MIApple Farm

HOME ABOUT ORCHARD TECHNIQUE APPLES PHOTOS DATABASE LINKS CIDER FARMLIFE CONTACT NURSERY ORDERS

GRAFTED APPLE TREES ARE AVAILABLE FOR BARE ROOT DELIVERY IN JULY 2011 at $25 each

APPLE TREES IN POTS ARE AVAILABLE ANY TIME at $25 each - they should be planted when dormant in July. 

FOR NEW GRAFT APPLE TREES - ORDER IN MAY FOR DELIVERY IN POTS IN AUGUST 2011 at $15 each

Allow for additional costs of postage and handling if applicable - larger trees don't travel well in the mail.

We grow heritage trees and have only minimal stocks of varieties readily available at your local nursery or Bunnings

We have installed high fences around our orchard to protect our in-ground trees from kangaroos (and the next door neighbors goats)..
We now grow our new graft trees in pots - more watering problems for us but apple trees are readily available for sale and delivery.

NURSERY TREES FOR SALE

We don't need to register for GST there is no GST in our prices.

Most apples are grafted on to MM111 (drought resistant 80% size) rootstocks or on M26 (drought resistant 40% dwarf) rootstocks.

Click on to our stock list below for stocks held - subject to change constantly.

Guarantee? While every effort is made to obtain grafting material from reputable suppliers, we cannot absolutely guarantee cultivars will be true to description.

CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR 2011 STOCKLIST

FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF APPLE VARIETIES IN OUR COLLECTION -  Select the APPLES box at the top of this page.

WILL YOUR SELECTED TREE PRODUCE FRUIT?
The cultivar you select will only produce fruit if it has another apple tree nearby that is in the same flowering group unless it is self polinating.
A triploid variety does not produce viable pollen and it cannot fertilise other trees nearby - it also needs another tree to fertilise it.
Popular varieties for general cross polination are Jonathan and Sturmer Pippin - both are in flowering group 3. They will not cross polinate flowering
groups  2, 4 or 5 and other cross polinators with a suitable flowering time will need selection. 
You need adequate chilling hours in the winter to promote flowers and  then suitable weather for the bees to do their polinating work at flowering time.
Apple growers in the Northern states should select only low chill apple varieties if they want flowers and fruit.

ENGLISH TREE GROUP.
The old English favourite Cox's Orange Pippin is not self fertilising, Bramley Seedling is a triploid (pollen not viable) so with these two trees alone
in your yard only the Bramley will produce fruit. With another variety of suitable flowering time all three trees will produce..

SUGGESTED ALL SEASON APPLE GROUP
If you want to be picking apples all season
A Gravenstein with a Melba or Lord Nelson to fertilise it will produce Gravenstein apples in January/February. Because Gravenstein is a triploid a
third cross polinator is needed for all three trees to produce fruit.
Next perhaps a Gala or Royal Gala with Opalescent to fertilise it to produce apples with flavour in March.
Consider Red Fuji and Golden Delicious for picking in April.
Granny Smith and Pink Lady for late April and into May.
Sturmer Pippin and Lady Williams for late picking - with Sturmer tasting better after June after a few weeks shelf life
.
HERITAGE APPLES FROM PARTICULAR COUNTRIES
Have a look at the listing on the DATABASE page. Where known the country of origin is listed with each variety.