This excellent and very popular garden variety will produce its mouth-wateringly juicy, super-sweet fruit each year in early autumn. It is very similar to Cox's Orange Pippin with its rich, complex flavour. It is simply wonderful eaten fresh, but will also keep well too in a cool place. 'Gala' is very easy to grow, and is one of the most widely grown apples in Europe. It gives good crops almost everywhere in the UK from October, so is unsurprisingly very popular with gardeners of all abilities. Supplied as an established tree, 150cm (5ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 24cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 2.5m (8ft).
'Gloster' is a delicious variety of dessert apple that produces abundant crops of medium sized sweet and aromatic autumn fruit with a hint of tartness. In spring the tree is covered in a profusion of delicate pink blossoms that fade to white before the fruit begins to form. Producing good sized, deep red fruit 'Gloster' apples have a satisfying crunch to their texture when eaten. Although self-fertile, cross-pollination from a nearby tree will result in a much larger crop. A consistently reliable performer and a great asset to any garden combining an impressive flower display during May and scrumptious juicy fruit in October. Supplied as an established tree, 150cm (5ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 24cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 2.5m (8ft).
The justifiably popular 'Golden Delicious' is brilliant for growing in your garden. Its fruits have exceptionally sweet, rich flavour and a distinctive golden-green colour. They will look wonderful as they ripen on your tree. It is heavy-cropping and easy to grow - what more could you want? This highly versatile variety will store really well. Use your abundant crops to make delightful desserts and yummy puddings as well as keeping them to eat as they are, and of course, nothing tastes better than your own home-grown harvest. The key is to let them mature on the tree and pick them once they have turned a rich, golden colour. Supplied as an established tree, 150cm (5ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 24cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 2.5m (8ft).
If you want really big, juicy apples, then 'Jonagold' is the variety for you! An attractive garden tree in its own right, white spring flowers give way to huge fruit in October. The apples are yellow with bold, bright red smudges that can sometimes spread to cover most of the skin, and being fabulously juicy with a deliciously sweet flavour and a crisp crunch these are a real treat. They are perfect picked straight from the tree for snacking but this versatile apple is also ideal for cooking, making tasty desserts. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, harvesting for many years to come. 'Jonagold' is a cross between apples 'Jonathan' and 'Golden Delicious', and is a 'triploid' variety, meaning that it has three sets of chromosomes instead of the usual two. Tiploid varieties are sterile, so they can't pollinate themselves or other apple trees. They need other trees nearby to pollinate them, not an issue if you grow more than one apple in you garden, or if a nearby neighbour does! Supplied as an established tree, 150cm (5ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 24cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 2.5m (8ft).
'Rubinstar' apples are a lovely, rich maroon colour, occasionally splashed of with yellow, and being related to 'Jonagold' they are big and fabulously juicy with a deliciously sweet flavour and a crisp crunch. A versatile apple, they are gorgeously tasty picked straight from the tree and also ideal for cooking, making tasty desserts. 'Rubinstar' is a mutation of 'Jonagold' and is a 'triploid' variety, meaning that it has three sets of chromosomes instead of the usual two. Triploid varieties are sterile, so they can't pollinate themselves or other apple trees. They need other trees nearby to pollinate them, not an issue if you grow more than one apple in your garden, or if a nearby neighbour does! Supplied as an established tree, 150cm (5ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 24cm pot, growing to a height, and spread of 2.5m (8ft).
With it's glorious, large fruit, wonderful red colour and great flavour, 'Champion' is certainly appropriately named! High yielding and reliable, you'll get dumper harvests from this wonderful all-rounder, especially if you have another apple tree nearby to help pollinate the delicate spring blossom. Juicy and sweet with a refreshing, tangy taste from its firm, crunchy flesh makes this an ideal eating apple, and it stores extremely well, maintaining its crisp freshness for up to 6 months, which is why this is such a popular commercial variety. There's no surprise that 'Champion' is so popular, and it's even good for cooking and juicing! Supplied as an established tree, 150cm (5ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 24cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 2.5m (8ft).
'Idared' is a good looking, versatile dessert apple producing crunchy, crisp and juicy white fleshed fruit. The medium sized red streaked green fruit has mild and pleasant, refreshing flavour. They also retain their shape well when cooked, so they're ideal for pies and tarts. Ready to pick from late October, these apples keep amazingly keep well for six months, so you can enjoy your home grown harvest well into the following spring. They have a tougher skin than most apples, which makes them harder to damage and adds further to their longevity. 'Idared' requires another apple tree nearby to pollinate it, but given the popularity for growing-your-own fruit and vegetables, you can be sure that there will be one close by. Supplied as an established tree, 150cm (5ft) tall grown on an M9 dwarfing rootstock in a 24cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 2.5m (8ft).