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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.
Raspberry
An autumn fruiting primocane. Large, golden yellow fruits with a delicious sweet taste.
Blackberry
Erect, early-ripening, thornless shrub that produces large red and black fruit, ripening in early to mid-June.
An early autumn fruiting variety picked from early August-October. Heavy cropper. Outstanding.
Grapevine
This is recommended as the best white wine variety for the UK. Flavoursome fruits that juice into delicious wine.
Blackcurrant
Early to mid season. Large berries on short trusses. Good flavour. Good frost, pest and disease resistance.
Early season. Large berries, short strigs. Small, compact. Heavy cropper. Some frost and mildew resistance.
Super sweet fruit combined with attractive red/burgundy leaves. Mildew resistant.
Blackbells has sweeter berries and larger fruit that can be picked in bunches of 10-15 per strig. Upright growing.
Whitecurrant
A heavy cropping, late season cultivar with transparent, ivory coloured fruits.
Blueberry
Early-mid August. Vigorous upright grower with large blue fruits of good flavour and very good shelf life.
Tayberry
Raspberry x Blackberry. The thornfree Tayberry, large and succulent with delicious sweet and aromatic taste.
Gooseberry
An ideal replacement for Pax, large red fruit, good quality, few thorns and more mildew resistant.