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181 varieties
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Categories
Apples
65
Cooking apples
24
Eating apples
52
Red-flesh apples
8
Apricots
5
Cherries
13
Cider apples
17
Cornelian cherries
7
Crab-apple trees
1
Medlars
2
Mulberries
2
Pears
25
Asian pears
3
Dessert pears
21
Cooking pears
2
Peaches
2
Plums
16
Damsons
4
Mirabelles
1
Gages
6
Quinces
2
Figs
2
Inter-specific fruit trees
3
Kiwi
3
Saskatoons
5
Citrus rootstocks
3
Apple rootstocks
5
Pear rootstocks
3
Plum rootstocks
2
Cherry rootstocks
3
Stock availability
All
181
In stock
67
Not in stock
101
Graft to order
13
Rootstocks
M9
22
?
M116
8
?
Gisela 5
2
?
Montclar
2
?
MM111
30
?
BA29
4
?
Bittenfelder
22
?
Gisela 6
3
?
St. Julien A
6
?
PyroDwarf
2
?
Cornus seedling
3
?
Kirchensaller
2
?
Mazzard Alkavo
6
?
Myrobalan
8
?
Growing
Sex
Male
1
Female
1
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
48
Average
81
Experienced
17
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
35
Partially self-fertile
19
Not self-fertile
103
Flowering group
?
1
5
2
21
3
64
4
38
5
8
6
7
Pollinating others
?
Good
13
Average
87
Poor
35
Ploidy
?
Diploid
79
Triploid
22
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
78
Partial tip-bearer
9
Tip-bearer
4
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
128
Mild damp climates
40
Warm climates
51
Using
Picking period
early June
1
mid-June
1
late June
5
early July
8
mid-July
4
late July
7
early August
7
mid-August
9
late August
15
early September
15
mid-September
17
late September
13
early October
24
mid-October
14
late October
13
early November
11
mid-November
4
late November
1
Picking season
?
Very early
5
Early
31
Mid
35
Late
58
Very late
24
Season of use
?
1-3 days
31
1 week
24
2-3 weeks
31
1-2 months
23
3 months or more
29
Cropping
?
Heavy
42
Good
82
Light
16
Food uses
Eating fresh
119
Culinary
72
Traditional cooker
13
Dual purpose
23
Juice
40
Hard cider
25
Drying
1
Edible fruits
5
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
54
Average
69
Poor
16
Scab
?
Very resistant
15
Some resistance
28
Some susceptibility
36
Very susceptible
5
Canker
Very resistant
4
Some resistance
7
Some susceptibility
20
Very susceptible
2
Mildew
?
Very resistant
5
Some resistance
17
Some susceptibility
28
Very susceptible
1
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
5
Some susceptibility
3
Silverleaf
Very resistant
2
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
1
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
7
Some susceptibility
4
Fire blight
Some resistance
17
Some susceptibility
20
Very susceptible
12
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
1
Belgium
16
Canada
6
Czech Republic
2
Denmark
1
France
60
Germany
7
Japan
6
Netherlands
5
New Zealand
4
Poland
3
Russia
6
Switzerland
3
Turkey
1
Ukraine
6
United Kingdom
30
United States
17
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1
1600 - 1649
5
1650 - 1699
1
1700 - 1749
3
1750 - 1799
7
1800 - 1849
23
1850 - 1899
26
1900 - 1949
21
1950 - 1999
23
2000
4
Flowering month
February
7
March
1
April
6
June
3
Flesh colour
White
31
Cream
10
Golden / Yellow
8
Orange
3
Pink / Red
8
Dark red
2
Light green / Yellow
3
Fruit colour
Black
3
Blue - dark
11
Brown
4
Crimson
3
Gold
7
Green
5
Green - light
22
Green / Red
10
Green / Yellow
18
Orange
3
Orange / Red
19
Orange flush
24
Pink
2
Purple
4
Purple - light
1
Red
19
Red - dark
13
Red / Black
4
Red / Green
3
Red striped
2
Russet
17
Yellow
9
Yellow / Orange
7
Fruit size
Small
21
Average
52
Large
33
Very large
3
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Varieties list
Apple trees
Akane
Akane is an attractive early-season eating apple with a good pedigree and a sweet/sharp flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Amere de Berthencourt
Amere de Berthencourt is a traditional French bittersweet cider apple.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Amere Nouvelle
Amere Nouvelle is a traditional French bittersweet cider apple.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Peach trees
Amsden June
An early-ripening white-fleshed freestone peach from the USA.
Picking season: Very early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Ananas Reinette
Ananas Reinette has small pretty yellow apples with a distinctive pineapple flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Antonovka 1.5 pound
Known by many different names, this is a sport variation of Antonovka, noted for its very large apples.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Argiliere
A mid-season dessert apple from the north of France.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Ascahire
A large reliable cooking apple from northern France which is particularly good for juicing.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Ashmead's Kernel
Ashmead's Kernel is a traditional English eating apple with a distinctive pear-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Peach trees
Avalon Pride
Avalon Pride is a disease-resistant yellow-fleshed peach, well-suited to growing outdoors in northern Europe.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear rootstocks
BA29
BA29 is a semi-vigorous quince rootstock, compatible with many but not all European pears.
Apple trees
Baguette d'Hiver
A traditional late season red dessert apple from northern France.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 6
Apple trees
Baguette Violette
Baguette Violette is a traditional French late-season dessert apple.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Bedan des Parts
A traditional French cider variety, producing a high quality bittersweet juice.
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Belle de Boskoop
Belle de Boskoop is a popular large dual-purpose apple from the Netherlands.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Belle Fleur Rouge
A sport or seedling of Belle Fleur de France, with a darker red skin coloration.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Belle Fleur Simple
A traditional late-season dessert apple with a sweet flavour, and good keeping qualities.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Berner Rosen
Berner Rosen is an attractive dessert apple from Switzerland.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Beurre d'Anjou
Beurre d'Anjou is a highly-regarded traditional French dessert pear with melting sweet flesh.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Beurre Hardy
One of the classic French pears, with a very good flavour, but needs a warm sheltered situation.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Beurre Lebrun
Beurre Lebrun is a high-quality French mid-season dessert pear, with a fine sweet flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Beurre Superfin
A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Binet Rouge
Binet Rouge is a traditional French hard cider variety from the Pays d'Auge area of Normandy.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple rootstocks
Bittenfelder
Bittenfelder is a very vigorous cold-hardy apple rootstock.
Cherry trees
Blanc Nez
A bigarreau -type white cherry from northern France.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Blanche d'Harcigny
Blanche d'Harcigny is white sweet cherry from northern France, which ripens in late June / early July.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Blenheim Orange
Blenheim Orange is a classic English dual-purpose apple - useful for both dessert and culinary purposes.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Braeburn
Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Bramley's Seedling
Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Burlat
Burlat is a bright red sweet cherry, which ripens in late May / early June.
Picking season: Very early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cabarette
A traditional very-late season dessert apple, found in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Gage trees
Cambridge Gage
Cambridge Gage is a reliable English green gage, with an excellent sweet flavour.
Citrus rootstocks
Citrumelo 4475
Citrumelo 4475 is a dwarfing citrus rootstock, particularly for sweet orange and grapefruit trees.
Pear trees
Clapp's Favorite
An attractive red-flushed early-season pear from the USA.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Clement's
Clement's pear is a high quality French dessert pear, very similar to Williams / Bartlett.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Gage trees
Coe's Golden Drop
Coe's Golden Drop is a large oval gage from the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour.
Apple trees
Colapuy
A traditional late-season dessert apple from France with a good sweet / sharp balance.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry rootstocks
Colt
Colt is a semi-vigorous rootstock for sweet cherries.
Pear trees
Concorde
A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Pear trees
Conference
Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to temperate climates in north-west Europe.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Cornelie
Cornelie is a traditional sweet buttery French dessert pear.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Gage trees
Count Althann's Gage
Count Althann's Gage has a richer and more plum-like flavour than other gages.
Apple trees
Court Pendu Rouge
Court Pendu Rouge is a very old French dessert apple with an aromatic pear-drop flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cox's Orange Pippin
Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cripps Pink
Cripps Pink is is a well-known modern apple variety, well-suited to the warmer apple-growing regions.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Dabinett
Dabinett is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Fig trees
Dalmatie
A large green-fruited fig with pretty foliage.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Deveci
Deveci is a large late-season eating pear, originating from Turkey.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Discovery
Discovery is a popular early-season English apple variety, with a juicy sharp flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Doyenne du Comice
Doyenne du Comice is considered one of the best flavoured of all pears.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Du Verger
Du Verger is an old French bittersweet cider apple variety.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cornelian cherry trees
Dublany
A modern early-season Cornelian cherry, with large dark red fruits, and a high sugar and acid content.
Picking season: Early
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Apple trees
Early Red Meat
Early Red Meat is an early season apple with a marbled red / pink flesh. It produces a dark pink apple juice.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Early Rivers
One of the earliest-ripening cherries, ready to pick in early June in north-western Europe.
Picking season: Very early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Ellis Bitter
Ellis Bitter is a traditional and popular English cider apple, producing a bittersweet juice.
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crab-apple trees
Evereste
Malus Evereste is a popular traditional crab-apple with masses of white blossom, then red-yellow fruits.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Damson trees
Farleigh
Farleigh is a cold-hardy heavy-cropping traditional English damson.
Apple trees
Flanders Reinette
An ancient dual-purpose apple variety, found across southern Belgium and northern France.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Citrus rootstocks
Flying Dragon
Flying Dragon is a popular dwarfing rootstock for orange, grapefruits, lemons and mandarins.
Cider apple trees
Frequin Rouge
Frequin Rouge is one of the most important of the traditional French hard-cider apple varieties.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Fuji
Fuji is one of the most apple varieties in the world, renowned for its clean sweet flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple rootstocks
G.11
G.11 is a cold-hardy dwarfing apple rootstock, in the M9 size class.
Apple trees
Gaillarde
A traditional late-season high quality dessert apple from northern France.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Gala
Gala is a popular commercial apple variety, with a sweet flavour and crisp flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cherry rootstocks
Gisela 5
Gisela 5 is a popular semi-dwarf rootstock for sweet and sour cherries.
Cherry rootstocks
Gisela 6
Gisela 6 is a semi-vigorous rootstock for sweet and sour cherries.
Apple trees
Golden Delicious
The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Golden Pippin
One of the oldest English apples, used for cooking and eating, with a fruity lemon-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Gravenstein
Gravenstein is a high-quality early-season eating and cooking apple, with an excellent strong apple flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Gros Bigarreau de la Groise
Gros Bigarreau de la Groise is red sweet cherry from northern France, which ripens in late June / early July.
Cherry trees
Guigne Noire de Ruesnes
Guigne Noire de Ruesnes is a dark red sweet cherry which ripens in early July.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Harry Masters Jersey
Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Kiwi
Hayward
Hayward is a popular large-fruited female kiwi variety,
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Sex: Female
Cherry trees
Hedelfingen
An old late-season sweet cherry from Germany.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Hidden Rose
®
Hidden Rose is named for the unexpected rose pink flesh hidden under the plain green skin.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp is a very popular modern American cold-hardy disease-resistant apple, known for its crisp sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Asian pear trees
Hosui
Hosui has perhaps the best flavour of any Asian pear - it is very juicy and very sweet.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Idared
Idared is a late-season American apple variety, notable for its excellent keeping qualities.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Illinois Everbearing
An American hybrid mulberry, producing long black fruits from an early age.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Kiwi
Issai
Issai is a smooth-skinned self-fertile kiwi, adapted to cooler climates.
Pollinating others: Poor
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Jacques Lebel
A high quality French cooking apple with a crisp juicy acidic flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cornelian cherry trees
Jantarnyj
Jantarnyj is a mid-season yellow Cornelian cherry with a sweet juicy flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Fruit colour: Yellow
Apple trees
Jonagold
Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Jonathan
Jonathan is one of the best-flavoured American apple varieties, and a good choice for the home orchard.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Kingston Black
Kingston Black is one of the premier English cider varieties and produces a bittersharp juice.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear rootstocks
Kirchensaller
Kirchensaller is vigorous standard rootstock, compatible with all European pears.
Cherry trees
Kordia
Kordia is a large late-season true black cherry variety with a good balanced cherry flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Saskatoon bushes
Krasnojarskaja
A cold-hardy late-season Russian Saskatoon variety.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking period: late July
Asian pear trees
Kumoi
One of the most popular Asian pears, with a firm flesh and sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Lanscailler
A traditional dual-purpose apple, particularly good for cooking and juicing.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Cherry trees
Lapins
An excellent modern sweet cherry. Easy to grow, with heavy crops of good-flavoured cherries.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Medlar trees
Large Dutch
Large Dutch, or Flanders Giant, is one of the largest-fruited medlars, with attractive blossom and autum leaf colours.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
Legipont
Legipont or Fondante de Charneu is a traditional Belgian dessert pear, ripening in mid-September.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Quince trees
Leskovacz
Leskovacz is an apple-shaped quince with a juicy aromatic flesh.
Pear trees
Louise Bonne
Louise Bonne is a pretty red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple rootstocks
M116
M116 is a semi-vigorous rootstock for apples can crab-apples.
Apple rootstocks
M9
M9 is the most widely-planted commercial dwarf apple rootstock.
Damson trees
Madeleine
A traditional French dual-purpose purple plum.
Saskatoon bushes
Mandam
A popular and compact commercial Saskatoon, ripening in the second half of July.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking period: mid-July
Picking period: late July
Apricot trees
Manera
®
Manera is an apricot variety adapted to the cooler climates of northern Europe.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Marguerite Marillat
Marguerite Marillat is a traditional pear raised by Mr Marillat in the 1870s and named after his wife.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Marie Doudou
A dual-purpose late-season French apple variety with a good sweet-sharp flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Cider apple trees
Marseigna
Marseigna is a traditional French cider variety, producing a high quality bitter sweet juice.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Saskatoon bushes
Martin
A Canadian Saskatoon, ripening in mid-July, with good-sided fruits.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking period: early July
Cider apple trees
Medaille d'Or
Medaille d'Or is a traditional French cider variety, which produces a full bittersweet juice.
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Melitopolski Cherny
Melitopolski Cherny is a dark red hybrid apricot / cherry plum which ripens in mid-July, also known as a Black Apricot.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Melrose
Melrose is a Jonathan-style apple, with a sweet flavour and good storage life.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apricot trees
Mia
®
Mia is an apricot variety well-suited to growing in the cooler climates of northern Europe.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Michelin
Michelin (or Normandie Blanc) is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Mirabelle trees
Mirabelle de Nancy
Mirabelle de Nancy is a traditional Mirabelle, originating from north-east France.
Apple rootstocks
MM111
MM111 is a popular semi-vigorous rootstock for apple trees.
Plum trees
Monsieur Hatif
Monsieur Hatif is a traditional dual-purpose plum variety, with blue / purple skin and golden flesh
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cherry trees
Montmorency
Montmorency is a self-fertile sour cherry, used for cooking, and ideal for making American-style cherry pie.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Monty's Surprise
A recent New Zealand apple variety which is noted for very high levels of anti-oxidant compounds.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Muscadet de Dieppe
A very old French bittersweet cider variety.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Quince trees
Muskatnaja
While all quinces are best used in the kitchen, Muskatnaja is unusual in that it can also be eaten raw.
Apple trees
Mutsu
Mutsu is a high quality dual-purpose apple from Japan, with a good flavour for eating fresh, and also sharp enough for cooking.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum rootstocks
Myrobalan
Myrobalan is a seedling rootstock for producing standard plum trees.
Apple trees
Newtown Pippin
First discovered in the 18th century, Newtown Pippin is a versatile American apple with a good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cornelian cherry trees
Niesnij
Niesnij is a yellow-fruited Cornelian Cherry, suitable for eating fresh and cooking.
Picking season: Early
Fruit colour: Yellow
Cornelian cherry trees
Nikolka
Nikolka is a red Cornelian cherry with a bitter-sweet flavour, rich in antioxidants.
Picking season: Early
Fruit colour: Red
Damson trees
Noberte
Noberte is a traditional culinary plum, ideal for making jams and plum tarts.
Medlar trees
Nottingham
Nottingham is a popular English medlar, used mainly for cooking.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Oksana
Oksana is a pretty red-flushed apple with a very sweet flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Ontario
A juicy dual-purpose apple from Canada.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Gage trees
Oullins Gage
Oullins Gage is self-fertile, quite easy to grow, and the plums have a lovely sweet flavour.
Apple trees
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Pink Pearl
Pink Pearl features bright pink flesh, and pink apple blossom.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Poire de Livre
Poire de Livre is an ancient culinary pear from the north of France.
Apricot trees
Polonais
Polonais is one of the most cold-hardy of all apricots, and a good choice for growing in northern Europe.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Citrus rootstocks
Pomeroy
Pomeroy is a semi-dwarfing cold-hardy rootstock, compatible with most Citrus varieties.
Apricot trees
Precoce de Saumur
Precoce de Saumur is an early-season apricot with good cold-hardiness.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Precoce de Wirwignes
A traditional and heavy-cropping early-season apple variety from Belgium.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Precoce Henin
Precoce Henin is an early-season eating pear with a rich sweet melting flesh.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Pear trees
President Heron
President Heron is a high-quality French dessert pear, a good choice for the home orchard.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear rootstocks
Pyrodwarf
TM
Pyrodwarf is a semi-vigorous rootstock compatible with all European pear varieties.
Plum trees
Quetsche d'Alsace
One of the best culinary plums, and a good example of the Quetsche or Zwetchen plums known in central Europe since the 17th century.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cornelian cherry trees
Radost
Radost is a bright red Cornelian cherry with a good acid content.
Picking season: Early
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Apple trees
Red Devil
Red Devil is a versatile English eating apple, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Red Windsor
®
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Regina
Regina is a new late-season sweet black cherry, with a good flavour and resistance to splitting.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Gage trees
Reine Claude Doree
A high-quality yellow-green gage, and usually more productive than other green gages.
Gage trees
Reine Claude Rouge Hative
This is one of the earliest dessert plums, ripening in mid-July.
Apple trees
Reine de Reinettes
A traditional French dual-purpose apple, which was also known in the Victorian England as King of the Pippins.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Reinette Abry
A traditional dual-purpose yellow/green apple from northern France.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Reinette de France
A highly-regarded traditional French dessert apple.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Reinette de Waleffe
A highly-regarded traditional Belgian dessert apple with a good sweet / sharp aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Reinette des Capucins
Reinette des Capucins is an ancient French country apple variety, ideal for traditional French cookery and for eating fresh.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Reinette Descardre
Reinette Descardre is a good quality Belgian dessert apple with a sweet fruity flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Reinette Rouge Etoilee
A popular traditional eating apple from the Low Countries.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Roberts Crab
Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Fig trees
Rouge de Bordeaux
As the name suggests this fig has a red-flesh with a rich sweet flavour.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Rubaiyat
®
Rubaiyat is a red-skinned apple, with bright red flesh.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Saint Edmund's Russet
Saint Edmund's Russet is considered one of the best English russet apples.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Pear trees
Saint Mathieu
Saint Mathieu is a traditional Franco-Belgian cooking pear.
Apple trees
Sang de Boeuf
A dark red dual-purpose apple, particularly good for cooking and juicing.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Plum trees
Sanguine de Wismes
Sanguine de Wismes is an unusual hybrid red-fleshed dessert plum.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Scarlet Surprise
Scarlet Surprise is an early-season pink-fleshed apple.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Asian pear trees
Shinseiki
This popular early-season Asian / Nashi pear variety produces crisp sweet-flavoured pears, which can be kept for up to 3 months.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Pear trees
Shipova
Shipova is a rare pear / whitebeam hybrid, producing small pear-like edible fruits.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Damson trees
Shropshire Prune
The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.
Saskatoon bushes
Sleyt
A late-season large-fruited Saskatoon bush.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking period: early July
Apple trees
Spartan
Spartan is a McIntosh style apple, easy to grow, crunchy, with a sweet delicate wine-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Plum rootstocks
St. Julien A
St. Julien A is a semi-vigorous rootstock, compatible with many plums, peaches, and apricots.
Cornelian cherry trees
Starokijewskij
Starokijewskij is a dark red September-ripening Cornelian cherry.
Picking season: Mid
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Pear trees
Sucree de Montlucon
Sucree de Montlucon is an exceptionally sweet dessert pear.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Sunburst
Sunburst is a large red mid-season cherry with a good sweet mild flavour, and easy to pick.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Suntan
Suntan is a high-quality late-season dessert apple, with an excellent aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cornelian cherry trees
Szafer
Szafer bears heavy crops of sweet red Cornelian cherries over a long period.
Picking season: Mid
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Saskatoon bushes
Thiessen
A large-fruited early-ripening Saskatoon or Juneberry.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking period: early July
Kiwi
Tomuri
Tomuri is a male kiwi variety. It does not produce fruit, but is used as a pollinator for female kiwi plants.
Pollinating others: Good
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Sex: Male
Pear trees
Trapezitsa
A very early-season pear for eating fresh, with good resistance to scab.
Picking season: Very early
Pear trees
Triompe de Vienne
Triomphe de Vienne is a pretty dessert pear, with juicy melting sweet flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Verchocq
Verchocq is a traditional white cherry, maturing in early July.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Plum trees
Victoria
Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Mulberry trees
Wellington
A traditional English Mulberry tree featuring large dark sweet fruits.
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
White Transparent
A traditional early-season dual-purpose apple, which is also very winter-hardy.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Wickson Crab
Wickson crab is a popular American hard-cider variety.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pear trees
Williams
Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with a good flavour and quite easy to grow.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Yarlington Mill
Yarlington Mill is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile