Fruit tree varieties for sale - Suffolk Fruit and Trees

List of tree varieties available for delivery

On this page, you will find a list of the fruit tree varieties that are available for order. These varieties are all English, and we have selected them on the base of our experience as suitable for our climatic conditions. We expect that deliveries will begin in early December 2023. Below there is a web form with which you can place a provisional order to express your interest in purchasing our trees. We will reply with further information on availability and prices. For information and photos on varieties, please go to our varieties information page. Contact us at enquiries@realenglishfruit.co.uk

We deliver trees to UK addresses. Availability is limited.

Fruit trees are site-sensitive. You choose, we advise. We make sure that the trees you select will be successful in your location. Our trees are supplied with a planting guide for best results. For information and enquiries, send an email to enquiries@realenglishfruit.co.uk

Use the provisional order form below the variety list to express your interest in purchasing our trees. Just click on the varieties below to see a photo and description of the variety. We are available for further information and advice.

Apple trees for sale:

Adam’s Pearmain, Straight Lead, 2 year, MM106
Blenheim Orange, Straight Lead, 2 year MM106
Bountiful, Bush, 2 year, MM106
Braeburn, Maiden, 1 year, M26
Braeburn, Straight Lead, 2 year, MM106
Bramleys Seedling, Straight Lead, 2 year, MM106
Charles Ross, Bush, 2 year, MM106
Cox Self Fertile, Maiden, 1 year, M26
Egremont Russet, Bush, 2 year, M26
Fiesta, Bush, 2 year, M26
James Grieve, Straight Lead, 2 year, MM106
Red Falstaff, Maiden, 1 year, M26
Red Falstaff, Straight Lead, 2 year, MM106
Red Windsor, Bush, 2 year, M26
Sunset, Bush, 2 year, M26

Pear trees for sale:

Beth, Straight Lead, 2 year, Quince A
Conference, Straight Lead, 2 year, Quince A
Doyenne du Comice, Bush, 2 year, Quince Eline
William Bon Cretien, Bush, 2 year, Quince A
Winter Nelis, Maiden, 1 year, Quince Eline

Plum trees for sale:

Jubilee, Bush, 2 year, St. Julien A
Opal, Bush, 2 year, St. Julien A
Victoria, Bush 2 year St. Julien A

Greengage trees for sale:

Cambridge Gage, Bush, 2 year, St. Julien A
Denniston’s Superb, Bush 2 year St. Julien A
Old Greengage, Bush, 2 year, St. Julien A

Damson trees for sale:

Merryweather Damson, Bush, 2 year, St. Julien A

Cherry trees for sale:

Stella, Maiden, 1 Year, RP Gisela

Crab apple trees for sale:

Malus John Downie, Maiden, 1 year
Red Sentinel, Maiden, 1 year

Notes on varieties and rootstocks.

Straight Lead: a one or two-year old tree with just a central leader. It will develop side branches over the next year.
Maiden: a one-year-old tree with a dominant central leader.It will develop side branches over the following years.
Bush: a tree with a minimum of 3 side branches.

MM106 is a rootstock for forming a sizeable traditional fruit tree, not suitable for a small garden.
M26 is a rootstock for forming smaller trees, ideal for a smaller garden.
M26 Straight Lead is highly suitable for developing a cordon.

The order of size of apple rootstocks is M27 (the smallest), M9, M26, MM106, MM111, M25 (the largest). If you have specific rootstock requirements, please write to us at enquiries@realenglishfruit.co.uk.

Quince A is larger than Quince C. Quince Eline is a new rootstock.

For plums, St. Julien A makes a sizeable tree.

Espalier trees are trees trained in such a way as to be ideal for growing against a wall or a fence. The variety choice is important, some varieties are not very suitable for espalier training. Two year old trees with side shoots are suitable for espalier training. We will select the trees suitable for espalier training in November. Just let us know (enquiries@realenglishfruit.co.uk) if you are specifically looking for espalier-trained trees.

Provisional order form

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Trees are site-specific. This is why we need your address. This data, along with your phone number, makes it easier for us to provide a better and faster service.

This is not a definitive order, but an expression of interest in our products. Please specify the number of trees, the varieties you are interested in, and whether you are looking for free-standing or pre-trained trees, in the Special Instructions window below. We will reply with details on availability and prices.

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Advice on choosing tree varieties

Fruit growing is a long term undertaking. Fruit trees, carefully chosen and suited to the climatic conditions of the area, may live and produce good fruit for the next 50 to 70 years. Our trees are raised to the highest standards of nursery care: the status of the trees is monitored every 10 days, and the composition of the foliar nutrient sprays is consequently adjusted to keep tree health as close as possible to optimum level. We think that it would be very difficult to find healthier and stronger trees.

Whilst there are many on-line retailers who will just send you trees through the post, we care very much that your trees have the best chance to flourish, crop early, and for many years to come.

We think that it could be useful to make some preliminary comments on choosing fruit trees that crop regularly and produce fruit of good flavour. There are different requirements to take into consideration to achieve early and regular cropping:

1) Weather
2) Site
3) Soil
4) Pollination needs
5) Variety characteristics
6) Disease resistance
7) Rootstock

There are no apple varieties which can tick all the boxes. Knowledge of the weather patterns in the various areas of the UK is therefore essential, in order to plant the right varieties. However there are varieties which I would give a treble A rating. Groups of three varieties are best, as several varieties need good cross pollination. Some self-fertile varieties will perform without pollination, but all are improved by proper pollination. The ones I am going to single out all have fruits of excellent eating or cooking qualities. Secondly, these varieties also excel in producing fruits of long keeping quality.
However the right combination of these varieties needs to be made, according to the site and soil available in the different counties. Having said all this, I would put the following varieties at the top of my list. Anyone considering planting some apples should include at least two of these varieties, suitable to the area where you live.

Dessert apples:
Claygate Pearmain
Lord Lambourne
Suntan
Egremont Russet
Sunset
Braeburn
Fiesta
Saturn
Discovery

Cooking apples:
Bountiful
Annie Elisabeth
Lane Prince Albert
Grenadier
Bramley’s Seedling
Lord Derby

Dual purpose apples:
James Grieve
Blenheim Orange

Planting time:

It is a fact that the number of people visiting our website increases dramatically in the spring when people get out into the garden again, but the simple fact is that fruit trees are much more successful if planted in February up until early April when they are fully dormant.

In addition, geographical factors also affect the choice of trees. For example, in the northern counties, climatic conditions are substantially different compared with East Anglia. The average temperatures during the growing season are 2 to 3 degrees lower. This results in a shorter period in which the fruit has to mature and develop its full flavour. The same applies to the West Country; here the rainfall is substantially greater compared with the east of the country. Some well known varieties of apple trees are not suitable for high rainfall areas. Other apple tree varieties are very suitable and excel. We will be able to inform you which varieties will do well, when planted in a particular location.

Planting recommendations:

When you receive your orchard pack, you will find a plastic envelope labelled “DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED” that has your address slip inside. Just take out the address slip, unfold and turn it over, and you will find the planting recommendations on the back of the same sheet.

Further help on tree variety choice

If you think that your local conditions and situation requires particular consideration as regards the choice of trees, please click here to send us an email request for our Tree Conditions Questionnaire.