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	Apple trees Jupiter	Apple trees Dabinett	Pear trees Invincible	Pear trees Concorde	Pear trees Conference
Summary	A popular Cox-style apple with a slightly stronger flavour.	A classic English cider apple variety.	One of the best pears for difficult locations	Easy to grow, heavy crops, and very good flavour.	Probably the most reliable of pears in the UK.
Flavour	Very good		Good	Exceptional	Average
Flavour style	Aromatic			Sweeter	Sweeter
Picking	Late -October week 1	Late -October week 2	September week 4	Late -October week 1	Mid-season -September week 3
Use/Keeping	1-2 months		1-2 months	1-2 months
Cooking result
Cropping		Good		Heavy	Heavy
Vigour	Vigourous			Average growth
Pollination	Flowering group 3 Self-sterile Triploid	Self-fertile	Flowering group 2 Self-fertile	Flowering group 4 Self-fertile	Flowering group 3 Self-fertile
Gardening skill	Average			Easy	Easy
Disease resistance	Good			Average	Average
Climate	Suitable for N.England		Suitable for N.England		Suitable for N.England
Other qualities
	Current stock availability for these varieties
	Jupiter Very small - 1-year Bare-root - M27 rootstock	Dabinett Large - 1-year Bare-root - M116 rootstock	Invincible Medium - 1-year Bare-root - Quince C rootstock Large - 1-year Bare-root - Quince A rootstock Large - 2-year 12L container - Quince A rootstock	Concorde Medium - Cordon Bare-root - Quince C rootstock Large - 2-year 12L container - Quince A rootstock Large - Half-standard 12L container - Quince A rootstock	Conference Medium - Cordon Bare-root - Quince C rootstock Medium - Cordon 12L container - Quince C rootstock Large - 2-year 12L container - Quince A rootstock Large - Half-standard 12L container - Quince A rootstock