![]() The long, conical, bright red-orange fruit are some of the prettiest of any crab apple. It has abundant white blossom in mid-late spring and good red-gold autumn colour. They are commonly planted in orchards and their narrow canopy makes them a great specimen tree for a small garden. John Downie crab apple trees are attractive and make heavy crops of some of the best crab apples for use in the kitchen. Malus John Downie: Bareroot John Downie Crab Apple Trees in Standard Sizes Both bareroot and pot grown roses are pruned down to about 30cm high (excluding our standard stem/tree roses) before we deliver them. All other soft fruit: 1-2 year old plants, graded by pot size unless sold bareroot.Īll of our named rose cultivars were budded or grafted 2 years before you receive them.Strawberries: Last year's rooted runners.Raspberries: Bareroot canes, pruned to 40 cms.Soft Fruit Sizes:īerry bushes aren't measured by height: some of them need to be chopped back before delivery, and some are just very small by nature. You can read about the rootstocks we use for our fruit trees here. A wonder tree is a specific style of dwarf tree that uses both a dwarfing rootstock and a high graft point to create a tree form that is small, very low maintenance, and aesthetically pleasing. Suitable apple & pear varieties are also sold as ready-made cordons: as long as it is a spur bearing variety, you can turn any maiden into a cordon very easily.ĭwarf fruit trees & Wonder trees: A small selection of fruit trees are available in dwarf forms that are ideal for growing in large pots and small gardens. If you want to grow fans or espaliers, which we don't deliver, you need to begin with a maiden. It has not formed significant branches yet. The maiden is the smallest, youngest fruit tree you can buy.This matures into a more compact tree, about 3 metres high. The bush is like a half-standard, with a trunk about 60cms tall that then splits into the main branches.The half-standard is the largest, has a straight trunk of about 1.20 metres, a branched head, and will mature into a tree about 4 metres high.Most of our fruit trees are sold bareroot, in 3 sizes. As a rough average for most trees, a 6/8 standard is over 2 metres tall, and an 8/10 standard is between 3 and 4 metres, but it depends on the tree. Ideal for parks and new housing developments for families to enjoy picking the fruits and their seasonal features.Larger bareroot trees are called Standards, referring to the standard 'waist measurement' of their girth in centimetres at 1 metre above ground level.Ī 6/8cm standard tree has a trunk that is between 6 and 8 centimetres in circumference, one metre from the ground. ![]() ![]() The wonderful crab apples remain on the branches long into the winter, ready to be picked and pulped into fresh apple sauce or desserts for the Christmas table. This Pectin is also what gels sugar, making jams and jellies without the need for animal gelatine. These apples are very flavoursome and have higher levels of the starch Pectin, making them firm and crunchy. During the late summer, the John Downie provides an abundance of large fruit brushed with the colours of rich marmalade and vibrant red. The summer foliage is a pleasant glossy green, which mellows into buttery yellow as the summer fades. They are popular for bees, encouraging pollination of other Apple trees and plants in the area. These are tinged with wonderful shades of water-washed pink and subtle lilac from the still opening buds. At the end of Spring, this Malus produces beautiful white flowers that envelope the entire canopy. This charming Malus is perhaps one of the most popular due to its fruit. He named the tree after his good friend and fellow nurseryman John Downie in his honour. Edward enjoyed the flavoursome taste of the fruit, leading to its commercial supply. Raised by Edward Holmes at Whittington, England during the 1870s. ![]()
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