'Discovery' Apple Tree Reviews

The most widely grown dessert apple in the UK famed for its distinctive, sweet flavour with hints of strawberry. A naturally compact variety, 'Discovery' apple trees are perfect for smaller gardens and those with a fear of heights! Incredibly juicy, multi-purpose apples for cooking, eating and juicing. Talk about versatile... An RHS-award-winning variety, 'Discovery' also sports excellent resistance to pests and disease, as well as being fully hardy. Harvest your apples earlier than many other varieties, from late August through into September. The apples keep for two months (or more). MM106 Rootstock - Max size H3m x W3m Rootstocks restrict the size of a tree to make it more suited for an average gardenMORE M26 Rootstock - Max size H2.5m x W2.5m Not self fertile - Pollination Group 3 Requires pollination by another apple tree within a mile's radius. They need to flower at the same time. Apples in the same pollination group, or one either side, can pollinate each other. In built up areas it is unlikely that there won't be a suitable pollination partner within a mileMORE Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch. 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.MORE