Choosing the correct pollination partner Introduction: This trees-online information sheet is still under construction. Its aim is to act as a guide to helping you choose the correct pollination partner when you buy a fruit tree that is not self-fertile from http://www.trees-online.co.uk/. Eventually this guide will include information on pollination partners for our complete range of fruit trees and links to the individual fruit varieties. We thought by providing you with this information now it may be of benefit. Buying a fruit tree can be a challenge. We have produced this tree guide to try and help you identify a suitable pollination partner(s). Whilst some fruit trees are self-fertile and do not require a another fruit tree to act as a pollination partner, many fruit trees are not self-fertile so require another fruit tree to act as a pollination partner. In the case of Bramley's apple trees, which are a triploid variety, two pollination partners are required. In some cases fruit trees are partially self-fertile. Pollen can travel considerable distances, up to many miles, this meaning that if you live in an urban area with a great number of gardens close there is a good chance that pollen will be naturally available. There is never any guarantee! We have grouped most of our fruit trees in flowering periods. We have avoided using times for flowering as regional differences and season will make this confusing. Rather, we have created a number of codes, C1 to C5. How to use these codes: To make it easy to match this apple tree with a suitable pollination partner we have used a series of codes, which are C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5 and relate to flowering periods. Every apple variety we sell will have one of these codes. The code we have given this apple tree means that you need to find another apple with the same code or one less or one more, so for example, if the apple is code C4, then another apple variety with code C4, would be fine. Equally, an apple with code C3 or C5, would be suitable to act as a reliable pollination partner. The reason for this is that there is always an overlap of flowering periods between adjacent groups. Where the apple variety is in stock, please click on the link and this will take you straight to the variety on our website. Those apple varieties without a link may be available later in the season. Email us at info@trees-online.co.uk for availability. Apples in flowering period C1 (Apples in flowering periods C2 acceptable, see next category. There is no category lower than C1): Baker's Delicious Devonshire Quarrenden Gennet Moyle George Cave Golden Spire Keswick Codlin Scotch Dumpling Apples in flowering period C2 (Apples in flowering periods C1 acceptable (see previous category and apples in flowering period C3, see next category): Adam's Pearmain Ballerina Polka Bardey Beauty of Bath Bloody Ploughman Bountiful Broadholme Beauty Brownlees Russet Byford Wonder Carlisle Codlin Claygate Pearmain Cornish Aromatic Egremont Russet Irish Peach King's Acre Pippin Lord Hindlip Lord Lambourne Norfolk Royal Russet Red Miller's Seedling Red Windsor Reverend W. Wilks Ribston Pippin St.Edmund's Russet Warner's King Yellow Ingrestrie Yorkshire Greening Apples in flowering period C3 (Apples in flowering periods C2 acceptable (see previous category and apples in flowering period C4, see next category): Allington Pippin Arthur Turner Ballerina Bolero Ballerina Flamenco Blenheim Orange Bramley 20 (A triploid variety, so requires two other varieties as pollination partners) Bramley Original (A triploid variety, so requires two other varieties as pollination partners) Bramley's Seedling (A triploid variety, so requires two other varieties as pollination partners) Captain Tom Catshead Charles Ross Cobra Court of Wick Cox's Orange Pippin Crimson Quoining Crispin D'Arcy Spice Discovery Doctor Hogg Dummellor's Seedling Elstar Epicure Fiesta (Syn. Red Pippin) Fortune Galloway Pippin Gladstone Granny Smith Greensleeves Grenadier Herefordshire Russet Honeycrisp Howgate Wonder James Grieve Jupiter Katy Kent Kidd's Orange Red King of the Pippins Lady Henniker Limelight Melrose Meridian Monarch Northern Greening Peasgood's Nonsuch Pitmaston Pine Apple Queen Cox Self Fertile 18 Rajka Red Devil Red Falstaff Redprince Redsleeves Rosemary Russet Rubinette Rosso Saturn Scotch Bridget Scrumptious Spartan Sturmer Pippin Sunlight Sunrise Sunset Tom Putt Topaz Tydeman's Late Orange William Crump Winter Banana Winter Gem Worcester Pearmain Apples in flowering period C4 (Apples in flowering periods C3 acceptable (see previous category and apples in flowering period C5, see next category): Annie Elizabeth Braeburn Chivers Delight Cornish Gilliflower Ellison's Orange Gala Golden Delicious Golden Noble Herefordshire Beefing Laxton's Superb Lemon Pippin Lord Derby Orleans Reinette Pinova Pixie Red Pixie Sweet Society Apples in flowering period C5 (Apples in flowering periods C4 acceptable, see previous category. There is no higher category than C5): Ashmead's Kernel Court Pendu Plat Crawley Beauty Dabinett (Cider) Edward VII Harry Master Jersey (Cider) Herefordshire Redstreek (Cider) Michelin (Cider) Newton Wonder Damsons in flowering period C2 (Damsons in flowering periods C1 acceptable (see previous category and damsons in flowering period C3 acceptable, see next category):
Delma Damsons in flowering period C3 (Damsons in flowering periods C2 acceptable (see previous category and damsons in flowering period C4 acceptable, see next category):
Farleigh Langley Bullace Merryweather Shropshire Prune Gages in flowering period C1 (Gages in flowering periods C2 acceptable, see next category): Jefferson
Gages in flowering period C2 (Gages in flowering periods C1 acceptable (see previous category and gages in flowering period C3 acceptable, see next category): Coe's Golden Drop Denniston's Superb Reine Claude De Bavay
Gages in flowering period C3 (Gages in flowering periods C2 acceptable (see previous category and gages in flowering period C4 acceptable, see next category): Cambridge Early Transparent Old Green Gage Stella's Star Willingham
Gages in flowering period C4 (Gages in flowering periods C3 acceptable (see previous category acceptable): Ouillins Golden
Mirabelles in flowering period C1 (Mirabelles in flowering periods C2 acceptable) all mirablles are in category C1: De Nancy Golden Sphere Gypsy Ruby
Pears in flowering period C1 (Pears in flowering periods C2 acceptable, see next category): Blakeney Red (Perry) Doyenne D'Ete Gorham jargonelle Judge Amphlet (Perry)
Pears in flowering period C2 (Pears in flowering periods C1 acceptable (see previous category and pears in flowering period C3 acceptable, see next category): Emile D'Heyst Glou Morceau Invincible Delwinor Louise Bonne of Jersey Precoce de Trevoux Tettenhall Dick
Pears in flowering period C3 (Pears in flowering periods C2 acceptable (see previous category and pears in flowering period C4 acceptable, see next category): Beth Beurre Superfin Cannock Conference Durondeau Fondante D'Automne Hellens Early (Perry) Merton Pride Moonglow Packham's Truimph Robin Sensation Thorn (Perry) William's Bon Cretien
Pears in flowering period C4 (Pears in flowering periods C3 acceptable, see previous category): Beurre Hardy Brandy (Perry) Catillac Concorde Doyenne Du Comice Hendre Huffcap (Perry) Josephine De Malines Onward Pitmaston Duchess Winter Nelis
Plums in flowering period C1 (Plums in flowering periods C2 acceptable, see next category): Methley
Plums in flowering period C2 (Plums in flowering periods C1 acceptable (see previous category and plums in flowering period C2 acceptable, see next category): Avalon Blue Tit Edda Herman Heron Mallard River's Early Prolific Warwickshire Drooper Yellow Pershore
Plums in flowering period C3 (Plums in flowering periods C2 acceptable (see previous category): Belle De Louvain Czar Excalibur Giant Prune Gordon Castle Guinevere Jubilee Kirke's Syn. Kirke's Blue Laxton's Cropper Manns No 1 Marjorie's Seedling Opal Purple Pershore Queens Crown Reeves Sanctus Hubertus Seneca Valor Verity Victoria Violetta
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