Autumn 2025 season
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Pre-trained fruit trees from Keepers Nursery in association with Orange Pippin
Trained Fruit Trees
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Fan-trained fruit trees
Fan-trained fruit trees with a mature spread of 3m-4m.
7 varieties
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- Fan (starter)
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Categories
Apples
6
Apples - Eating
6
Apples - Cooking
1
Cherries
1
Cherries - Eating
1
Stock availability
All
7
In stock
7
Not in stock
0
Form
Espalier (starter)
8
Fan (starter)
7
1-year
7
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
7
Growing
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
3
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
3
Flowering group
?
2
2
3
5
4
5
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
6
Poor
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
6
RHS AGM (former)
RHS 1st class
Using
Picking period (southern UK)
mid-July
late July
early August
mid-August
1
late August
1
early September
mid-September
2
late September
2
early October
mid-October
Cropping
Heavy
2
Good
5
Light
Keeping
Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
3
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
7
Culinary
1
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
3
Hard cider
Problems
Disease resistance
Good
2
Average
3
Poor
1
Canker
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
1
Scab
Very resistant
4
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
1
Mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Silverleaf
Some resistance
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Belgium
Canada
France
Iran
Netherlands
New Zealand
Sweden
United Kingdom
7
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1
1850 - 1899
1
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
4
Fruit colour
Black
1
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
1
Purple
Purple - light
Red
4
Red - dark
Russet
1
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
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Varieties list
Cox's Orange Pippin
Cox is generally considered to have the best flavour of any apple variety.
Keeping: 1-2 months
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Discovery
Discovery is a popular early-season English apple variety, easy to grow in all trained forms.
Keeping: 1 week
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Egremont Russet
A reliable English russet apple, suitable for many forms of training.
Keeping: 1-2 months
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Penny
Penny is a late-season black cherry - ripening in mid-August, well-suited to fan-training.
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Red Falstaff
Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
Keeping: 1-2 months
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Red Windsor
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
Keeping: 1 week
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Scrumptious
Scumptious is a new award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
Keeping: 1 week
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile