Charles Ross apple trees

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• Picking season: Mid
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Flowering group: 3
• Awards: RHS AGM (current) 1993

Charles Ross is a large versatile English apple. It can be eaten fresh, and has a sweet Cox-style flavour. It is also a good baking apple, and useful for apple tarts because slices keep their shape when cooked.

Charles Ross is a mid-season variety, and also keeps fairly well, although the flavour fades in storage.

The large apples are very attractive, and look great in a fruit bowl - indeed this is one of the prettiest Cox-style apples.

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Charles Ross apple trees for sale

Pot-grown

All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.

All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.

• PG12-year bush-trained 11.5L pot-grown tree M27 rootstock£60.50
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• PG22-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree M26 rootstock£56.50
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• PG32-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree MM106 rootstock£56.50< 5 in stock
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Bare-root

• BR11-year bare-root treeM26 rootstock£34.95
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• BR22-year bush-trained bare-root treeM26 rootstock£43.00
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• BR31-year bare-root treeMM106 rootstock£34.95< 5 in stock
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• BR42-year bush-trained bare-root treeMM106 rootstock£43.00
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Tree specification

Photos of trees as supplied | Tree sizes and forms

Next deliveries

Order now for delivery from week commencing 10th February.

Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

Growing and Training

Charles Ross is an excellent garden apple variety. It is easy to grow and has some natural disease resistance.

This is also a good variety if you have chalky soil, as it is more tolerant of alkaline conditions than most apple trees.

Note that in the early years Charles Ross is a weak grower and is unlikely to produce many shoots, therefore keep pruning to a minimum until the tree has become well established.

History

Charles Ross was raised by Mr Charles Ross, who worked at Welford Park Gardens near Newbury, Berkshire, UK in the 1890s.

It is a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Peasgood Nonsuch.

Charles Ross characteristics

British-grown trees

Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK. Find out more.

In addition, all our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance. Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. The scheme aims to improve UK biosecurity by setting standards for all growers and retailers involved in selling plants in the UK. Find out more

Guaranteed fruit trees

When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden whilst it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund - subject to some conditions. Find out more.