5ft 'Discovery' Apple Tree | Bare Root | 2 Years Old
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- Highlights
- Variety Specifications
- Planting & Care
- Enjoy the UK's most popular dessert apple, celebrated for its sweet taste with a hint of strawberry.
- A naturally compact tree, making it an ideal choice for smaller gardens.
- Wonderfully juicy apples, versatile enough for eating fresh, cooking, or juicing.
- Easy to care for with high resistance to common pests and diseases.
- Awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit for its reliability and performance.
- Look forward to an early harvest, with apples ready from late August to September.
- Stores exceptionally well for an early variety, lasting for over two months.
- Our trees are 18 to 36 months old and professionally pruned before shipping to encourage a strong, bushy shape.
- Species: Apple (Malus domestica)
- Features: Easy to grow, Heavy cropper, Stores well
- Tasting Notes: Sweet, slightly acidic, with a strawberry fragrance
- Primary Use: Eating
- Flowering Time: April, May
- Harvest Time: August, September
- Hardiness: Fully Hardy, does not require frost protection
- Pollination: Pollination Group 3. Requires a pollination partner from a compatible group to produce fruit.
- Eventual Spread: 2m
- Planting Time: Can be planted year-round.
- Watering: Water in thoroughly when planting. Bare root trees only need watering during dry spells.
- Feeding: This plant does not require feeding.
- Pruning: Prune each winter to maintain a productive shape, improve yield, and prevent disease.
Product Specifications
- Rootstock: MM106
- Eventual Height: 4m
- Height on Arrival: 120-150cm including roots
- Supplied As: Bare Root
- Time to First Crop: 1 year. Expect substantial crops from the third or fourth year.
Highlights
- Enjoy the UK's most popular dessert apple, celebrated for its sweet taste with a hint of strawberry.
- A naturally compact tree, making it an ideal choice for smaller gardens.
- Wonderfully juicy apples, versatile enough for eating fresh, cooking, or juicing.
- Easy to care for with high resistance to common pests and diseases.
- Awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit for its reliability and performance.
- Look forward to an early harvest, with apples ready from late August to September.
- Stores exceptionally well for an early variety, lasting for over two months.
- Our trees are 18 to 36 months old and professionally pruned before shipping to encourage a strong, bushy shape.
Variety Specifications
- Species: Apple (Malus domestica)
- Features: Easy to grow, Heavy cropper, Stores well
- Tasting Notes: Sweet, slightly acidic, with a strawberry fragrance
- Primary Use: Eating
- Flowering Time: April, May
- Harvest Time: August, September
- Hardiness: Fully Hardy, does not require frost protection
- Pollination: Pollination Group 3. Requires a pollination partner from a compatible group to produce fruit.
- Eventual Spread: 2m
Planting & Care
- Planting Time: Can be planted year-round.
- Watering: Water in thoroughly when planting. Bare root trees only need watering during dry spells.
- Feeding: This plant does not require feeding.
- Pruning: Prune each winter to maintain a productive shape, improve yield, and prevent disease.
Product Specifications
- Rootstock: MM106
- Eventual Height: 4m
- Height on Arrival: 120-150cm including roots
- Supplied As: Bare Root
- Time to First Crop: 1 year. Expect substantial crops from the third or fourth year.
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