General Family Trees

FAMILY TREES. Demand and general interest in Family trees (sometimes also called ‘Everyman’s Orchard’) has inspired us to produce more varieties. Family trees are in fact trees with a single rootstock, upon which is grafted either two, three, four, five and six compatible flowering varieties, so that space is saved in the garden and a greater choice of variety to pick from is available. In fact, of course, you could have sixteen varieties, which will only occupy the space of four trees! See variety list for details of individual cultivars. These are young bush, pruned ready for planting. Also, in case your labels get lost in the future, the first named cultivar is always first on the trunk and the last is always on the top. That is, with reference to our catalogue: Cox/Grenadier/James Grieve indicates Cox is nearest the soil (i.e. the first graft on the stock), Grenadier is in the middle and James Grieve is the top graft. A significant advantage to Family trees is the ease with which bees will pollinate the whole tree and hence all varieties get a good fruit set, as all the blossom is together and the bees move easily over all varieties. A bee on one trip only forages over a very small area.
It has been proved in commercial orchards, where pollinators are strategically planted, that the bees get selective and will leave some batches of trees alone, because the flowers are not so enticing, but a single tree with no others around is the bees only source on one trip, so it forages throughout the whole tree and hence good pollination.
GENERAL PRUNING OF FAMILY TREES
Prune strong growing variety hard in summer and lightly in winter. Prune weak growing hard in winter and leave alone in summer.
APPLE TWINS on M26 EMLA
Discovery/Sunset Lord Derby/Howgate Wonder
Grenadier/Cox’s Orange Pippin Greensleeves/Cox’s Orange Pippin
Egremont Russet/Lord Lambourne Discovery/Laxton Epicure
James Grieve/Sunset
Young bush and second year bush – see prices
APPLE TRIPLES on M26 EMLA
Orleans Reinette/Spartan/Ashmead’s Kernel
George Cave/Ida Red/James Grieve
Newton Wonder/Crawley Beauty/Lord Derby
Cox’s Orange Pippin/Grenadier/James Grieve
Cox’s Orange Pippin/Bramley’s Seedling/Egremont Russet
Greensleeves/Sunset/Cox’s Orange Pippin
Bramley’s Seedling/Sunset/Laxton’s Epicure
Jupiter/Jester/Fiesta
Cox/Egremont Russet/James Grieve
NEW: QUAD CRAB on M26
Wisley Crab/Golden Hornet/Red Siberian/John Downie
APPLE QUADS on M26 EMLA
Arthur Turner/Cox’s Orange Pippin/Blenheim Orange/Ida Red
Tom Putt/Devonshire Quarrenden/Claygate Pearmain/Margil
John Downie/Aldenhamensis/Golden Hornet/Red Siberian
Spartan/Orleans Reinette/Discovery/Sunset
NEW: ‘THE WISE TREE’
Incorporating all varieties that are sensible enough to flower late and hence avoid frosts. Grafted onto M26. Some new varieties, some very old.
Court Pendu Plat, Edward VII, Crawley Beauty and Bess Pool
NEW: THE MILLENNIUM TRIPLE for the first year of the new century
Deacon’s Millennium/Fiesta/Greensleeves
QUAD on M26 EMLA
Lord Lambourne/Discovery/Sunset/Warner’s King
QUIN on M26 EMLA
Lord Lambourne/Discovery/Sunset/Egremont Russet/Warner’s King
GENERAL FAMILY TREE: ‘RUSSET TREE’ on M26 – a tree for the Russet fan
Royal/Rosemary/St. Edmund’s/Egremont
TRIPLE CRABS on M26 (see Jenny tree section)
MINI APPLES on M27 (Family Trees)
Any combination on M27 can be grafted to order. Please advise us as early as possible so we can programme to your requirements.
FAMILY PEARS on Quince A EMLA
TWIN Williams/Conference

TRIPLE Doyenne du Comice/Williams/Conference
QUAD: Beurre Hardy/Doyenne du Comice/Williams/Conference
BUSH FAMILY PLUMS on St. Julien A
Marjorie’s Seedling/Oullin’s Golden Gage/Denniston’s Superb/Victoria
BUSH TWIN NANCY PLUMS
Yellow/Red
NEW: FRUIT SALAD TWIN for the new century
Victoria Plum/Peach Hylands
BUSH FAMILY FRUIT AND NUT on St. Julien A and Mussel
Prunus Dulcis/Denniston’s Superb/Victoria
TRIPLE CHERRY: Stella/Lapins (Cherokee)/Sunburst
NEW: TRIPLE DAMSON
Merryweather/Farleigh/Shropshire
TWIN PEACHES, TWIN APRICOTS and TWIN NECTARINES
FRUIT SALAD: PEACH/NECTARINE/APRICOT
TWINS of PEACH/NECTARINE, PEACH/APRICOT and NECTARINE/APRICOT. Few available.