Frank P Matthews
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A tree that has been grown in the field and then lifted out of the ground when dormant. Available from November to March. The roots are more open and the direct contact with the soil encourages them to settle in and establish more readily.
These are 2yr old trees that have been grown 1yr in the field and the second in a pot. Container trees can be planted at any time of the year but establish best when planted during the autumn and need to be watered well during the first summer.
Apple
A distinctive late eating apple with attractive lenticel spots, red-brown skin and a rich, aromatic, nutty flavour.
A spectacular, star shaped apple with 5 angular sides. Yellow with orange flush.
A recently introduced and much improved Ballerina apple, more compact, crisp eating. Sweet and sharp flavours.
Flesh is cream, tinged yellow, sweet and firm with a rich nutty flavour. The usual russet to be found in shops.
Striped, red, juicy eating apple. Aniseed flavour develops after picking retaining its melting juicy flesh.
A reliable cropper of good, small, crisp and well-flavoured fruit. One of the most popular eating apples in the world.
Well known crisp eater. Greenish-yellow turning gold. Sweet, honey flavour. Also good for cooking.
Russet with a Cox-like flavour. Exceptional eating quality, rich aromatic flavour. Heavy cropping. Keeps well.
Heavy crops of pale green-yellow flush. Cooks to a cream puree, hardly needing sugar. Good for jelly and butter.
Sweet and aromatic, similar to Cox. Purple flush and red stripes give this an old fashioned appearance.
A clean smooth finish, seems to glow when ripe with the occasional pink blush. It is a crisp, refreshing eater.
Very attractive 'pearmain' shaped bright red fruit with attractive yellow lenticels and a superb sweet aromatic flavour.