Cordon Apple Tree Update – Autumn 2025 Edition
We’ve had a terrific year for apples and the mature cordon trees on our allotment plot have been very productive indeed.
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More Cordons! Again! This Year’s New Apple Trees Are In
I’ve added another nine apple trees to my allotment plot, most of which will be trained as oblique cordons in the years to come.
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Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning, Year Six
Six years on and the two stepover apple trees on our allotment are thriving under a winter-only pruning regime.
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Cordon Apple Tree Update – Late Summer 2024 Edition
Here’s how the 30-odd cordon-grown apple trees on our allotment are doing; the good, the bad and the ugly (apple canker!)
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Orchard Visit: Killruddery House and Gardens, Bray, Co. Wicklow
A productive kitchen garden with mature and recently-planted fruit trees makes this Bray estate well worth visiting.
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Orchard Visit: Airfield Estate, Dundrum, Dublin
This 38-acre working farm and education centre offers a great many mature trees, vines and more for the fruit enthusiast to enjoy.
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Orchard Visit: Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
Painswick Rococo Garden is an absolute delight for an orchard enthusiast, as I discovered on a visit in June 2021.
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Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning, Year Two
A follow-up to last year’s stepover winter pruning post, with details of re-growth and this year’s pruning.
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Planting Up More Cordon Apple Trees
It’s always a good day when you get to plant new apple trees.
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R. Bradley, on Dealing With Unruly Espaliers
Are your pears unpleasing to Persons of Quality? Professor Bradley has the answer.
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Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning Year One
Here’s how I pruned three stepover trees on our allotment plot, leaving them until January rather than pruning in late summer as usually advised.
