Discovery Dessert Apple

Discovery is an early-season dessert apple producing red-tinged fruit with fine-grained, firm, and crisp flesh. Juicy and mildly sweet-tart with a hint of strawberry, it is excellent for fresh eating and light storage.

Features of the Discovery Dessert Apple

• Red-tinged dessert apple that ripens later in the season
• Fine-grained, firm, and crisp texture
• Juicy, mildly sweet-tart flavour with subtle strawberry notes
• Produces dependable, annual crops
• Bears fruit on spurs and terminal branches
• Moderately vigorous, upright, spreading growth habit
• Fairly easy to grow
• Resistant to scab and mildew
• Cold stores well for up to 4 weeks

Origins / Notes
Raised in Essex in 1949, Discovery is almost certainly a seedling of Worcester Pearmain, possibly crossed with pollen from Beauty of Bath. A reliable and attractive early-season dessert apple, valued for its vibrant colour and refreshing flavour.

Pollination 

Pollination is Early Season

• M26 
• MM106    (please select the rootstock you want below)

Please refer to our Rootstock Guide for more information

Help selecting your organic apple tree 

You might want to have a read of our Guide - How to Choose the Right Apple Tree - that gives an overview of all the decisions you'll need to make and tips on how to make them. 

Whereas varieties determine the type of apple you get, the rootstock determines the growing characteristics, vigour and ultimate height of the tree.

Selecting the right rootstock for your site and preference is just as important as the variety you chose. The different rootstocks we graft with and their uses are listed below.

M26 – Semi dwarf. Up to 3m high. Requires staking. Used for bush trees. Suitable for small gardens & allotments, for training into cordons & espaliers. Startsbfruiting after 2-3 years. Space bush trees 2-4m apart.

M116 – Medium. A semi-vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 3-4m high. Good for wet soil conditions. Start fruiting after 3-4 years.  Space trees 3.6m with 4.5m between the rows.

MM106 – Medium. A semi-vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 3-4m high. Good for half standards, espaliers, cordons. Start fruiting after 3-4 years. Space trees 3.6m with 4.5m between the rows.     

M111 – Large. A vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 4m high. Tolerates wet ground, more exposed sites, higher altitudes, and shallower soil conditions, has good disease resistance. Good for farms, larger smallholdings. Start fruiting after 4-5 years   Space trees 4-6m apart with 6m between the rows.

M25– Very Large. A very vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 6m (20ft) high. Grow as full or half standard. Ideal in poorer soil in exposed sites. Not ideal for the most gardens unless the soil is poor. Start fruiting after 5-6 years.  Space trees 4.5m apart with 6m between the rows.

Mid Season

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