Apple trees

[sarahkeast]

Any recommendations for varieties and suppliers of apple trees ?

Looking for sweet fruit [we love braeburns !] that will grow well in north west England [wet and cold !]

Not sure whether to go for mail order bare root [dont want a twig !] or get pot grown ?

thanks

Sarah

[Amateur]

These guys are based in Pickering and do a lot of heritage stuff. Really good service as well and will happily advise you on what suits what growing conditions etc www.rvroger.co.uk

I'm no expert but I've always been told to buy bare root stock as pot grown can be less hardy due to being drip fed and watered it's whole life (bare root is a bit tougher!)
I've also been told to always buy MM106 root stock and then train / prune into a smaller tree if required rather than buying a dwarfing variety as they tend to have a shorter life span so avoid M27 (dwarf) rootstock.

Good luck

[phil55494]

I've ordered from Walcot Organic Nursery before (for others as gifts and now for myself). Lots of varieties for sale and the quality I've had has been good so far.
If you decide for some of the more popular varieties then you'll be able to get them from various sources as both pot grown and bare rooted trees. If you want something more unusual you might have to try harder to find it but there are lots of nurserys/growers out there so you should be able to find what you want somewhere.

[Green Aura]

I bought a load of fruit trees from http://www.kenmuir.co.uk/ when I lived in Lancs. They were all good fruiters (cherry, plum, greengage, conference pear and 4 different apples. They did all rooting stocks - we got dwarfing and they're now about 10 years old and had a move about 4-5 years ago. No problems with them at all.