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Fiesta

Fiesta is one of the most versatile apple varieties for the UK gardener, particularly if you are looking for a Cox-style variety.  Fiesta is very close to Cox's Orange Pippin in appearance and flavour, and it is easier to grow.

Fiesta is grown commercially on a small-scale in the UK and France, sometimes marketed as Red Pippin.  As well as its attractive eating qualities, it makes an excellent sweet apple juice and can be used in apple pies.

Unlike Cox's Orange Pippin, Fiesta also stores very well - a quality it probably inherits from its other parent, Idared.  However the aromatic flavour fades in storage, although it remains firm and pleasant to eat.

Fresh fruit for sale of this variety

Fiesta apple trees for sale (2010/2011 season)

Deliver to mainland UKDelivery to the mainland UK (price includes delivery)

Mature heightSupplied as*Delivery
period		Price
inc. delivery		Quantity
Very small (1.5m - 2m)1-year - Bare-root - M27 rootstockNov-March£30.00
Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year - 12L container - M27 rootstockSept-April£36.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon - Bare-root - M9 rootstockNov-March£36.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon - 12L container - M9 rootstockSept-April£39.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstockNov-March£30.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year - 12L container - M26 rootstockSept-April£36.00
Large (2.5m - 4.5m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstockNov-March£30.00
Large (2.5m - 4.5m)2-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstockNov-March£36.00
Large (2.5m - 4.5m)2-year - 12L container - MM106 rootstockSept-April£36.00

Product formats | Bare-root or Container-grown | Delivery | Rootstocks

All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

*Delivery period: Container-grown trees will be delivered from September 2010. Bare-root trees will be delivered from mid-November 2010. You can order now and your items will be reserved for you, but you will not be asked to pay until nearer the time of delivery.



Alternative varieties

Sunset

Like Fiesta, a good Cox-style apple and easy to grow.(In stock)


Uses

  • Flavour quality - Good
  • Flavour style - Aromatic
  • Good for eating fresh
  • Good for cooking
  • Good for juice
  • Picking season - Late
  • Use / keeping - 3 months or more

Growing

  • Cropping - Good
  • Fertility - Self-sterile
  • Flowering group - 3
  • Gardening skill - Easy
  • Disease resistance - Average

Climate

Pollination partners for Fiesta

Fiesta is in flowering group 3. It is self-sterile and needs a pollination partner nearby. The following varieties will pollinate Fiesta:

Important: advice about pollination


Horticultural characteristics of Fiesta apple trees

Fiesta is easy to grow and is an excellent substitute for Cox, inheriting much of the rich aromatic flavour - but few of the horticultural difficulties.

Fiesta trees tend to grow in a rather haphazard fashion, so this is perhaps not the best variety to choose if you want the tree to be a feature in the garden.

Historical details

Developed in the 1970s at the East Malling Research Station in Kent, UK.  Fiesta is a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Idared.





Example trees as supplied (container-grown only)

This is an illustration of what our products look like as delivered. Please remember that trees are natural products, so this information is for general guidance only. The trees at this stage are 1-2 years old, and will get larger as they grow older, the likely mature heights are indicated in the ordering section above. The trees you receive may differ in some respects from those shown here, for some of the following reasons:

  • Many of these photos were taken in early autumn - trees delivered during winter will not have leaves.
  • There can be a considerable size variation between different varieties of the same species.
  • Some varieties naturally "feather" or produce many side branches at an early age. Others may not feather at all.
  • In some cases we may have to "tip" the tops of trees to fit in our delivery cartons. Please do not be alarmed, as this will be carried out immediately prior to despatch, and is actually good practice when planting a new tree.

For comparison purposes the model in our photos is 5ft 6" / 1m 68cm tall. Click any of the images to view a larger one.




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2-year pre-trained apple tree in a 12L container on M27 rootstock
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2-year pre-trained apple tree in a 12L container on M26 rootstock
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2-year pre-trained apple tree in a 12L container on MM106 rootstock
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1-year apple tree in a 3L container on M9 rootstock
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Cordon apple tree in a 12L container on M9 rootstock