apple 'cox self fertile/James Grieve/Sunset'

apple - family

size: M27 10lt (bush)

available to order from summer 2012

£49.99

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• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
• Ultimate size on M27 rootstock: 1.8 x 1.8m (6 x 6ft)
• Flowering period: April and May
• Other features: delicious dessert apples
• Hardiness: fully hardy
• Pollination Group: C - flowering late season
  
  These great 'family' trees have three diiferent varieties of dessert apples grafted onto one rootstock, so are perfect for smaller gardens where it may be difficult to find space for pollinating partners. Needless to say, come the autumn, it will be a real treat to enjoy a selection of tasty apples that you have grown yourself. This tree bears the following varieties:
  
  'Cox's Self Fertile' - this is regarded by many as one of the best eating apples. They have a superb flavour and sweet aroma with deep creamy flesh. Ready to harvest in October.
  
  'James Grieve' - producing crisp and juicy, red-flushed, green apples that have remained comnsitenetly popular since they were first introduced in 1893. A reliable cropper, the apples can be used for cooking or eating and can be harvested from September.
  
  'Sunset' - showing a good resistance to disease, the red and orange-flushed, yellow apples have a tart flavour and are produced in abundance. Ready to pick in September.
  
  
• Garden care: Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilise at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. Remove damaged or crossing branches during the dormant season.
  
  
• Pollination Information: As these trees are made up of several different varieties that can cross pollinate freely, you will not need another pollinating partner.