Devonshire Apple Tree Collection

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Enhance your orchard with our Devonshire Apple Tree Collection, featuring exceptional varieties from the heart of Devon. Each tree is selected for its unique flavour, perfect for fresh eating or culinary use. With a blend of sweet and crisp apples, this collection promises harvests of delicious, Devon flavours.

For more information or to see what other forms are available just click on their names.

Dons Delight A late season cooking apple with a sharp, rich flavour, that is good for challenging sites in the West Country. A reliable cropper producing green to gold fruit with a strong red flush. Pick in early October

Lucombes Pine An eating apple that is also great for juice, ripening to a golden yellow with russet dots. The tender flesh is yellowish white with a rich, aromatic, pineapple like flavour. Pick in early October. Raised by Lucombe, Prince & Co, Exeter in 1800s.

Oaken Pin Unusual ‘egg shaped’ apple, or like a ‘pin’ used to fasten doors. Pretty red/orange flushed over yellow, it is sweet, crisp and juicy. Good acidic balance to the sweetness. Picks in late September and will store through November. Grown widely in Exmoor, Devon.

Plympton Pippin Plympton Pippin is a vigorous tree producing large, green apples with a flattish base and a sharp flavour. Pick in early October. Originating from the Tamar Valley, Cornwall/Devon.

Upton Pyne Classic English culinary apple that boasts medium-sized, oblong fruits with pink stripes over a green-yellow base. Its sweet-sharp flavour and crisp texture make it perfect for baking and cider production. Pick in early October. Named after the village of Upton Pyne in Devon in 1910.

The trees included in this Devonshire Apple collection are bare root one year old maidens on semi vigorous rootstock. Their eventual height can reach 3-4m depending on soil conditions and climate. As a bare root tree they will be despatched between November and March when they are dormant and will need pruning to the shape you require when planting. For information on how to prune click here.