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Simple bare root fruit trees and ornamental trees

Fruit trees

Our huge range of simple fruit trees are ideal for the home orchard or kitchen garden, whether you are new to fruit trees or a long-time enthusiast.

  • Adams Pearmain apple trees
    Adams' Pearmain is a popular Victorian-era English apple with a distinctive 'pearmain' shape.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Amber Heart cherry trees
    A traditional English mid-season white cherry, widely known as Kent Bigarreau. Not self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Annie Elizabeth apple trees
    A traditional English cooking apple, with a sweet flavour, which keeps its shape when cooked.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Aprimira apricot trees
    Aprimira is a sweet self-fertile apricot-mirabelle cross, also known as a miracot.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Arthur Turner apple trees
    A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early August
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Ashmead's Kernel apple trees
    A versatile English 17th century russet apple, Ashmead's Kernel is noted for its distinctive pear-like flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Avalon plum trees
    Avalon is a large mid-season red/purple plum, similar to Victoria, with a very good flavour.

  • Bardsey apple trees
    A hardy disease-resistant apple, discovered growing on an island off the west coast of Wales.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: late September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Beauty of Bath apple trees
    One of the earliest English apples, ripening in early August.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early August
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Belle de Louvain plum trees
    Belle de Louvain is a large purple culinary plum, useful because it can be grown on north-facing walls.

  • Bergeron is the classic French apricot variety, and a common sight in French summer markets.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Bergeval apricot trees
    A modern apricot with pretty orange fruits and a rich sweet flavour.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Beth pear trees
    An easy and reliable early-season pear, with a very good melting flavour.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Beurre Hardy pear trees
    A classic French pear with a very good flavour, but grows best in a warm sheltered situation.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Beurre Superfin pear trees
    A traditional French 19th century pear, widely considered one of the best for flavour.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Black Worcester pear trees
    The oldest true English pear, 16th century or earlier. Ideal for stewed pears.
    • Pick season: Very late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Blaisdon Red plum trees
    Blaisdon Red is one of the best plum varieties for making plum jam.

  • Blenheim Orange apple trees
    Blenheim Orange is a classic English dual-purpose apple, useful for dessert and culinary purposes.
    • Gardening skill: Experienced
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Bloody Ploughman apple trees
    An old Scottish apple variety, named for the crimson-red colour of its skin and stained flesh.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Blue Tit plum trees
    Blue Tit is a popular English dual-purpose plum, easy to grow, reliable cropping.

  • Bountiful apple trees
    Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Braeburn apple trees
    Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-November
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Bramley 20 apple trees
    Bramley 20 is a naturally smaller version of Bramley's Seedling (the apples are the same size though).
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Bramley's Seedling apple trees
    Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Brown's Apple apple trees
    Brown's Apple is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a sharp juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Cambridge Gage plum trees
    Cambridge Gage is a reliable green gage, similar to Old Green Gage, with an excellent flavour.

  • Catillac pear trees
    A very old French culinary pear, dating back to the reign of Louis XIV.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Celebration NUVAR pear trees
    Nuvar Celeberation is a large modern dessert pear.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Charles Ross apple trees
    Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Chivers Delight apple trees
    Chivers Delight is an under-rated Cox-style apple from Cambridgeshire. Crisp and sweet.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Christmas Pippin apple trees
    Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a chance seedling tree.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Claygate Pearmain apple trees
    Claygate Pearmain is a popular English dessert apple of the Victorian era.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Coe's Golden Drop plum trees
    Coe's Golden Drop is a large oval gage from the 18th century, noted for its excellent flavour.

  • Concorde pear trees
    A marriage of Conference and Comice - Concorde is easy to grow, heavy crops, excellent flavour.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Conference pear trees
    Conference is a popular and reliable English pear, well-suited to the UK climate.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Cornish Aromatic apple trees
    An attractive late-season apple from Cornwall, with a good aromatic flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Coul Blush apple trees
    Coul Blush is an early-season dual-purpose apple from Scotland.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-August
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Cox's Orange Pippin apple trees
    Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
    • Gardening skill: Experienced
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Czar plum trees
    Czar is a traditional culinary plum, one of the easiest plums trees, will even fruit on north-facing walls.

  • Dabinett apple trees
    Dabinett is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: late October
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • D'Arcy Spice apple trees
    An old English apple variety, yet with a unique flavour and many unusual qualities.
    • Gardening skill: Experienced
    • Picking period: early November
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Denniston's Superb plum trees
    Denniston's Superb is a gage-like green plum, raised in New York in the 19th century.

  • Discovery apple trees
    Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-August
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Doyenne du Comice pear trees
    Doyenne du Comice is arguably the best flavoured of all pears.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Early Transparent Gage plum trees
    One of the easier gages to grow, Early Transparent has attractive semi-translucent fruit.

  • Edda plum trees
    A good quality and cold-hardy early-season purple plum from Norway.

  • Eden apple trees
    A new dual-purpose apple which has a naturally non-browning flesh, ideal for salads and fresh apple juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Egremont Russet apple trees
    Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: late September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Ellison's Orange apple trees
    Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Excalibur plum trees
    Excalibur is a red-purple plum, similar to Victoria but with a better flavour for eating fresh.

  • Farleigh damson trees
    One of the hardiest damsons, and crops heavily. Farleigh has the distinctive damson flavour.

  • Fiesta apple trees
    Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Fondante d'Automne pear trees
    An old fashioned French pear with a notably sweet flavour.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Gala apple trees
    Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: late August
    • Picking period: early September
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Galloway Pippin apple trees
    A traditional Scottish cooking apple which keeps its shape when cooked.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: late September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Gin pear trees
    A rare English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.

  • Glou Morceau pear trees
    A traditional 18th century Belgian pear with a notably rich sweet flavour.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Golden Delicious apple trees
    The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Gordon Castle plum trees
    A good dessert plum for northern areas due to its hardiness.

  • Gorham pear trees
    A reliable early 20th century American pear, with a sweet creamy flesh.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Granny Smith apple trees
    Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-November
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Greensleeves apple trees
    Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Haganta is a new large blue plum variety from Germany, one of the latest-ripening and an excellent flavour.

  • Harry Masters Jersey apple trees
    Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Hauszwetsche German Prune plum trees
    Hauszwetsche is a damson-like Quetsche or Zwetsche plum, ideal for German-style cakes and desserts.

  • Helena du Roussillon apricot trees
    A traditional French apricot variety, grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon area.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Herefordshire Russet apple trees
    Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Herman plum trees
    Herman is one of the best quality early-season plum varieties, blue/purple with yellow flesh.

  • Hidden Rose apple trees
    Hidden Rose is named for the unexpected pink flesh hidden behind the plain green skin.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: late October
    • Picking period: early November
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Honeycrisp apple trees
    Honeycrisp is an American cold-hardy disease-resistant apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.
    • Gardening skill: Experienced
    • Picking period: late September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Howgate Wonder apple trees
    Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Humbug pear trees
    Humbug is an unusual pear variety, the fruits have distinctive green and yellow stripes.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Invincible pear trees
    Invincible is a high quality pear which can also cope with difficult conditions.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Irish Peach apple trees
    Irish Peach is a popular early season apple, ripening in July / August. It is easy to grow and low maintenance.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-August
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • James Grieve apple trees
    James Grieve is the classic Scottish dual-purpose apple. It can be eaten fresh, and is also excellent for juicing and cooking.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Jefferson plum trees
    Jefferson is a a large yellow gage / plum, easy to grow, crops well, very juicy and great flavour.

  • Jonagold apple trees
    Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavor.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Josephine de Malines pear trees
    A classic 19th century winter pear with a high quality flavour.
    • Pick season: Very late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Jubilee plum trees
    Jubilee is a new heavy-cropping dessert plum variety, similar to Victoria but larger and more reliable.

  • Judge Amphlet pear trees
    A popular English perry pear variety producing a light, low-tannin juice.

  • Jumbo apple trees
    A dual-purpose apple, named for the exceptionally large size of its fruits.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Jupiter apple trees
    Jupiter is a popular Cox-style apple with a slightly stronger flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Katy apple trees
    Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Keswick Codlin apple trees
    Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-August
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Kidd's Orange Red apple trees
    Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • King of the Pippins apple trees
    A popular and versatile dual-purpose apple, widely grown in the Victorian era.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • King's Acre Pippin apple trees
    A traditional late-season English apple with a robust flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early November
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Kingston Black apple trees
    Kingston Black is one of the premier English cider varieties and produces a bittersharp juice.
    • Gardening skill: Experienced
    • Picking period: early November
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • One of the easier apricots for UK growers, attractive orange fruits blushed red. The blossom has some frost resistance.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Kordia cherry trees
    Kordia has large black cherries with a good balanced cherry flavour. Not self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Lady Henniker apple trees
    A well-regarded Victorian dual-purpose apple, easy to grow.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Lapins cherry trees
    A popular red mid-season cherry which is easy to grow. Self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Laxton's Fortune apple trees
    A quietly popular Edwardian era Cox-style apple, developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery.
    • Gardening skill: Experienced
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Laxton's Superb apple trees
    Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Limelight apple trees
    Limelight is an attractive green mid-season dessert apple, ideal for beginners.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Little Pax apple trees
    A new English apple variety, recently discovered on the Isle of Wight - but its appearance and flavour hark back to the Victorian era.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Lord Derby apple trees
    Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Lord Lambourne apple trees
    Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Louise Bonne of Jersey pear trees
    An attractive red-flushed French pear variety with sweet melting flesh.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Malling Elizabeth plum trees
    This new plum variety was released to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's platinum jubilee.

  • Marjorie's Seedling plum trees
    Marjorie's Seedling is an easy to grow, late-season, heavy cropping purple/black plum.

  • Meech's Prolific quince trees
    A deservedly-popular quince variety from the USA, fragrant fruit and attractive blossom.

  • Merchant cherry trees
    An early-season black/red cherry with a good flavour. Not self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Meridian apple trees
    Meridian is a little known modern English apple, heavy crops, easy to grow, and excellent flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Merryweather damson trees
    Merryweather is a very popular damson, with unusually large fruit, one of the hardiest of fruit trees.

  • Merton Glory cherry trees
    A well-known mid-season English white cherry. Not self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Merton Pride pear trees
    One of the best English pears, with a notably juicy buttery flesh.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Michelin apple trees
    Michelin is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early November
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Moonglow pear trees
    A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Morello cherry trees
    The traditional English acid or sour-cherry, ideal for cooking with. Self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Morgan Sweet apple trees
    Morgan Sweet is a traditional English cider variety producing a full sweet juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-August
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Napoleon Bigarreau cherry trees
    A traditional white cherry, with an excellent flavour and appearance. Not self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Newton Wonder apple trees
    A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Norfolk Royal Russet apple trees
    Norfolk Royal Russet is a glorious golden-russet apple which tastes as good as it looks.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Nottingham medlar trees
    A popular Medlar, used mainly for cooking.

  • Obelisk pear trees
    A useful dwarf pear tree for small gardens, it grows with a tidy upright habit and is self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Old Green Gage plum trees
    The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavoured of any plum variety.

  • Onward pear trees
    Onward is high quality dessert pear, related to Doyenne du Comice but easier to grow.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Opal plum trees
    Opal is an early plum variety with a good flavour, self-fertile and very easy to grow.

  • Orleans Reinette apple trees
    Orleans Reinette is a traditional French apple variety, and remains popular for its old-fashioned flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Oullins Golden Gage plum trees
    The flavour of a true gage yet also easy to grow, Oullins Golden Gage is a good first gage tree.

  • Packham's Triumph pear trees
    Perhaps the best known Australian pear, producing large quantities of small but sweet-flavoured pears.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Peasgood's Nonsuch apple trees
    Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Penny cherry trees
    Penny is a high quality late-season black cherry - ripening in mid-August. Not self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Very late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • A new red-flushed apricot which ripens in early July.
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Pinova apple trees
    An attractive disease-resistant dessert apple, capable of producing good clean fruit without chemical sprays.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Pitmaston Duchess pear trees
    Pitmaston Duchess is a traditional English dual-purpose, noted for the very large size of its pears.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Pitmaston Pine Apple apple trees
    A small English 18th century apple with a distinctive fruity pineapple-like flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Pixie apple trees
    Pixie produces lots of small Cox-style apples, easy to grow and keep well.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Porter's Perfection apple trees
    Porter's Perfection is a 19th century English cider variety producing a bittersharp juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-November
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Purple Pershore plum trees
    Very similar to Yellow Pershore and with the same excellent culinary qualities.

  • Queen of the Realm apple trees
    A new apple variety, released in 2022 to celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Red Devil apple trees
    Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Red Falstaff apple trees
    Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: late September
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Red Foxwhelp apple trees
    Red Foxwhelp also known as Herefordshire Redstreak, is an old English cider apple variety which produces a dull red bittersweet juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Red Windsor apple trees
    Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Reeves plum trees
    A high-quality English dual-purpose plum, similar to Victoria but with an improved flavour for eating fresh.

  • Regina cherry trees
    Regina is a new late-season sweet black cherry, with a good flavour and resistance to splitting. Not self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Reverend W. Wilks apple trees
    A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Ribston Pippin apple trees
    A handsome English apple from the 18th century.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Rivers' Early Prolific plum trees
    Early Prolific is a very heavy-cropping early-season plum, raised by the famous Rivers nursery.

  • Robada is a large-fruited apricot. The orange fruits are usually flushed with red, and will ripen in the middle / late July in the UK.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Rosemary Russet apple trees
    A classic English russet apple with excellent flavours, but not as well known as its Victorian contemporaries.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Rosette apple trees
    Probably the best-flavoured of the pink-fleshed apple varieties, and produces lovely pink juice.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-August
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Saint Edmund's Russet apple trees
    Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Santa Claus pear trees
    As the name suggests, Santa Claus is a late ripening dessert pear which keeps until Christmas.
    • Pick season: Very late
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Saturn apple trees
    An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Scotch Bridget apple trees
    A popular Scottish cooking apple, well-suited to damp wet conditions.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Scotch Dumpling apple trees
    Scotch Dumpling is a large Scottish cooking apple. Cooks to a frothy puree with a good flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-August
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Scrumptious apple trees
    Scrumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: late August
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Sensation pear trees
    A red-coloured sport of the popular Williams pear, with a similar good flavour.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Serbian Gold quince trees
    Serbian Gold is probably the best quince variety for the UK climate.

  • Shepherds Bullace damson trees
    A large-fruited bullace, used for cooking and preserves, similar to a damson.

  • Shropshire Prune damson trees
    The definitive English damson, Shropshire Prune has the rich astringent flavour typical of damsons.

  • Skeena cherry trees
    One of the best of the Canadian late-season cherries. Self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Somerset Redstreak apple trees
    An English cider apple variety producing a very high-quality bittersweet juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Spartan apple trees
    Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Stella cherry trees
    Stella is perhaps the most popular mid-season red-cherry. Self-fertile and a good pollinator for other cherries.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • A modern green-gage, more productive and easier to grow in the UK than the traditional ones.

  • Stirling Castle apple trees
    A traditional Scottish cooker from the Victorian era, with a good sharp flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Summer Sun cherry trees
    Summer Sun crops heavily even in poor weather. Partially self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Sunburst cherry trees
    A large red mid-season cherry with a good sweet mild flavour. Self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Mid
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Sunset apple trees
    Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: late September
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Surprize apple trees
    An unusual new apple variety with a unique combination of orange skin and pink flesh.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Sweetheart cherry trees
    One of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate. Self-fertile.
    • Pick season: Late
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Thorn pear trees
    An ancient pear variety from Gloucestershire, now used mainly for perry production.

  • Tickled Pink apple trees
    A new red-fleshed apple variety, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: late September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Tom Putt apple trees
    An old traditional English cider variety with a sharp juice, which can also be used for cooking.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Topaz apple trees
    A modern and reliable disease-resistant variety with a sharp flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Tremlett's Bitter apple trees
    Tremlett's Bitter is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Tydeman's Late Orange apple trees
    Tydeman's Late Orange is an excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Victoria plum trees
    Victoria is the definitive English plum, attractive fruit, good for eating, outstanding flavour for cooking.

  • Vranja quince trees
    A popular traditional Quince variety, well-suited to the southern UK.

  • Warner's King apple trees
    An 18th century English cooker which remains popular. Cooks to a sharp-flavoured puree.
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Warwickshire Drooper plum trees
    Warwickshire Drooper is a good quality dual-purpose yellow plum, with heavy crops.

  • Williams pear trees
    Williams is a classic English pear, also known as Bartlett, with good flavour and quite easy to grow.
    • Pick season: Early
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • A traditional English green gage, with a reputation for excellent flavour.

  • Winter Gem apple trees
    Winter Gem is a late-season apple variety with a very good aromatic flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Worcester Pearmain apple trees
    Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.
    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Picking period: mid-September
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Yarlington Mill apple trees
    Yarlington Mill is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early November
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Yellow Ingestrie apple trees
    One of the prettiest of all apples, perfect for a table display, with a rich fruity flavour.
    • Gardening skill: Average
    • Picking period: early September
    • Self-fertile?: Not self-fertile

  • Yellow Pershore plum trees
    Also known as Yellow Egg, Yellow Pershore is a self-fertile heavy cropping culinary plum.