Cherry – Sweetheart ®
Very precocious, firm with good flavour. One of the later picking varieties but well worth the wait as fewer cherries available in the shops at this time. Ripens unevenly to spread the season. A good polliantor (Van x Newstar, Canada … Read More
Christmas Pippin
An exceptional high quality eating experience. We would happily say this is the ‘new garden Cox’ but unlike this classic vintage variety, Christmas Pippin flowers and crops heavily and is very easy to grow.
Cox Self Fertile
If variations of this product are unavailable now, you can pre-order now for delivery or collection from Lodge Farm Plants late September 2021 for pot grown trees (or late November / early December for bare-root).
Damson – Farleigh
Very small with a blue-black bloom. Good quality. Known to be very hardy and most likely to crop regularly in northern districts. (Farleigh, Kent 1820)
Damson – Merryweather
An unusually large plum sized damson both for dessert and culinary use. Reliable heavy crops. Self fertile. (Nottingham 1907)
Damson – Shropshire Prune
The ‘Greengage of Damson’. Native of the West Midlands. Small hedgerow damson – very reliable with intense flavour. Similar to the ‘Westmorland’ damson. (Shropshire 17th Century)
Discovery
Worcester Pearmain x Beauty of Bath. Bright red flush. Crisp and juicy with a hint of strawberry. An excellent early dessert apple with good disease resistance. If variations of this product are unavailable now, you can pre-order now for delivery or collection from … Read More
Egremont Russet
The flesh is cream, tinged yellow, sweet and firm with a rich nutty flavour. The usual russet to be found in shops.
Ellison’s Orange
Cox’s Orange Pippin x Caville Blanc (probably D’Été). Medium striped, red, juicy apple. Aniseed flavour develops after picking retaining its melting juicy flesh. Scab resistant.
Fig – Brown Turkey
Large, brown, pear-shaped fruit with a sugary, rich, red flesh and a good compact habit.
Gage – Cambridge
Small, yellowish-green, juicy fruit, reliable. Good cropper and self fertile. Prefers a sheltered warm site. Will cross pollinate with plums. (Cambridgeshire)
Gage – Coes Golden Drop
Green Gage x Dame Aubert. Large, yellow gage, ovalshaped with a long neck. Good quality for fresh eating or preserving. It is supposed to be stored in good condition for many months by hanging in a dry place or wrapping … Read More