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A completely unique variety discovered on a remote Welsh Island in 1998
Pink-striped dessert apples with a distinct lemon fragrance
Scab and canker resistant
Pollination Group 2 - Cooking and Eating Apple
Propagated from a single parent apple tree which was discovered in 1998 on the remote Bardsey Island, just off the coast of North Wales. This very old fruit tree was found to be a completely unique new variety. Apple 'Bardsey Island' is a particularly disease resistant variety, showing no signs of scab or canker.
Good crops of large apples with attractive, pink-striped skins can be harvested from September. The fruits are crisp and sweet with a distinct lemon fragrance. An excellent dessert apple eaten straight from the tree or made into juice. When cooked, it forms a sweet puree that needs no sugar added.
This variety is not self-fertile. For the heaviest crops it is best grown with another variety. If you only have room for one tree then make sure that a neighbour has a tree close by that can act as a suitable pollinator. Pollination Group 2 - Cooking and Eating Apple
Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years.
Estimated time to best yields: 5 years.
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Plant height and spread is seasonal therefore we list by pot size rather than a defined plant size. The height and spread of the plant delivered will vary depending on the season, meaning arrival images are an indication only.
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2 x 13 Litre Potted Trees (MM106 Rootstock) (TKA1816)
1 x 13 Litre Potted Tree (MM106 Rootstock) (KA1815)
Fruit trees do not suffer weed competition well. Keep weeds and grass clear from within a 30cm radius of base of the tree. In spring, while the ground is moist, apply a mulch of well rotted manure or garden compost around the base of the tree, taking care not to mound it up against the stem. This will help to retain moisture throughout the summer. Feed and water apple trees during particularly dry periods.
Pruning apple trees begins immediately after planting. Remove the central stem to just above the highest side branch. For the following 3 years, prune only the tips of the remaining main branches by one third in winter. Aim for about six main branches which will form the frame of your tree, with fruiting sub branches growing off of them. From the fourth year, some sub branches can be pruned out at the union where they join the main branch, to allow new sub branches to take their place.
In order to produce the best quality, largest apples, the fruits should be thinned in July leaving two apples remaining per cluster.
Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.
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