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This highly productive variety is also known as the 'Four Seasons Lemon' for, although its main cropping period is October to February, it bears at least some fruits nearly all year round. These supermaket-quality lemons have few pips and give high quality juice. It has attractive glossy foliage and fragrant flowers which fill the air with their scent. Hardy down to around -10 degrees, it can therefore be grown outdoors in most areas, but also makes a delightful conservatory plant.
Not much of a name, but this thornless variety takes some beating. The first berries are ready in mid July and you will be able to continue picking the richly flavoured, sweet/sharp fruits until the end of August. An established plant can produce up to 5kg/11lb of 5cm/2in long fruits, which can either be eaten fresh, made into a superb jam, or frozen for later in the year.
Making at attractive tree wider than it is high, our medlar is as ornamental as it is productive. In spring the blossom is so beautiful while the tree becomes a blaze of orange, red and yellow foliage in autumn. The medlars are picked in late autumn, when they will still feel hard. After a few weeks the flesh can be scooped out with a spoon and made into jelly or medlar cheese, which is rather like lemon curd. Self fertile.
A magnificent tree with a wonderful history! These black mulberries were planted at the behest of King James I, who wished to establish a silk trade. Unfortunately silkworms feed only on the leaves of the white mulberry! Our stock derives from one of his original plantings in what is now the Chelsea Physic Garden. It is a slow growing, long lived and large tree. The berries ripen to purple-black in August and are juicy, delicious and sweet yet sharp. Superb eaten fresh or made into jam.
This is the first large, white fleshed nectarine. Sweet and tender, with a flavour some say is superior to that of the peach, try to leave the fruits on the tree as long as possible to soak up as much warmth and sunshine as possible. Difficult, but worth it! Self fertile.
An attractive feature on any terrace in a terracotta pot, bring a touch of the Mediterranean to your garden with this surprisingly hardy tree. It is poor winter drainage rather than hard frosts which kill olive trees in Britain, and while we cannot guarantee a crop of ripe olives its ornamental value is reason enough to grow this ancient and beautiful tree.
Veronique is one of a new breed of olives so well suited to more northern climates that it will produce a crop of olives in most British summers. Hardy down to -20, so can be grown just about anywhere in Britian, it makes a high quality olive oil, although we suspect yo may not be able to make much from one tree! Highly decorative, it does will in poor, stony soils, so is a great choice for that awkward spot where little else flourishes.
Grown commercially in southern Italy for the essential oil which is extracted from its peel and used in both perfumery and to give Earl Grey tea its distinctive aroma and flavour, it is believed to be a cross between a sour orange and a Palestinian sweet lime. The acidic, bitter fruits are full of juice and can be used instead of lemon juice. An attractive evergreen tree, its blossom is superbly scented.
The classic variety in Britain, its flavour is still unsurpassed. It gives good yields of crimson skinned, white fleshed peaches. Self fertile.
Originally from China, these rather flat fruits are also known as 'honey peaches' because their flesh is so sweet and rich. Thin skinned and white fleshed, do not be put off by their rather unusual shape because once you have eaten one you are sure to love them. Self fertile.
1 each of Peach Peregrine, Peach Saturn and Nectarine Queen Giant.
Including 1 each of Concorde and Williams Bon Chretien.
Concorde's compact habit, freedom from problems and self fertile makes it the ideal variety for small gardens. The large, pale green fruits ripen to yellow with gold russeting and have a firm flesh of excellent flavour. Once cut, the fruit is slow to oxidise (turn brown), so Concorde is great in fresh fruit salads or compote. Self fertile.
Probably our best loved pear, it is a good, heavy and reliable cropper, even in less than ideal conditions. Superb eaten straight from the tree in September, the long necked fruits are green with abundant russeting. An excellent choice for the north. Self fertile.
We believe this to be the pear of the future, for it has everything! The smooth skinned, rather round, khaki coloured fruits are ready for picking in early October and will store until Christmas. You will be impressed by the sweet and juicy flesh - with absolutely no trace of 'grit' and tastes so good, that it looks set to become a commercially grown crop in Britain. It is self fertile and crops from early in its life, so you will not have to wait for that first picking of deliciously juicy pears.
From France, where they know a little about pears. Its skin is smooth and the soft, melting texture of its fragrant, sweet and juicy flesh is not marred by any 'grit', making it what is known as a 'butter pear'. An absolute treat!
This magnificent early pear, ready from late August, produces large, golden yellow, sweet and juicy fruits. Eat straight from the tree for a taste you will never forget. Partially self fertile.
Best described as a smaller, earlier cropping Victoria and therefore the perfext partner for our 'Vic'. It is a reliable cropper throughtout the UK and has a lovely sweet, rich flavour, similar to a gage, which is one of its parents. Self fertile.
Britain's favourite plum - and no wonder! It reliably produces heavy crops of large pink/blue skinned fruits with yellow, succulent, sweet flesh which just melts in the mouth. Perfect eaten straight from the tree or cooked, this is the plum by which all others are judged. Self fertile.
The UK's best loved plum, having a superb flavour and being a fine cropper. Lovely whether eaten straight from the tree or cooked. Harvest late August for immediate use. Self fertile.
