Apple Tree - George Carpenter

Apple Tree - George Carpenter

George Carpenter was the head gardener at West Hall Gardens, West Byfleet, Surrey - now a care home. I wonder if they know about their apple? George crossed a Blenheim Orange with a King of the Pippins to produce not a King Orange but his own apple tree. The apples are delicious, with a rich aromatic flavour, close to Ribston Pippin.

Supplier: R.V. Roger Ltd.

See our section on Pollination Groups to help you select your apple trees.

We supply apple trees on the most vigorous rootstocks available. They were created specifically for use in the UK and produce healthy, heavy cropping trees for our weather conditions.

M106 produces a good garden sized apple tree, around 4 metres tall. Grown as a free standing tree it won't need staking, although initially best to use a cane to support your new plant. M25 rootstock will produce the 6m standard trees of a traditional orchard, where they would be planted between 6 and 8 metres apart. Please refer to our size guide for details.

All our apple trees are bare root so they are only available between November and April. During lifting season, there will be a delay between placing the order and dispatching due to pressure of orders, which are dealt with in date sequence, and the weather. Orders taken from June-October will be confirmed in late October/ early November after a nursery stock take, for dispatch from November.

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Have a look at our videos on what to do when your plants arrive and how to plant a bare root tree.