Articles

• Your top 10 apple varieties
• Sale of semi-mature fruit trees from Scotts Nurseries
  Details of semi-mature fruit trees available for sale from the site of the former Scotts Nurseries in Somerset, England.
• Apple rootstocks
  Information and comparisons of apple rootstocks
• Red-flesh apples
  The fascinating store of red-fleshed and pink-fleshed apples.
• Fruit tree height calculator
  Details of our tree height calculator which helps show the mature height of apple trees based on rootstock, soil quality, and variety vigour.
• Orchard fruit survey - England
  Summary of a survey by Defra of orchard fruit in England and Wales in 2009
• Cherchons pépinières Francaises
  Nous cherchons pépinière specialiste des arbres fruitiers en France, recente et ancien.
• Spring blossom
  It's spring in the northern hemisphere, please join our apple tree register and record the blossom dates of your apple trees and compare them with others.
• How to contact Orange Pippin
  How to stay up to date with what's happening at Orange Pippin
• Delicious / Red Delicious / Golden Delicious
  3 apple varieties, often confused - here is how they relate to each other.
• The National Trust Orchards at Cotehele
  Site of the National Trust's new Mother Orchard of predominantly Cornish and Devonshire apple varieties.
• Red coloration in apples
  Short article on how to encourage red coloration in apples.
• Russets and Flavour
  A discussion of the effect of russeting on the flavour of apples.
• Top 10 apple varieties for the garden
  Hamid Habibi of Keepers Nursery to recommend 10 apple varieties which are easy to grow in the northern European garden.
• Top 10 dessert apple varieties for flavour
  Our list of the best apple varieties for flavor.
• Supermarket apples
  Helps you compare some of the apple varieties listed on this website with popular supermarket apple varieties.
• Book reviews
  We hope the following book reviews will help you to find out more about apples, orchards, and growing your own trees.
• Apples for Christmas
  An old article fromby Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper, reproduced from Hertfordshire Countryside magazine, December 1973.
• Fruit trees on their own roots
  Hugh Ermen, one of the top modern UK apple breeders, discusses the techniques and advantages of growing fruit trees without rootstocks - on their own roots.
• Apple breeding at East Malling Research
  East Malling Research (EMR) is the principal UK provider of top-class basic, strategic and applied horticultural research and development for the perennial crops sector. Launched in 2004, EMR builds on a 90-year history and world-class reputation for revolutionary research in this field.
• Yorkshire apples
  Apples, gardening and orchards in Yorkshire, UK
• Orchard marketing
  The potential for marketing produce from local orchards in Yorkshire and Humberside in the UK - a report on the viability of establishing supply chains to link local consumers and local orchards in the UK Countryside Stewardship Scheme.