Stone Fruit Collection

Years ago growing nectarines, peaches and apricots used to be considered difficult for many gardeners. But times have changed and with a warmer climate and modern breeding, it’s never been easier to grow your own mouth-watering stone fruits that can be harvested from August.

• Collection comprises 1 tree each of:
• Peach ‘Avalon Pride’ – The first Peach Leaf Curl resistant variety bearing pretty pink flowers followed by large, deliciously juicy fruits.
• Apricot ‘Flavourcot®’ – Specially bred for the cooler UK climate, to produce huge crops of large egg sized, delicious orange-red fruits with outstanding colour, texture and flavour.

• Peach, Nectarine, and Apricot rootstocks:
• Peach Seedling – Dwarf reaching a mature height of up to 2.5m (8′)
• Mont Clare – Semi dwarf reaching a mature height of up to 3m (10′)
• Torrinel – Semi dwarf reaching a mature height of 3m (10′)
• Krymsk 86 – Semi vigorous reaching a mature height of up to 4m (13′)
• St. Julien – Semi vigorous reaching a mature height of up to 4.5m (14′)

This variety is self-fertile and does not require a pollination partner.

Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years.
Estimated time to best yields: 4 years.

Useful links:

How to grow fruit trees Fruit rootstock guide