

Saturn                               
Small orange fruit with unusual flat shape. Very sweet and succulent. Late August. Self fertile. This type of peach was originally grown in China hundreds of years ago but was developed commercially in the United States in the late Nineteenth century. Self fertile.

Plums and Gages

Guinevere                            
.Large purple/black fruit. Heavy cropper. . One of the tastiest late plums. Late September/early October. Self fertile (pollination group 3). Kent 2000. Available on Pixy and St Julien A rootstock

Haganta                            
.Large dark blue fruit with golden flesh. Freestone. Lovely scent and excellent flavour. September. Self fertile (pollination group 3). Germany 2005. Available on Pixy and St Julien A rootstocks