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Fruit trees usually need to be fertilised with pollen from another variety of the same type in order to produce fruit (a few varieties are self fertile).  In simple terms, this means than an apple tree usually needs to be fertilised by another apple tree in order to produce apples.  For fertilisation to occur you need two trees that flower at roughly the same time - either in your own garden or in a nearby garden. Varieties within each of the following groups or within immediately adjacent groups will pollinate each other.  Triploid varieties (donated with T) are not good pollinators and require 2 other varieties to ensure pollination. The following list includes varieties that we do not stock - but which you may already have in your garden.   ALWAYS TELEPHONE BEFORE YOU TRAVEL TO CHECK AVAILABILITY! Apples Group 1 Crimson Gravenstein Christmas Pearmain Devonshire Quarrenden Egremont Russet   George Cave George Neal Irish Peach Lord Lambourne Rev. W. Wilks Ribston Pippin (T) St Edmunds Russet Vistabella Group 2 Alkmene Ambassy Arthur Turner Ashmead's Kernel Beauty of Bath Beauty of Blackmoor Blenheim Orange (T) Bramley's Seedling (T) Bramshot Rectory Brownlees Russet Charles Ross Chivers Delight Costard Cox's Orange Pippin Crispin (T) Crowngold Discovery   Epicure Fiesta Gala/Royal Gala Golden Russet Greensleeves Grenadier Granny Smith Holstein (T) Howgate Wonder Idared Isle of Wight Pippin James Grieve Joybells Jonagold/Jonagored Jupiter (T) Katy Kidd's Orange Red Laxtons Superb Lord Derby Malling Kent Norfolk Royal Princess Pixie Red Devil Rosemary Russet Ross Non Pareil Sturmer Pippin Sunset Spartan Tydeman's Late Orange Tydeman's Early Winter Gem Worcester Pearmain Group 3 Cornish Gillyflower Claygate Pearmain Ellison's Orange Falstaff & Red Falstaff Golden Delicious Golden Nobel Hambledon Deux Ans   Ilse of Wight Pippin Lane's Prince Albert Monarch Roundway Orleans Reinette Peasgood's Nonsuch Pitmaston Pineapple Red Devil Laxton's Superb Magnum Bonum William Crump Winter Gem Winter Banana Group 4 Annie Elizabeth American Mother Cornish Aromatic Herrings Pippin   D'Arcy Spice Gloster 69 Merton Beauty Beauty of Hampshire Newton Wonder Winston Group 5 Edward VII Court Pendu Plat   Pears Group 1 Conference   Williams Bon Chretien Louise Bonne De Jersey Group 2 Beth   Beurre Hardy Doyenne du Comice Group 3 Concorde   Plums Self Fertile Victoria   Czar Cherries Self Fertile Stella   Morello « Back