Contact us: send an email to enquiries@realenglishfruit.co.uk
Can we introduce ourselves? We’re Dan and Henry Neuteboom, based in Braiseworth, Suffolk. We’re experts in all aspects of fruit tree care, above all, Real English Fruit.
Whether you’ve got a large orchard, or just a few trees, we’d love to help you get more out of them. We can provide principally on-line advice on how to revive old trees, how to plan and plant new trees, how to make an espalier, and how to handle common problems for optimum fruit tree care. And we’re passionate about preserving our English fruit varieties, without poisoning the earth.
We can provide consultancy by phone or by email. Not sure if we can help? Take a look at this page, Help with fruit trees, or drop us a line at enquiries@realenglishfruit.co.uk
Make this Christmas a Winter Wonder-land
This year, you can send your loved ones a special (and healthy!) present for Christmas. Our unique English apple variety Winter Wonder will soon be available as a special gift pack of 9 apples. Winter Wonder is a natural variant deriving from Suntan, which was in turn a 1950’s cross between Cox’s Orange Pippin and Court Pendu Plat. Winter Wonder is remarkable because the apples are ready to eat very late, from mid-December, and they stay in excellent condition, crisp and full of flavour, right through to the end of March. Winter Wonder was discovered by Dan Neuteboom in 1979, and today the only trees of this variety in the world are in his garden orchard near Eye in Suffolk. A box of 9 Winter Wonder apples is a fantastic gift for family or friends. Truly a gift from nature, it costs just £9.99 for one pack, or £8.99 each for three packs. Keep an eye on our website, our newsletter and our Facebook page – it’s not long to Christmas… not long to Winter Wonder! Read more about this variety here.
Garden fruit tree care update – September
This is the last chance for summer pruning on plums, greengages, peaches, nectarines and apricots. Winter wash can be applied to control aphids and greenfly, and grease bands can be installed. You can begin preparations if you are thinking of planting new fruit trees. Click here to discover all our fruit growing tips for September.
For all greengage varieties, this year’s crop is the best possible, in terms of both volume and quality. The reasons for this are primarily connected to the weather: the absence of spring frosts and a warm pollination period ensured that all greengage trees performed exceptionally well. However, it is important to remember that if greengage trees are not dedicated a lot of care, only the previous year’s branches at the outside of the canopy will produce fruit next year. This situation can be rectified by improving the entry of light into the centre of the trees by removing a few large, dominant, centrally-placed branches. This should be performed as soon as the crop has been picked, NOT during the winter months. Pruning of plums, greengages and similar fruit must be completed by mid-September. Plums and greengages pruned in winter run the risk of infection by bacterial canker. It is worth remembering that plums and greengages should be picked when not fully mature, when they have a rubbery feel. That way they be stored in a cool place and they will last for 10 days, 14 days if they are in the fridge. Just write to us at enquiries@realenglishfruit.co.uk if you need help and advice.
Click here to view our September Newsletter.
Garden orchard assistance
We are available for advice and work on all aspects of garden fruit trees:
- Pruning and restructuring fruit trees
- Help for garden fruit tree problems, disease, low cropping;
- How to make an espalier;
- Advice on planning and planting new trees.
We provide advice by e-mail and with on-site work if possible. Please write to us at enquiries@realenglishfruit.co.uk.
Useful links
Garden orchard encyclopaedia
This website presents information on the entire spectrum of fruit trees for the garden. Click here to see the Garden Orchard Encyclopaedia index. Below are links to some of our most popular sections:
- month-by-month overview of tasks in a garden orchard
- fruit tree varieties
- how to plan a new garden orchard
- how to plant fruit trees
- how to prune fruit trees
- how to make an espalier
- how to deal with fruit tree diseases
- how to look after older trees
- thinning
- training fruit trees as espalier, fan, cordon or stepover
Video channel
The videos published on this website illustrate the critical stages of fruit development, from the period from blossom to fruit formation, in a chronological sequence throughout the year. Click here to see the videos currently available.
Watch a video tutorial about Tydemans Late Orange, a biennial-bearing apple variety.