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Fruit trees
Dawn61
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in Fruit & veg
Does anyone know the name of an old fashioned eating apple tree, with apples the size of large cooking apples, but obviously not sharp tasting like a Cooker.
I had one in my previous garden, which was cut down by new tenants, and I would like to buy one to put in this garden.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apple_cultivars has a list with illustrations from Adam's Pearmain to York Imperial. There are loads of books too....
(and if your tenants have been vandalising your garden...)
Thank you, will look it up. Not my tenants, they were tenants who took over my tenancy when I moved out to rent elsewhere. I wish I had checked if a preservation order could have been put on the tree, before I moved, as I suspect it was part of an old orchard at one time, lots of other fruit trees around there. I just thought that the new tenants would be happy to have a lovely eating apple tree in their garden!
Thank you Pansyface for the link to Bernwode plants, I have emailed them to see if I can find out what old variety of eating apple it was.
Thank you. I did see the very long list of apple trees. I will have a look through to see if I recognise one of them. They were like a very large cooker, golden and pink skin, but not bitter or sharp to the taste, definitely an eating apple.
Many thanks
Dawn
Thank you both Steve 309 and Pansyface for the links. I don't think the Pearman or York Imperial were the apples in question. Will have a look through both links, when I have an hour or two or five to spare! Didn't realise there were so many old varieties.
best wishes
Dawn
Pansyface and Steve309
With the help of Bernwode plants, I have decided the Gloucester Royal is the nearest to my old apple tree. It is a sweet apple cider tree, which can be eaten. The apples are medium size, rather than large. It may be impossible to find a similar tree to the one I had in my garden. Thank you for your help in this. best wishes Dawn61
My peach tree has got leaf curl can I spray it now (May)
Too late if the leaves are already curled. You have to cover it as the leaves are coming out and protect from rain which encourages the spores.
Hi Dawn, Keepers sell Gloucester Royal apple trees (grafted to order):
http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/gloucester-royal-apple-fruit-trees.aspx