Apple trees

Scotch Dumpling

Scotch Dumpling

Scotch Dumpling is a useful early-ripening culinary apple variety. The large apples cook down to a frothy puree, with a good flavour. The pink blossom is also an attraction.

Reserve now for delivery w/c 3rd September onwards

Scotch Dumpling apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (delivery Sept 2012 - April 2013)

2-year bush-tree -12L pot - MM106 rootstock
Mature height: Large (3m - 4m)
£38.00

Bare-root fruit trees (delivery any week Nov 2012 - Feb 2013)

1-year -Bare-root - M25 rootstock
Mature height: Very large (4.5m+)
£29.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime.

Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.



Growing

  • Cropping: Good
  • Fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 2
  • Ploidy: Diploid
  • Pollinating others: Average
  • Bearing regularity: Regular
  • Fruit bearing: Free-spurring
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Vigour: Average growth
  • Attractive blossom
  • Fruit persistence: Normal ripening

Uses

Identification

  • Fruit colour: Green / Red
  • Blossom colour: Pink - dark
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1900 - 1949

Climate


Pollination guide for Scotch Dumpling apple trees

Scotch Dumpling is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby.

Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.

More advice about pollination.



Historical details

Unknown origins, possibly Clydesdale in Scotland.

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