Growers Guides

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Planting and growing fruit trees

• 1. Start here - guide to planting fruit trees
• 2. How to support a newly-planted fruit tree
• 3. How to plant apple trees and other fruit trees
• 4. How to water your fruit trees
• 5. Pollination of apple trees and other fruit trees

Fruit tree advice

• 1. Fire blight
• 2. Apple trees for sweet cider and hard cider
• 3. Apples for cooking
• 4. Best time to buy and plant apple trees
• 5. Book reviews
• 6. Climate suitability of apple varieties
• 7. Find the position of the sun in your garden
• 8. Find your hardiness zone
• 9. Growing apple trees in pots and containers
• 10. Growing apple trees in the North American climate
• 11. Growing English Apples in North America
• 12. Heeling-in fruit trees
• 13. How to pollinate Bramley apple trees
• 14. Interstem rootstocks
• 15. Mature height of fruit trees
• 16. Minimum chill requirement for apple trees
• 17. Mychorrizal fungi for planting fruit trees
• 18. Picking times for apples and other fruit trees
• 19. Pruning a newly-planted fruit tree
• 20. Rootstocks - an introduction
• 21. Rootstocks for Apple Trees
• 22. Rootstocks for Cherry Trees
• 23. Rootstocks for Pear trees
• 24. Rootstocks for Plum trees
• 25. Storing and keeping apples
• 26. Training fruit trees as fans and espaliers
• 27. Triploid apple varieties
• 28. Why spring is the best time to plant bare-root fruit trees

Gardening and general interest

• 1. Apple trees for southern California
• 2. Apple rootstocks for historical English gardens
• 3. Cider apple varieties from England
• 4. Cider apple varieties from France
• 5. Delicious, Red Delicious, and Golden Delicious
• 6. Estimating the mature height of fruit trees
• 7. Fruit breeder profiles
• 8. Juicing apples - how to make your own apple cider
• 9. Plum tree species - an overview
• 10. RHS Award of Garden Merit - about the AGM award
• 11. The Flavor of Russet Apples
• 12. Transplanting semi-mature fruit trees
• 13. Vitamin C content of apples

Customer services

• 1. Orange Pippin Ltd
• 2. About Orange Pippin Fruit Trees
• 3. Copyright statement
• 4. Fruit tree guarantee
• 5. Fruit tree sizes and formats
• 6. Ordering and Delivery of Fruit Trees
• 7. Privacy Policy
• 8. Shipping and Shipping Charges
• 9. Spring Shipping Dates by State
• 10. Terms and Conditions

Popular searches

• 1. List of self-fertile apple varieties
  A list of apple varieties which are reliably self-fertile or partially self-fertile, and don't need another varietiy nearby for pollination.
• 2. List of disease-resistant apple varieties
  Traditional apple varieties with good natural disease-resistance and modern disease-resistant varieties.
• 3. List of popular cooking apples
  Apple varieties which have the acidity and textures needed for use in the kitchen.
• 4. List of apple tree varieties for making hard cider
  Apple varieties including traditional hard cider and crab-apples which can be used for making your own hard-cider.
• 5. Apple varieties which are good pollinators for other apples
  Apples and crab-apples which produce widely-compatible or long-lasting pollen, useful for pollinating other apple varieties.
• 6. List of traditional French hard-cider apple varieties
  In France hard-cider is made with accredited dedicated hard-cider apple varieties.
• 7. List of traditional English hard-cider apple varieties
  In England hard cider is usually made with specialist hard-cider apple varieties which have bitter tannic or contrasting sweet juice flavors.
• 8. A list of the best low-chill apple varieties
  Most apple varieties need a long period of winter cold, where temperatures are within a few degrees above freezing. However the varieties listed here are "low chill" varieties which can grow in climates of fewer than 500 chill hours a year.
• 9. List of apples varieties with exceptional flavors
  These are the top-tasting apple varieties, a worthy addition to any home orchard.
• 10. List of the best apple trees for the beginner
  Reliable apple varieties which are easy to grow, disease-resistant, good-cropping - ideal for the new apple grower.
• 11. List of the best apple varieties for juicing and pressing
  All apples can be juiced, but if you want press your own apple cider these varieties offer the best quality color and flavor for home-made sweet cider.
• 12. List of fireblight-resistant apple varieties
  A selection of apple varieties that have very good or some resistance to fireblight. Be sure to ask us about fireblight-resistant rootstocks too.
• 13. RHS Award of Garden Merit varieties
  Fruit tree varieties that hold (or have previously held) the prestigious Award of Garden Merit from the British Royal Horticultural Society. These are varieties that are rated by the RHS as excellent for all-round garden value (in UK conditions).

Our fruit tree recommendations

• The best apple trees for beginners
  If you are new to growing apples then these varieties are disease-resistant and easy to grow,
• Top disease-resistant apple trees
  We rank the top most disease-resistant apple trees - ideal for your no-spray or organic orchard or backyard.
• The best apple varieties for hard cider
  These apple varieties have the tannins and complex juice flavors needed for the best hard-cider.
• The best apple varieties for making sweet cider
  If you want to press your own sweet apple cider here is our list of apple varieties with the best juice flavors.
• The best apple trees for USDA zone 3 and zone 4
  A countdown of the best apples and crab-apples which are able to resist the harsh winters of USDA zone 3 and zone 4.
• Top 10 low-chill apple trees
  Low-chill apple varieties are ideal for growers in warmer climate zones where winter temperatures rarely get down to freezing.
• Top 10 fruit trees for wildlife planting
  These apple and pear trees are ideal for encouraging deer, birds and other wildlife to come on to your land, whether for hunting or conservation purposes.
• Rare and unusual apple trees
  If you already have a productive backyard orchard with a good selection of mainstream apple varieties, how about growing something different?