Apple Fiesta (12L, 4-5ft)

The Malus domestica ‘Fiesta’ is a late-season dessert apple, it is the most commonly used and one of the best for juicing. The Fiesta produces a bountiful amount of juice, that is particularly sweet, rich and sharp in flavour.

The Fiesta often replaces the Cox’s Orange Pippin in apple cookery as the its slices much like Cox’s Orange Pippin keep their shape even after baking.

Apple are one of the easier fruit trees to grow and are increasingly becoming more popular with gardeners. They are medium sized deciduous trees with flashy Spring flowers and ornamental or edible fruit in the Autumn.

Apple trees benefit from growing in slightly sheltered, sunny area, as the blossom will attract a large variety of pollinators as well as the sun will help ripen the fruit.

The Fiesta was raised by the distinguished Dr Frank Alston in 1972.

MM106 (Semi Dwarfing) are suitable for all forms except standards. The apple trees are tolerant to various soils like grass orchards and poor soils. Widely used rootstock, but not for small gardens. This tree will begin fruiting after three or four years with a ultimate height of between 3-4m.

M26 (Dwarfing) are good for spindlebush, espalier and ideal for containers. Typically starts fruiting after two or three years with an ultimate height of between 2.4-3m.