Fruit Trees

In the comments column you will find a number category to suggest scab resistance for most of the apples and pears described.
The scale is as follows:
0 : No resistance – Total defoliation plus stem damage.
1 : Little resistance – Over 50% leaf area damaged, plus some stem damage. Strong reduction in vigour.
2 : Some resistance – Between 30% and 50% leaf area damage. Some reduction in vigour.
3 : Modest resistance – Between 10% and 30% leaf area damage. Slight reduction in vigour.
4 : Resistant – Up to 10% leaf area damage. Little reduction in vigour.
5 : Very resistant – Little or no leaf damage. No reduction in vigour.

Apple

VARIETY	ORIGIN	FLAVOUR	USE	SEASON	FLOWER PERIOD	COMMENTS (AND SCAB RESISTANCE CATEGORY)

Adams Pearmain originally Hanging Pearmain	Herefordshire before 1826	Juicy, rich aromatic	Dessert	Late to Very Late	2	Hardy and good bearer
Allington Pippin	Lincolnshire before 1884	Subacid aromatic	Dessert	Mid to Late	3	King of the Pippins X Coxs. Orange Pippin. A pineapple flavour (4)
Ashmeads Kernel	Gloucester c. 1700	Sweet, aromatic	Dessert	Late to Very Late	4	One of the finest late dessert apples (4)
Ashton Bittersweet	Long Ashton, Somerset 1947	Full Bittersweet	Cider	Early	Late	(5)
Balls Bittersweet	Herefordshire	Medium. Bittersweet.	Cider	Mid	Mid	Produces a full-bodied cider (4)
Beauty of Bath	Bath, Somerset, before 1864		Dessert	Early	2	Heavy cropping (4)
Bell Apple syn. Sweet Sheeps Nose	Somerset		Cider, Culinary	Mid	Mid	A distinctly shaped apple once common in Somerset and East (4) Devon
Bens Red	Trannack, Cornwall c 1830		Dessert	Second Early to Mid	2	A Devonshire Quarrenden seedling. Sturdy and heavy cropping (5)
Bickington Grey	Devon pre 1934		Cider	Mid	Mid	A rare variety from South Devon (5)
Billy Down Pippin	Membury, Axminster, Devon		Cider, Dessert		Early to Mid	Supposedly a corruption of Bewley Down near Membury (4)
Black Dabinett syn. Tommy Rodford	Somerset	Medium. Bittersweet.	Cider	Late	Late	More vigorous than Dabinett with larger blue/purple fruits. Vintage quality (4)
Black Tom Putt	Taunton area, Somerset	Sharp	Culinary	Late to Very Late	Early	Darker red than ordinary �Tom Putt' and a later keeper (4)
Blenheim Orange	Woodstock, Oxon c 1740	Excellent. Subacid to sweet	Dessert	Mid to Late	3	A rich, distinctive apple at its best around Christmas (4)(C)
Blue Sweet	Devon		Cider		Mid	An old Devon variety brought to our attention by Mr Rice of Yeoford (4)
Bramley's Seedling	Southwell, Notts c 1810	Sharp	Culinary	Late	3	The most popular commercial cooking apple (4)(C)
Brown Snout	Hereford	Medium. Bittersweet.	Cider	Mid	Mid to Late	Heavy cropper of good quality juice. Self-fertile (5)
Brownlees Russet	Hertfordshire c 1848	Sweet subacid. Aromatic, nutty	Dessert	Very Late	3	At best when kept until February (4)
Browns Apple	Staverton, Nr Totnes, Devon	Full Sharp	Cider	Second Early to Mid	Mid	Vintage quality (5)
Captain Broad	Cornwall		Cider			(5)
Charles Ross	Berkshire 1880s		Dessert, Culinary	Mid to Late	3	(4)
Claygate Pearmain	Surrey before 1821	Sweet, aromatic, rich	Dessert	Late to Very Late	3	(4)
Colemans Seedling	Devon		Cider	Mid	Mid	A healthy, heavy cropper (5)
Colloget Pippin syn. Cornish Giant	Landulph,Tamar Valley, Cornwall		Cider, Culinary	Mid	Early to Mid	Produces a dry light cider. One of the many varieties rescued by James Evans (5)
Cornish Aromatic	Before 1813, probably much older	Sweet, subacid, aromatic, spicy	Dessert	Late	4	(4)
Cornish Gilliflower	Truro, Cornwall before 1800	Sweet and aromatic	Dessert	Late to Very Late	4	(4)
Cornish Mother	Cornwall pre 1884		Dessert	Mid	Mid to Late	A very old variety. Possibly the progenitor of American Mother
Cornish Pine syn. Red Ribbed Greening	Exminster, Devon before 1920	Sweet, slightly subacid, aromatic	Dessert	Mid to Late	3	Cornish Gilliflower seedling (4)
Court of Wick	Yatton, Somerset before 1790	Subacid, rich	Triple	Very Late		A high quality, once very popular variety. Very hardy (5)
Court Pendu Plat	First described 1613 but much older	Sweet, rich perfumed	Dessert	Very Late	6	Widely known by many names throughout Europe. Possibly grown by the Romans (5)
Crimson Victoria	Shute, Axminster, Devon		Cider	Mid	Early to Mid	Found only in one orchard at Mid Shute. Unknown elsewhere (4)
Dabinett	Somerset	Medium Bittersweet	Cider	Late	Late	Tree rather small and twiggy, but a heavy cropper of very high quality (4)
Devon Crimson Queen syn. Queenie		Sweet, subacid	Dessert	Second Early to Mid	2	Dark red skinned fruit. A heavy cropping,spreading tree. Originally supplied by James Evans (4)
Devonshire Buckland	Devon before 1831	Subacid, slightly sweet	Dual	Mid to Late	4	Crisp, perfumed, yellow flesh (3)
Devonshire Quarrenden	Devon, first recorded 1678	Sweet, subacid	Dessert	Second Early	2	Juicy crisp fruits with distinct strawberry, winey taste (4)
Dredges Fame	Salisbury, Wilts before 1802	Rich and fruity	Dessert	Late	2	(4)
Dufflin	Cornwall	Full Bittersharp	Cider	Mid	Mid	High sugar content, useful blender (4)
Duke of Cornwall	Restonguet, Cornwall		Culinary	Late	Mid to Late	A quality cooking apple for storing (5)
Dunkerton Late Sweet	Baltonsborough, Somerset		Cider	Late	Mid	Produces light fruity cider. A very useful variety (4)
Early Blenheim	Somerset		Dessert, Culinary	Second Early	2	Similar to Blenheim Orange but earlier (4)
English Codling	England	Sharp and perfumed	Culinary	Early to Mid	Early to Mid	One of the oldest English apples (4)
Fair Maid of Devon	Devon	Full Sharp	Cider	Mid	Mid	Compact tree. Produces a high percentage of juice. Vintage quality (5)
Farmers Glory	Devon	Sharp becoming sweet	Dessert, Culinary	Early to Late	4	A large vigorous disease-resistant tree (5)
George Cave	Essex 1923	Crisp, juicy, slightly acid	Dessert	Early	2	(4)
Gilliflower of Gloucester	Gloucestershire	Sweet, scented	Dessert	Early to Mid	2	(4)
Gloucester Royal	Dursley, Glos c 1930		Dessert	Late	Mid to Late
Gloucester Underleaf	Gloucestershire		Dessert	Mid	Mid	An old variety virtually extinct in its native county (4)
Golden Ball	Dorset	Medium Sharp	Cider	Mid to Late	Late	An old variety from the Netherbury area of West Dorset (4)
Golden Bittersweet	Netherton, Devon 19th century		Cider	Late	Mid	A large variety that stores well. Rediscovered by this nursery in an old orchard in East Devon (5)
Golden Knob	Somerset 18th century	Sweet, nutty	Dessert	Late to Very Late	3	A little russetted apple with a fruity aromatic taste (5)
Golden Noble	Norfolk before 1820	Sharp but rich	Culinary	Late	4	A very high quality culinary variety (4)
Halstow Natural	Tedburn St Mary, Devon		Cider		Early to Mid	(5)
Hangy Down syn. Horners	Somerset and Devon		Dessert		Early	Small but heavy cropping tree. Good sugar content (5)
Harry Masters Jersey	Somerset	Medium Bittersweet	Cider	Mid to Late	Mid to Late	A compact tree that produces high quality juice (5)
Hockings Green	Cornwall		Dessert, Culinary	Mid to Late	4	Very hardy and tolerant of high rainfall (5)
Improved Keswick	Tamar Valley		Dessert, Culinary	Mid to Late	Mid	Sweetens in store. Keeps longer than ordinary Keswick Codlin
Improved Redstreak	Herefordshire	Bitter Sharp	Cider	Mid	Early	(4)
Johnny Andrews	Tedburn St Mary, Devon		Cider	Late	Mid to Late	Fruit very hard and will not rot in store (5)
Johnny Voun (Found) possibly Devonshire Queen	North Devon		Dessert	Second Early to Mid	Early	Anise flavour. An old variety from the Barnstaple area. Skin dark red, greasy. Pink in flesh (4)
Keswick Codlin	Lancashire 1790		Culinary	Second Early	2	(5)
Killerton Sharp	Killerton, Devon		Cider		Mid	Original trees discovered in 1950s at Killerton (3)
Killerton Sweet	Killerton, Devon		Cider	Mid	Mid	Original trees only found at Killerton (4)
King Byerd	Cornwall	Sweet-sharp	Dessert, Culinary	Very Late	4	(4)
Kingston Bitter	Devon	Medium Bittersweet	Cider	Mid to Late	Mid	A large prolific tree (4)
Kingston Black syn. Black Taunton	Somerset late 19th century	Medium Bittersharp	Cider	Mid	Mid	Probably the best vintage cider variety (4)
Lady Henniker	Suffolk 1840s	Good, slightly acid	Dessert, Culinary	Late	4	A hardy vigorous variety, long popular in Devon (4)
Lady Sudeley (originally Jacobs Strawberry)	Kent c 1849	Sweet but brisk	Dessert	Early	4	Grown extensively for market in 1890s in Gloucestershire (5)
Langworthy syn. Sour Natural, Wyatts Seedling	Devon	Medium Sharp	Cider	Mid	Mid	A good cropper (4)
Limberland (Limberlimb)	North Devon		Dessert, Culinary	Second Early	Early to Mid	(5)
London Pippin syn. Five Crowned Pippin	East Anglia before 1530		Dessert	Early to Mid	3	Grown in Somerset since before 1580 (5)
Longstem	Devon	Full Bittersweet	Cider	Late	Late	A useful variety brought to our attention by J.R. Pearse of Ivybridge (5)
Lord Derby	Cheshire 1862		Culinary	Mid	4	A hardy reliable cropper, tolerant of wet sites (4)
Lucombes Pine	Exeter, Devon c 1800	Rich, aromatic, pineapple-like	Dessert	Mid to Late	4	Raised at the nursery of Lucombe and Pince, St Thomas, Exeter (5)
Lucombes Seedling syn. Kirton Fair	Exeter, Devon before 1830	Subacid, spicy	Dessert	Mid to Very Late	2	Grown inWest Cornwall in 1920s as Newquay Prizetaker for market (4)
Morgan Sweet	Somerset 18th century		Cider, Dessert	Early	Early	Heavy cropper. High juice yield. Will provide light cider before Christmas (5)
Newton Wonder	Derbyshire c 1870		Culinary	Late to Very Late	5	A vigorous large tree (5)
Nine Square	West of England before 1824		Dessert	Mid to Late	4	An old variety once thought extinct (5)
Northwood syn.Woodbine	Crediton area, Devon 18th century		Cider	Late	Mid	Produces a soft fruity cider (5)
Oaken Pin	Devon, the Exe valley before 1876	Juicy, sweet and aromatic	Dessert	Mid to Late	3	Once very common on Exmoor. A good bearer (4)
Old Somerset Russet	Somerset, probably 19th century	Subacid with hint of pineapple	Dessert	Late	5	(4)
Paignton Marigold	Paignton, Devon before 1934	Medium Bittersweet	Cider	Mid	Early to Mid	(5)
Pascoes Pippin	Cornwall		Dessert	Mid	4	(4)
Payhembury	East Devon		Cider, Culinary	Late	Mid	(5)
Pear Apple	Cornwall		Dessert	Second Early	Early	A healthy Pigs Nose type. One of many old varieties rescued by James Evans
Peter Lock	Buckfastleigh, Devon, early 19th century	Sweet, scented	Dessert	Very Late	2	Cooks to a sweet, smooth puree (5)
Pig Snout	Cornwall		Cider	Early	Early to Mid	(4)
Pigs Nose (Type III)	Devon/Cornwall	Sweet/subacid	Dessert	Mid	Mid	(5)
Pitmaston Pineapple	Stoke Edith, Herefordshire c 1785	Rich pineapple-like	Dessert	Mid to Late	2	Small, distinct, delicious fruits (4)
Plum Vite	Devon before 1880	Sweet, subacid	Dessert	Early	Early	Gives juicy apples in late July (5)
Plympton Pippin	Tamar Valley		Culinary	Late	Mid	Very large green apples (4)
Poltimore Seedling	Farway, Devon		Culinary	Late to Very Late	Mid	Mistakenly grown by us as Transparent de Croncels. An excellent healthy tree (5)
Pomeroy of Somerset syn.The Old Pomeroy	Before 1851	Crisp, sweet, juicy, highly flavoured	Dessert	Mid to Late	3	A very old variety once extensively grown (4)
Ponsford	Devon 19th century	Acid	Cider, Culinary	Very Late	3	An excellent old variety. Vigorous, healthy (4)
Profit	Somerset before 1824		Culinary	Mid		A very healthy variety (5)
Queens	Exeter, Devon c 1880		Dessert	Second Early	Early to Mid	An old Veitch variety. A rich red apple (4)
Ribston Pippin	Yorkshire c 1700	Subacid, sweet aromatic	Dessert	Late	2	Mother of Coxs Orange Pippin. A hardy and worthy variety (5)
Rosemary Russet	England before 1831	Sweet to subacid, aromatic	Dessert	Late to Very Late	3	Perhaps the best flavoured of the russets (5)
Roundway Magnum Bonum	Devizes,Wilts c 1860	Sweet, aromatic, pear-like	Dessert	Very Late	4	Raised at Roundway Park, Devizes (4)
Royal Somerset	Somerset before 1818	Juicy, sweet	Cider, Culinary	Mid to Very Late	Mid to Late	(4)
Sercombes Natural	Dunsford, Devon	Mild Bittersweet	Cider		Mid	Vintage quality (4)
Severn Bank	Gloucestershire / Herefordshire		Cider	Mid	Mid	Produces a distinct high quality juice
Spotted Dick	Devon	Mild Bittersweet	Cider	Late	Mid	Mentioned in Min. of Ag. lists in the 1940s. Rediscovered at Feniton Court in 1995 (4)
St Edmunds Pippin syn. St Edmunds Russet	Suffolk 1870	Juicy, sweet and aromatic	Dessert	Mid	2	The earliest russett. Semi self fertile (4)
Stockbearer	Landkey, North Devon		Culinary	Mid	Mid	(5)
Strawberry Pippin	Pre 1813		Dessert	Early	Early to Mid	Long grown in Devon and Mid Cornwall. Probably synonymous with Chadder(s)
Sweet Alford	Devon, early 18th Century		Cider	Mid	Mid	A large heavy bearing tree. Very valuable vintage quality (4)
Sweet Bay	Devon		Cider		Late	Shade tolerant, suitable for orchard–woodland margins (5)
Sweet Cleave syn. Flanders Pippin	Barnstaple area, Devon, before 1831	Sweet to Subacid	Cider, Dessert	Mid to Late	Early	(4)
Tale Sweet	Tale, near Honiton, Devon	Mild Bittersweet	Cider	Mid	Early to Mid	(5)
Tan Harvey	Cornwall		Cider	Mid	Early to Mid	(5)
Tidicombe Seedling	Arlington, North Devon, 1978		Dessert	Mid to Very Late	Early to Mid	Originated as a seedling at Tidicombe Hall,Arlington (4)
Tom Putt	Trent, Somerset or Gittisham, Devon 18th century		Cider, Culinary	Second Early to Mid	2	A justifiably popular old west country cooking and cider apple. Makes a pleasant dessert fruit (4)(C)
Tommy Knight	St Agnes, Cornwall		Cider, Dessert	Late	2	A hardy variety, producing crisp juicy apples in December (5)
Totnes Apple	Dartington, Devon		Dessert		Early to Mid	Historically sold at Totnes Market, hence the name
Town Farm No. 59	Devon		Cider	Late	Mid	Found in Gittisham. Probably Netherton. Late Blower as described by Hogg in 1884 (4)
Tremletts Bitter	Exe Valley, Devon late 19th century	Full Bittersweet	Cider	Early	Early	Flowers very frost resistant. Heavy cropper (4)
Upton Pyne	Devon c 1900	Subacid, aromatic	Dessert, Culinary	Late to Very Late	3	Crisp and juicy (3)
Vallis Apple	Somerset		Cider, Dessert	Mid	Early to Mid	Also known as Redskins. Sold in the past in Bristol as a dessert apple
Veitches Perfection	Devon 19th century		Dessert, Culinary	Mid to Late	Early to Mid	Bred by the Veitch nursery of Exeter (5)
Warners King	Kent 18th Century	Sharp	Culinary	Mid to Late	2	Known in South Devon as Great Britain (5)
Warrior	Dorset 18th or 19th century		Dessert, Culinary	Early to Second Early	Early to Mid	An old variety once thought extinct (5)
White Alphington	Exeter		Cider	Mid	Late	A big, heavy cropping tree(4)
White Close Pippin	Exeter, Devon	Medium Bittersweet	Cider	Mid	Mid
Wick White Styre	Glos		Cider
William Crump	Worcestershire	Rich and sweet	Dessert	Late to Very Late	5	A high quality dessert apple (4)
Winter Stubbard	Devon	Sweet/subacid	Cider, Culinary	Late	4	(4)
Woolbrook Pippin	Sidmouth, Devon 1903	Sweet, aromatic	Dessert	Mid to Late	3	Bred by Stevens and Son of Sidmouth (4)
Woolbrook Russet	Sidmouth, Devon 1903	Juicy, acid	Culinary	Late to Very Late	3	Bred by Stevens and Son. A useful, rich late cooker (4)
Yarlington Mill	West Cadbury, Somerset	Mild Bittersweet	Cider	Mid	Mid	A heavy cropper but biennial (4)

Apricot

VARIETY	FLAVOUR	SEASON	USE	FLOWER PERIOD	COMMENTS (AND SCAB RESISTANCE CATEGORY)
Golden Glow		August	Dessert, Culinary	Self fertile	A hardy variety from Worcestershire
Tom Cott	Sweet and rich	Jul/Aug	Dessert, Culinary	Self fertile	A new more reliable variety

Cherry

VARIETY	FLAVOUR	SEASON	USE	FLOWER PERIOD	COMMENTS (AND SCAB RESISTANCE CATEGORY)
Birchenhayes, (Early Birchenhayes)	Sweet and juicy	Early	Dessert, Culinary	Mid	From Birchenhayes Farm, St Dominic. A smaller grower than most other varieties
Bottlers syn. Preserving	Very good when fully ripe	Mid	Dessert, Culinary	Mid to Late	Traditionally preserved by bottling in the Landkey area of North Devon
Bullion (Bolium)	Slightly sharp	Mid	Culinary	Mid to Late	Fruit large, almost black. One of the many Tamar Valley cherries rescued by James Evans
Burcombe	Soft and juicy	Mid to Late	Dessert, Culinary	Late	Raised by W. Parkins, Burcombe Farm, St Dominic. Vigorous broad tree
Dun	Soft, juicy and sweet	Mid to Late	Dessert, Culinary	Mid	A North Devon Mazzard.Very disease resistant.Vigorous. Heavy cropping
Fice			Dessert		Raised by Mr Fitz of St Dominic. The blackest, juiciest and best flavoured of the Tamar Valley cherries
Greenstem Black	Sweet, similar to Small Black		Dessert		One of the Landkey Mazzards
Hannaford		Early	Dessert, Culinary	Early	The earliest flowering of the North Devon Mazzards
Lapins (Cherokee)	Large black fruit. Upright growing		Dessert		Self fertile
May Duke	Juicy and rich	Early Jul	Dessert	3	Hardy and reliable. Semi self fertile
Morello	Rich, juicy	Jul/Aug	Culinary	5	The best culinary cherry. Self fertile
Small Black		Mid	Dessert, Culinary	Mid to Late	One of the Landkey Mazzards. Self fertile
Summer Sun	A hardy, reliable, compact variety		Dessert		Self fertile
Sunburst		Late season (September)			Self fertile
White Heart	Juicy, tender, sweet	End Jul	Dessert	Late	A strongly healthy tree

Medlar

VARIETY	USE	COMMENTS (AND SCAB RESISTANCE CATEGORY)
Nottingham	Dessert, Culinary	The best flavoured variety. Self fertile

Pear

VARIETY	FLAVOUR	SEASON	USE	FLOWER PERIOD	COMMENTS (AND SCAB RESISTANCE CATEGORY)
Baronne de Mello	Small but delicious	Oct	Dessert	3	Fertile, hardy and regular cropper (4)
Beurre Hardy	Juicy, with a rosewater flavour	Oct	Dessert	3	Good regular cropper (4)
Catillac	Musky	Feb to April	Culinary	4	Unsuitable as a pollinator (4)
Clapps Favourite	Juicy, melting	Early Sept	Dessert		Vigorous and fertile (4)
Concorde	Sweet and juicy	Nov	Dessert	4	Self fertile. Compact and heavy cropping (4) (C)
Fondante de Automne	Melting, juicy, excellent	Sept/Oct	Dessert	2	Rather dwarf habit.Will not pollinate excellent Louise Bonne (4)
Gorham	Juicy with musky flavour	Mid to late Sept	Dessert	4	Hardy, moderate cropper (4)
Gratiole de Jersey	Melting, rich and sweet	Oct	Dessert		Hardy, vigorous, good bearer (4)
Invincible		Sept	Dessert, Culinary	2	Hardy and prolific. Self fertile
Jargonelle	Sweet, juicy, musky	Early Aug	Dessert	3	Heavy cropper, scab resistant (4)
Merton Pride	Melting, juicy. Excellent Flavour	Mid to late Sept	Dessert	3	A hardy regular cropper (4)
Noveau Poiteau	Rich and perfumed	Nov	Dessert	4	Very large fruit (4)
Onward	Rich, Juicy	Sept	Dessert	4	A good cropper

Plum

VARIETY	FLAVOUR	SEASON	USE	FLOWER PERIOD	COMMENTS (AND SCAB RESISTANCE CATEGORY)
Belle De Louvain	Rich flavour when cooked	Late Aug	Culinary	5	Self fertile.Vigorous upright growth
Blaisdon Red		Early Sept	Culinary	3	Vigorous and disease resistant Gloucestershire variety. Self fertile
Blue Tit		Mid Aug	Dual	3	Hardy and self fertile
Bryanston Gage	Juicy, with good gage flavour	Sept	Dessert	3	Self incompatible.A good cropper. Originated near Blandford, Dorset 1800
Chrislin (Crisling)		Oct/Nov	Dessert, Culinary		A damson/bullace type fruit. Traditionally grown in Mid/West Devon. Self fertile
Damson Merryweather		Early Sept	Culinary	3	Self fertile. Largest fruited damson. Bred in Nottinghamshire in 1907
Damson Prune (Shropshire Prune)	Excellent. The best flavoured damson	Sept/Oct	Culinary	5	Self fertile. Compact, upright tree
Dittisham (Dittisham Ploughman)	Sweet/rich	Aug	Dessert, Culinary	2	Self fertile. Originated at Dittisham, Devon.A good plum for preserving
Dittisham Black		Sept	Culinary		A damson-type fruit. Local to Dittisham on the River Dart.
Dunster Plum			Dessert, Culinary		A plum grown locally in the Dunster area of Somerset. Some similarity to Victoria. Self fertile
Early Rivers	Juicy, sweet but with a brisk acidity	Late July/Early Aug	Culinary	3	Partly self fertile.A very heavy cropper
Early Transparent Gage	Sweet and rich	Mid/Late Aug	Dessert	4	Self fertile.A regular but not heavy cropper
Golden Transparent Gage	Sweet, rich and delicious	Early Oct	Dessert	5	Self fertile.A small, compact grower
Grey Plum	Sweet, juicy	Mid Aug	Dessert, Culinary		An old Cornish variety. Self fertile
Kea	Juicy, slightly acid	Mid Sept	Dessert, Culinary		Self fertile. Originates near Truro, Cornwall
Kirkes Blue	Sweet, juicy	Mid Sept	Dessert	4	A small spreading tree. Self sterile. A very choice variety
Landkey Yellow	Sweet, rich		Dessert, Culinary		Self fertile. A local North Devon variety. Traditionally propagated by suckers
Manaccan	Sweet, excellent	Early Sept	Dessert		Self fertile. One of the old Cornish varieties from the Kea and Manaccan area near Truro
Marjories Seedling	Juicy and sweet	Late Sept/Oct	Dessert, Culinary	5	Self fertile.Vigorous tree giving large black plums
Mirabelle ‘Gipsy’	Sweet and juicy	Aug/Sept	Dessert, Culinary		A reliable red-fruited form. Self fertile
Mirabelle ‘Golden Sphere’	Sweet and Juicy	Aug/Sept	Dessert, Culinary		A new variety.Golden fruit larger than ‘Gipsy’. Self fertile.
Mirabelle De Nancy	Sweet and juicy	Aug/Sept	Dessert, Culinary		A yellow form of the Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera). Abundant bearer. Makes excellent jam. Self fertile
Pershore (Yellow Egg)	Dry but good when cooked	Mid Aug	Culinary	4	Self fertile. Hardy. Disease resistant. Excellent jamming variety
Shepherds Bullace		Sept/Oct	Culinary		A very old variety. Good for jam. Fruit green. Self fertile
Victoria	Sweet and juicy	Late Aug/Early Sept	Dessert	3	Self fertile.The most well known plum
Victoria (Willis clone)	Sweet and juicy	Late Aug/Early Sept	Dessert	3	Propagated from a tree over a century old, owned by MrWillis of Tiverton. Shows more resistance to silverleaf disease than the modern commercial clone
Warwickshire Drooper		Sept	Culinary	2	Self fertile. Vigorous, healthy. A good jam variety

Quince

VARIETY	USE	COMMENTS (AND SCAB RESISTANCE CATEGORY)
Meeches Prolific	Culinary	Self fertile, Pear-shaped fruits
Vranja	Culinary	Self fertile. Fruits large and pear-shaped

Fig

Brown Turkey

The most reliable variety for British Gardens

Mulberry

Morus alba	The White Mulberry. A small tree with edible fruits. The leaves are the food of silk moths
Morus nigra	The well known and venerable Black Mulberry
Morus nigra 'Chelsea'	A form from the Chelsea Physic Garden.Also known as ‘King James’
Morus alba 'Pendula'	The Weeping White Mulberry. Sweet edible fruits produced on a small very pendulous tree

Nuts

Butler	A heavy cropper of large strong-flavoured nuts
Casina	A very productive Spanish variety of high quality
Cosford Cob	A good reliable variety.A good pollinator for other varieties and a heavy bearer of large nuts
Gunslebert	A heavy and reliable cropper of strong-flavoured nuts
Kent Cob (syn. Lamberts Filbert)	The most popularly planted nut tree. Hardy and reliable with a rich flavour
Red Filbert	An attractive form with red leaves and catkins, but produces good nuts

Sweet Chestnut
	Castanea sativa	The Sweet Chestnut is a large distinctive tree, first introduced to Britain by the Romans
	Castanea sativa 'Albo Marginata'	A form of the Sweet Chestnut with handsome creamy/yellow margined leaves
	Castanea sativa 'Marron de Lyon'	Also known as ‘Macrocarpa’, this produces the largest sweet chestnuts
Walnut
	Juglans regia	The common or European walnut
	Juglans nigra
	Juglans regia 'Broadview'	A self-fertile clone selected for nut production. Produces at a very young age
	Juglans regia 'Buccaneer'	Similar to ‘Broadview’