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.
13 varieties
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- Fan (starter)
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Categories
Apples
7
Apples - Eating
8
Apples - Cooking
1
Plums
5
Plums - eating
4
Plums - cooking
3
Stock availability
All
13
In stock
13
Not in stock
0
Form
Espalier (starter)
16
Fan (starter)
13
1-year
10
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
13
Growing
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
6
Partially self-fertile
4
Not self-fertile
3
Flowering group
?
2
3
3
9
4
1
5
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
12
Poor
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
9
RHS AGM (former)
RHS 1st class
Using
Picking period (southern UK)
mid-July
1
late July
early August
1
mid-August
3
late August
2
early September
mid-September
4
late September
2
early October
1
mid-October
Cropping
Heavy
7
Good
6
Light
Keeping
Does not keep
1-3 days
4
1 week
5
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
4
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
13
Culinary
4
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
1
Juice
3
Hard cider
Problems
Disease resistance
Good
3
Average
6
Poor
3
Canker
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
2
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
1
Silverleaf
Some resistance
Very susceptible
1
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Belgium
Canada
France
1
Iran
Netherlands
New Zealand
Sweden
1
United Kingdom
11
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1
1600 - 1649
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
2
1850 - 1899
4
1900 - 1949
3
1950 - 1999
3
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
1
Green - light
1
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
1
Orange flush
1
Purple
Purple - light
Red
7
Red - dark
Russet
1
Yellow
1
Yellow / Orange
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Varieties list
Cambridge Gage
Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
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
Laxton's Superb
Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.
Keeping: 1-2 months
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Old Green Gage
Old Green Gage is considered by many to be the best-flavoured of any plum variety.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Opal
Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: 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
Victoria
The most popular English plum variety, can be eaten fresh or used in the kitchen.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Warwickshire Drooper
Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Worcester Pearmain
Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.
Keeping: 1 week
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile