Ivydene Gardens Top Fruit - Apple Gallery: Introduction
 

"Grow Your Own Fruit" by Ken Muir,
(www.kenmuir.co.uk) Honeypot Farm, Weeley Heath, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex. CO16 9BJ Tel: 01255 830181 provides the information on cultural practices in a clear and concise manner. It is strongly recommended that this booklet is read before growing Top Fruit or Soft Fruit, so that correct plants for your soil can be purchased and give a good yield.

There are further details concerning Soil, Sun Aspect and Soil Moisture levels in the Top Fruit Page of the Plants Section, together with the apple rootstock details of M.9, M.25, M.26, M.27 and MM.106 that determine the potential natural height of the apple tree.

This plant gallery has thumbnail pictures of apple shapes available in container grown form for the following uses:-

• (o)2 feet high StepOver from M.27 rootstock. Plant alongside paths and beds
• (o)6 feet high Patio Fruit Tree from M.27 rootstock. Use in pots on patios for any size garden.
• (o)6 feet high Bush from M.27 rootstock. Plant as fruit bushes in the garden instead of 6 feet high ornamental shrubs.
• (o)6 feet high Cordon from M.9 rootstock. Train in any size garden onto 6 feet high support structure on fences or walls.
• (o)6 feet high Espalier from MM.106. Train in any size garden onto 6 feet high support structure on fences or walls.
• (o)6 feet high Fan from MM.106 rootstock. Train in any size garden onto 6 feet high support structure on fences or walls.
• (o)15 feet high Bush from M.26 rootstock. Plant as 15 feet wide tree or lawn bush in large gardens.
• (o)18 feet high Bush from MM.106 rootstock. Plant as 18 feet wide tree or lawn bush in large gardens.
• (o)18 feet high Half Standard from MM.106 rootstock. Plant as classic lawn tree for large gardens.

This plant gallery has thumbnail pictures of apple shapes available in bare root form for the following uses:-

• (o)Maiden M.27 for training or hedging
• (o)Maiden M.9 for training or hedging
• (o)Maiden M.26 for training or hedging
• (o)Maiden MM.106 for training or hedging
• (o)Maiden M.25 for training or hedging
• (o)6 feet high Bush from M.27 rootstock for use as a shrub
• (o)6 feet high Cordon from M.9 rootstock. Train in any size garden onto 6 feet high support structure on fences or walls.
• (o)10 feet high Bush from M.9 rootstock. Plant as fruit bushes in the garden instead of 10 feet high ornamental shrubs.
• (o)15 feet high Bush from M.26 rootstock. Plant as 15 feet wide tree or lawn bush in large gardens.
• (o)18 feet high Half Standard from MM.106 rootstock. Plant as medium-sized trees for large gardens/orchards.
• (o)18 feet high Bush from MM.106 rootstock. Plant as 18 feet wide tree in large gardens.
• (o)30 feet high Straight Lead from M.25 rootstock. Plant as Standard tree for large gardens.

If you click on a thumbnail another window opens with up to 9 larger images (Blossom, Foliage and Fruit - for Blossom, Foliage and Fruit pages) and the following plant description:-

1. Apple Name
2. Apple Type:

• Eating,
• Cooking,
• Eating/Cooking,
• Cider,
• Ornamental Crab Apple,
• Ornamental Crab Apple Pollinator for Apples
• Ornamental Crab Apple for Crab Apple Jelly

3. Tree Forms Available in Container Grown:

• 2 feet high Stepover
• 6 feet high Patio Fruit Tree
• 6 feet high Shrub Bush
• 6 feet high Cordon
• 10 feet high Shrub Bush
• 6 feet high Espalier
• 6 feet high Fan
• 18 feet Half Standard Tree
• 30 feet high Straight Lead Tree

4. Tree Forms Available in Bare Root:

• Maiden M.27, M.9, M.26, MM.106, M.25
• 6 feet high Shrub Bush
• 6 feet high Cordon
• 10 feet high Shrub Bush
• 15 feet high Bush
• 18 feet high Half Standard Tree
• 18 feet high Bush
• 30 feet high Straight Lead

5. Foliage
6. Blossom Colour
7. Top Fruit Colour, Month of Picking and Keep till Month
8. Comments. These include the Apple taste Acid/Sweet, which is described in The New Book of Apples The definitive guide to apples, including over 2000 varieties by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards (ISBN 0-09-188398-9).

Please close that window before clicking on another thumbnail.

These gallery photographs of Apples were provided by Brian Lovelidge of Frank P Matthews Ltd.

I am requesting the donation of the following colour photographs of plants for display in this section:-

• Flower - to show the shape and colour of the whole flower.
• Foliage - to show the shape of the leaf and its colour. If its colour changes in the year, then a picture of each changed colour.
• Form - to show the natural shape/growth habit of the whole plant. If the plant is deciduous, then one with foliage and one without.
• Fruit - to show the shape and colour of the whole apple produced after it has flowered.
• Flower Bed - to show the overall effect of a group of apple trees together, preferably with the names of each of the trees displayed.

Each main photograph will be displayed in a 150 x 150 pixels graphic item. Each thumbnail photograph will be displayed in 50 x 50 pixels graphic item. Freeway allocates 72 pixels per inch. The photographs require to be in JPEG Format and sent to Chris Garnons-Williams at 1 Eastmoor Farm Cottages, Moor Street, Rainham, Kent, ME8 8QE England.

Please give the Latin name of the plant and your contact details (It would be preferable that it is either your website or email address rather than your phone number). These will then appear with the relevant photograph. If you happen to be a Nursery, then this link could provide a means for people to get that apple tree.