Pollination Although some cultivars are self fertile, even these fruit better if they are cross pollinated. The majority are not, and need pollination from a different cultivar of the same fruit type that flowers at the same time, which needs to be within 18 metres away. For apples, the alternative is to plant a crab apple, which will pollinate just about everything as their flowering is so extended and prolific, and if you don't use the fruit the birds will enjoy it.
We have adopted the RHS pollination group numbers, which divide apple, pear, plum, and cherry cultivars into 7 flowering periods. Pollination group 1 is the earliest to flower, and trees in this group will pollinate those in the same group or group 2. Trees in group 2 will pollinate those in groups 1, 2, and 3, and those in group 3 will pollinate trees in groups 2,3,and 4 - and so on.
We have indicated which cultivars are triploid - i.e. having sterile pollen and needing at least two other non-triploid cultivars.
Pollination can be dramatically improved by having honey bees nearby, encouraging wild pollinating insects - particularly bumble bees - and planting good sheltering hedges to reduce wind speed. | | Flowering Group 1
Pollinated by groups 1 & 2
Crab Apple Tree - Cheal's Scarlet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Dartmouth (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Golden Hornet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - John Downie (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Veitch's Scarlet (Culinary)
Gage Tree - Jefferson's Gage (Culinary/dessert)
Plum Tree - Angelina Burdett (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Golden Spire (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Golden Spire (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Tower Of Glamis (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Joaneting (Dessert)
Flowering Group 2
Pollinated by groups 1, 2 & 3
Crab Apple Tree - Cheal's Scarlet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Dartmouth (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Golden Hornet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - John Downie (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Veitch's Scarlet (Culinary)
Gage Tree - Reine Claude de Bavay (Culinary/dessert)
Plum Tree - Warwickshire Drooper (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Morgan Sweet (Cider)
Apple Tree - Tremlett's Bitter (Cider)
Apple Tree - Alfriston (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Balsam (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Cats Head (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Dog's Snout (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Early Victoria (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Grandpa Buxton (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Greenup's Pippin (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Keswick Codling (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Lady Henniker (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Reverend W. Wilks (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Warner's King (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Dog's Snout (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Egremont Russet (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Flower Of The Town (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Golden Pearmain (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Greenup's Pippin (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Hunthouse (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Keswick Codling (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Lady Henniker (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Lord Lambourne (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Nonpareil (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Ribston Pippin (Dessert)
Flowering Group 3
Pollinated by groups 2, 3 & 4
Crab Apple Tree - Cheal's Scarlet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Dartmouth (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Golden Hornet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - John Downie (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Veitch's Scarlet (Culinary)
Gage Tree - Greengage (Culinary/dessert)
Mazzard - Bottler (Culinary/dessert)
Mazzard - Dun (Culinary/dessert)
Mazzard - Hannaford (Culinary/dessert)
Mazzard - Large Black (Culinary/dessert)
Mazzard - Small Black (Culinary/dessert)
Pear Tree - Jargonelle (Culinary/dessert)
Pear Tree - William's Bon Cretien (Culinary/dessert)
Plum Tree - Czar (Culinary)
Plum Tree - Laxton's Cropper (Culinary)
Plum Tree - Laxton's Delicious (Culinary/dessert)
Plum Tree - Purple Pershore (Culinary)
Plum Tree - River's Early Prolific (Culinary/dessert)
Plum Tree - Victoria (Culinary/dessert)
Plum Tree - Yellow Pershore (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Arthur Turner (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Blenheim Orange (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Charles Ross (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Cockpit Improved (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Grenadier (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Isaac Newton's Tree (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Lady's Finger of Lancaster (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Lane's Prince Albert (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Mere de Menage (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Peasgood's Nonsuch (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Queen (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Smart's Prince Arthur (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Blenheim Orange (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Brownlee's Russet (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Charles Ross (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Epicure (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Fillingham Pippin (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Fortune (Dessert)
Apple Tree - James Grieve (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Lord Hindlip (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Merlin's Apple (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Peasgood's Nonsuch (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Pitmaston Pineapple (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Rosemary Russet (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Sunset (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Winter Cockpit (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Worcester Pearmain (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Yellow Ingestrie (Dessert)
Flowering Group 4
Pollinated by groups 3, 4 & 5
Crab Apple Tree - Cheal's Scarlet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Dartmouth (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Golden Hornet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - John Downie (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Veitch's Scarlet (Culinary)
Damson Tree - Shropshire Prune (Culinary/dessert)
Gage Tree - Count Althann's Gage (Culinary/dessert)
Pear Tree - Beth (Culinary/dessert)
Pear Tree - Bristol Cross (Culinary/dessert)
Pear Tree - Catillac (Culinary/dessert)
Pear Tree - Doyenne du Comice (Culinary/dessert)
Pear Tree - Hessle (Culinary/dessert)
Pear Tree - Onward (Culinary/dessert)
Pear Tree - Winter Nellis (Culinary/dessert)
Perry Pears (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Kingston Black (Cider)
Apple Tree -Somerset Redstreak (Cider)
Apple Tree - Howgate Wonder (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Lord Derby (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Monarch (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Ashmead's Kernel (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Bloody Ploughman (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Claygate Pearmain (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Duke of Devonshire (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Ellison's Orange (Dessert)
Flowering Group 5
Pollinated by groups 4, 5 & 6
Crab Apple Tree - Cheal's Scarlet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Dartmouth (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Golden Hornet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - John Downie (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Veitch's Scarlet (Culinary)
Plum Tree - Belle de Louvain (Culinary)
Plum Tree - Marjorie's Seedling (Culinary/dessert)
Plum Tree - Mirabelle de Nancy (Culinary/dessert)
Plum Tree - Red Magnum Bonum (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Newton Wonder (Culinary/dessert)
Apple Tree - Newton Wonder (Culinary/dessert)
Flowering Group 6
Pollinated by groups 5, 6 & 7
Crab Apple Tree - Cheal's Scarlet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Dartmouth (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Golden Hornet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - John Downie (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Veitch's Scarlet (Culinary)
Apple Tree - Court Pendu Plat (Dessert)
Apple Tree - New Bess Pool (Dessert)
Apple Tree - Orleans Reinette (Dessert)
Flowering Group 7
Pollinated by groups 6 & 7
Crab Apple Tree - Cheal's Scarlet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Dartmouth (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Golden Hornet (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - John Downie (Culinary)
Crab Apple Tree - Veitch's Scarlet (Culinary)
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