Stepover fruit tree catalogue

 And here is Englands favourite Cooker, here in stepover form. The fruits are very, very large, pale green with a bold scarlet flush on the sunny side. Cooks to a sharp puree; ideal for all culinary purposes. Will keep in store until January/February. Bramleys Seedling needs to be pollinated with two other apple varieties for the best results. Cox’s, Scrumptious, Greensleeves, Discovery, Grenadier, Limelight etc are all suitable. Plant 4′ apart. 

 A famous name in Apple growing history, James Grieve remains one of the most popular of all varieties. The flavour is quite sharp and suitable for cooking at first, later on it is enjoyed for dessert. Season mid september-october. The fruits are pale green/yellow stippled with orange. Polliante with Cox’s, Grenadier, Bountiful, Redsleeves, Discovery etc. Plant 4′ apart. 

 Redsleeves is a variety introduced by Chris Bowers. It has always helf a special place in our collection and is one of the best of all garden apples.  Redsleeves is an early apple with beautiful rosy red fruits ripening in August. Unusually for an early variety, they will keep in good condition for several weeks. The flavour is sublime; sweet and refreshingly juicy. Crisp texture, maintaining this quality even in storage. Redsleeves is self fertile so needs no pollinators! It is good even for Northern areas and highly recommended. Plant 4′ apart.

 Saturn is an ideal garden tree because it is very disease resistant and needs no spraying to keep disease at bay. This makes it perfect for organic growing and is a clean and attractive looking tree. The dessert fruits are medium to large and pale orange flushed, flavour is sweet and pleasant and the texture quite crisp. Will keep in store for several weeks, until Christmas or beyond. This variety is self fertile so you do not need to select pollinating partners, it is itself also a good pollinator for other varieties. Plant 4′ apart. 

 Concorde is a newer Pear variety than Conference and is propving to be a superior variety. Raised from a cross between Conference and Doyenne du Comice, Concorde bears prolific crops of moderately sized golden russetted fruits. They ripen earlier than Conference, from late September and many say the flavour is even better.  Ideal for all areas, including the North, self fertile and easy to grow. Also a good pollinator for Williams and other Pear varieties. Compact and prol;ific and easily grown. Plant 4′ apart. 

Ask anyone to name a Pear and likely it is Conference they will choose. This universally popular variety has for many years been the most popular garden Pear tree. The long olive green fruits ripen sweet and juicy and can be enjoyed whilst still crispy, or allowed to mellow and become tender. The season is October and November, Conference is self fertile so needs no pollinators, and does well everywhere. Plant 4.5′ apart.  

 A new variety from Sweden that is becoming very popular. Jubilee is very frost tolerant, self fertile, and very high yielding. The fruits are of good quality and ripen about 2 weeks before Victoria. The deep yellow flesh is sweet, juicy and well flavoured. Jubilee could be described as the ideal garden Plum tree and does well as a stepover also. Self fertile so needs no pollinators, also a good pollinator for other Plum varieties. Plant 4′ apart. 

 Scarcely needing introduction, this classic variety is the most famous Plum tree in English orchard History. The flavour of the juicy reddish fruits is sweet and divine, and versatile too – just as good stewed, bottled, made into james and pies, as it is for eating fresh. Victoria is self fertile so can be grown on it’s own. Newer varieties are now more reliable but that doesn’t seem to have dimmed the appeal of Victoria.