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The bounty of autumn is also upon us, with fruit trees laden down with apples pears and plums. Top fruit and fruit trees are an excellent place to start your home grown collection. Ornamental or edible, Malus (apple) is hard to beat. Malus offer fruit, autumn colour as well as beautiful blossom in spring. There’s a wide choice of trees that are compact in size and resistant to mildew and scab. There are favourite varieties like Cox’s and Bramleys, as well as the more modern varieties such as Fiesta or Sunset. On the ornamental side, Malus ‘Evereste’ has outstanding characteristics as a garden tree including fabulous blossom (light-purple to pink-white) lovely form and attractive orange-red fruits.

St Bridget Nurseries in Exeter grow their top fruit in an open ground field in Exeter. As well as apples you can get cherries, peaches and nectarines, pears, plums, damsons, quince, sweet chestnut and walnuts. Many of the fruits are grown on what is called dwarf root stocks meaning that they won't grow too big and therefore are ideal for small spaces.

The fruit trees will be dug from the field later this autumn so now is the best time to arrange an appointment to make your selection and pre-order straight from the field. Call 01392 873672 and ask to speak to the nursery manager.