About us
About Thomas Fruit Trees
Thomas Fruit Trees is the European trading name of La Pépinière du Fruitier, a specialist fruit tree nursery based in Le Quesnoy, in northern France.
We grow and supply fruit trees for gardens, family orchards and larger planting projects across Europe. Our range includes apple trees, pear trees, plum trees, cherry trees, peach trees, soft fruit plants, rootstocks and less common fruit species.
Our work is not only about selling trees. It is about helping each customer choose fruit trees suited to their soil, climate, available space and desired harvests.
Most of our fruit trees are grafted and grown in our own nursery, with particular attention to variety choice, plant quality and practical planting advice.
Our orchard: a full-scale observation ground
Alongside the nursery, we manage an organic orchard of more than 4 hectares. This orchard allows us to observe fruit trees in real growing conditions: vigour, flowering, disease sensitivity, cropping regularity, fruit quality and how varieties behave from one season to the next.
This field experience directly supports our work as nurserymen. It helps us better understand the needs of the trees, compare varieties, refine our advice and offer fruit trees suited to both gardens and family orchards.
For us, choosing a fruit tree is not simply a matter of choosing a variety name. The tree must suit a soil, a climate, a training form, a purpose and the kind of fruit the grower really wants to harvest.
A French nursery for European gardeners
Although our nursery is based in France, Thomas Fruit Trees has been created for customers throughout Europe. For this reason, our website is in English, but you can also contact us in your own language.
We aim to make specialist fruit trees more accessible to European gardeners, collectors and orchard projects, with clear information about varieties, tree forms, rootstocks, pollination and planting.
A nursery specialising in well-adapted fruit trees
We aim to offer fruit trees with real value for the garden or orchard: flavour, ripening period, storage quality, hardiness, disease resistance, soil adaptation or heritage value.
Old and regional varieties
We give an important place to old, regional and less widely grown varieties, often valued for their flavour, history or adaptation to particular growing conditions.
Rare fruit trees and collections
Alongside the classic fruit species, we also work with more unusual fruit trees for enthusiasts, diversified orchards and more specific planting projects.
Rootstock and tree form
A fruit tree is not defined by its variety alone. Rootstock, vigour, tree form and available space are essential factors for a successful planting.
Trees grown for planting
Our trees are grown and prepared in the nursery so they can be planted during the right season. Most bare-root fruit trees are available during the planting season, usually from December to March.
Depending on the species and availability, we offer different tree forms: maidens, bush trees, half-standards and standards. Each form suits a different use: a small garden, a family orchard, an avenue, a traditional orchard or a larger planting project.
We pay close attention to root quality, tree formation and the suitability of the variety, rootstock and intended use.
Helping you choose the right tree
Choosing a fruit tree can quickly become complex: pollination, vigour, soil, climate, tree form, harvest period, fruit storage, disease sensitivity… Our role is also to make this information easier to understand.
For each variety, we try to provide the useful information needed to make a coherent choice. And when a project needs more specific advice, we can guide you towards the species, varieties and tree forms best suited to your situation.
You can also use the advanced search tab to filter trees according to your own selection criteria.
How we work
French nursery production
Trees grown in our nursery in northern France, with direct follow-up of the production process.
Variety selection
Varieties chosen for their real value: flavour, adaptation, hardiness, storage quality or fruit heritage.
Field-based advice
Advice drawn from practical experience in the nursery, orchard and planting projects.
Organic approach
A production approach committed to organic farming, with certified organic fruit trees where this applies to the plants offered.
Company details
Thomas Fruit Trees is a trading name of La Pépinière du Fruitier.
La Pépinière du Fruitier
173 Route de Valenciennes
59530 Le Quesnoy
France
Company registration (SIRET): 892 154 014 00013
EU VAT number: FR 0F892154014
EU Plant passport: FR-0590169V
To find out more or ask a question, please use our contact form. You can also visit our Facebook page or leave a review on Google.
Plan your planting project
Whether you are planting a single tree in a garden or several fruit trees in an orchard, the choice of variety, tree form and rootstock deserves careful thought.