Autumn 2025 season
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Pre-trained fruit trees from Keepers Nursery in association with Orange Pippin
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Espalier-trained fruit trees
Espalier fruit trees with a mature spread of 3m-4m and the potential for 3-5 tiers..
8 varieties
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- Espalier (starter)
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Categories
Apples
8
Apples - Eating
8
Apples - Cooking
1
Stock availability
All
8
In stock
8
Not in stock
0
Form
Espalier (starter)
8
Fan (starter)
4
1-year
1
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
8
Growing
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
1
Partially self-fertile
3
Not self-fertile
4
Flowering group
?
2
1
3
5
4
2
5
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
7
Poor
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
3
RHS AGM (former)
RHS 1st class
Using
Picking period (southern UK)
mid-July
late July
early August
mid-August
late August
early September
mid-September
2
late September
1
early October
1
mid-October
4
Cropping
Heavy
5
Good
2
Light
1
Keeping
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
1
2-3 weeks
2
1-2 months
4
3 months or more
1
Food uses
Eating fresh
8
Culinary
2
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
7
Hard cider
Problems
Disease resistance
Good
3
Average
4
Poor
1
Canker
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
2
Very susceptible
1
Scab
Very resistant
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
2
Very susceptible
1
Mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
3
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
2
France
Iran
Netherlands
New Zealand
1
Sweden
United Kingdom
5
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
2
1850 - 1899
1
1900 - 1949
4
1950 - 1999
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
2
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
2
Orange flush
4
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
Russet
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
Fiesta
Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour, and a good choice for wall or cordon training.
Keeping: 3 months or more
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Keeping: 1-2 months
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not 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
McIntosh
McIntosh is the classic Canadian red apple, with a bright white sweet flesh.
Keeping: 2-3 weeks
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Spartan
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour.
Keeping: 1 week
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Sunset
Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
Keeping: 2-3 weeks
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Tydeman's Late Orange
Tydeman's Late Orange is a Cox-style apple, but later ripening and with a slightly sharper flavour.
Keeping: 1-2 months
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile