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Duo Apple Tree | 'Cox's Orange Pippin' & 'Golden Delicious'

Two great varieties, one tree!

Grown by Danielle

South Downs National Park

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The highlights

  • Incredible flavours
  • Red and green apples from the same tree
  • Eat the apples fresh or use them in desserts
  • Harvest from September

Description

  • This ingenious duo tree features both 'Cox's Orange Pippin' and 'Golden Delicious' grafted onto an MM106 (semi-dwarfing) rootstock, giving you a two-variety tree shaped like the letter Y (or V)
  • 'Cox's Orange Pippin' has serious pedigree as a cultivar - with its excellent aromatic flavour and juicy flesh, there's a good reason why this red apple variety has been popular for so long (around 200 years!)
  • 'Golden Delicious' is an incredibly popular variety worldwide, with green apples that boast exceptional sweetness when eaten fresh, and that hold their form well when cooked in crumbles and pies (thanks to their high pectin content)
    • For the best yields, plant your duo tree in full sun and give it a yearly feed during the springtime
    • Apple trees are highly attractive to pollinators like bees, and have been certified by the Royal Horticultural Society as one of its Plants for Pollinators
    • Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch
    • Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth

Supplied as

Potted tree
Duo tree in a 9L pot

Height on arrival

120-150cm

Eventual height

4m

Eventual spread

3.5m
Spreads approximately 3.5m.

Tasting notes

Sweet and juicy

Time to first crop

3 years
Apple trees grown on an MM106 rootstock typically take three years to bear fruit after they've been planted, though this may vary from tree to tree.

Flower colour

White
Pinkish white blossoms appear in spring

Habit

Upright
This duo tree grows upright in a Y or V shape with slightly spreading branches.

Hardiness

Fully hardy
H6 - This duo apple tree is frost hardy down to temperatures of around -20°C.

Pollination group

Various
'Cox's Orange Pippin' is in pollination group 3 while 'Golden Delicious' sits in pollination group 4. As they're in adjoining groups, they're able to pollinate one another.

Uses

Eating fresh, juicing, pies and crumbles

Rootstock

MM106 rootstock (grows up to 4m)
MM106 (semi-dwarfing) rootstock apple trees typically grow to a height of 4m, making them a great choice for more spacious gardens.

Spacing

3.5m
Plant 3.5m apart to allow for spreading.
Average pest and disease resistance

Average pest and disease resistance

This duo apple tree may be impacted by various aphids, apple canker and powdery mildews.

Water regularly while establishing

Water regularly while establishing

Whilst established apple trees don't require much additional watering, except for in hot and dry spells, they benefit from regular watering during their first growing season to help their root system develop properly.

Full sun

Full sun

Plant somewhere your duo tree will receive at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day.

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Apple trees grow best in rich soil with good drainage. If your soil fertility is poor, consider amending with some organic matter (like garden compost).

Feed every spring

Feed every spring

Apply a high-potassium fertiliser at the start of spring.

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Duo Apple Tree | 'Cox's Orange Pippin' & 'Elstar' Trained Fruit Trees

South Downs National Park

Meet Danielle

110 years' expertise free with every tree

Danielle's nursery has been growing trees in the South Downs National Park for over a century, and it shows. Dug up and sent straight to your garden at between 18-36 months old, their quality rootstocks, expert pruning and natural pest control mean that these traditionally field-grown trees are the hardiest you can get.

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Best plants you will ever get online

I have ordered plants from them twice this year. They arrived well packaged, on time and looked strong and healthy. I feel the staff from Roots plants deal with their plants and customers with passion and care. I can’t wait to order again, price is good as well.

Peter Mawer
2 May

Highly recommended all round

Delivered quickly, perfectly packaged and the tree was in excellent condition. Really healthy and taken to the garden with no problems. Can't recommend highly enough. 5 stars isn't enough!

John Harris
3 April

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Unlike other online sellers, this company are well ahead in the quality stakes. My plant arrived promptly as per their promise and the plant was much more established and healthy than I had expected. It’s the second time I have ordered from them and I have faith in their promise. Excellent service.

Karen McEwan
26 February

A really good quality tree

A really good quality tree, delivered on time and very well packaged. But the emailed planting advice and supporting information was what really impressed me. Thoroughly recommended.

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18 May

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