Cordon Apple and Pear Trees | Perfect Partners
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In this collection, you’ll receive:
- 1 ‘Bramley’s Seedling’ Cordon Apple Tree
- 1 ‘Conference’ Cordon Pear Tree
- Cordon. A way to hold crowds back. The surname of a Brit who made it big across the pond. And a way to train fruit trees. We know which we’re most interested in – sorry, James…
- Cordon fruit trees are those that have been trained as a single columnar trunk from which fruit is borne on small lateral shoots. Traditionally grown at a 45° angle, these days you’re just as likely to see them grown vertically, often in patio pots.
- Usually grown on dwarfing rootstocks, which limits eventual height to just a couple of metres or so, these trees make a great option for gardeners who don’t have much space but who still want to get their orchard on.
- Apples and pears make for the best cordon trees, and boy do we have a couple of crackerjack varieties just for you.
- ‘Bramley’s Seedling’ is widely regarded as one of the very best cooking apples, reliably yielding large tart fruit that works wonderfully in comforting crumbles, sticky sauces and piping-hot pies.
- ‘Conference’ is the most commonly grown pear in the UK and with good reason! Its delicious soft fruit is brilliant for eating fresh, as well as poaching with honey and spices.
- To top it all off, both varieties have been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit (AGM). Lovely stuff.
