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Pixie

Pixie is an excellent garden apple for those who like traditional English apple flavours.  It is a good substitute variety for Cox's Orange Pippin (its probable parent) but much easier to grow.  The flavour has some of the aromatic qualities of Cox's Orange Pippin but is more robust and slightly sharper.

Fresh fruit for sale of this variety

Pixie 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
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)1-year - Bare-root - M9 rootstockNov-March£29.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstockNov-March£29.00
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.



Uses

Growing

  • Cropping - Good
  • Fertility - Self-sterile
  • Flowering group - 4
  • Gardening skill - Easy
  • Disease resistance - Good
  • Vigour - Average growth

Climate

Pollination partners for Pixie

Pixie is in flowering group 4. It is self-sterile and needs a pollination partner nearby. The following varieties will pollinate Pixie:

Important: advice about pollination


Horticultural characteristics of Pixie apple trees

Pixie is easy to grow and generally untroubled by diseases.  The apples tend to be quite small and Pixie has a tendency to over-crop, so it is a good idea to thin the fruitlets in June.

Historical details

UK, 1947. Thought to be a seedling of Cox's Orange Pippin.





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