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New products at Dobies

by Sarah - August 8th, 2011.
Filed under: Dobies, New Products.

Dobies has these new products today

Apple Self Fertile Queen Cox 1 Tree

Apple Self Fertile Queen Cox 1 Tree £17.95
Cox’s are probably the most well known and well-loved English apples. This self-fertile clone makes growing easy, as it sets good crops without the need for pollinators. Fruit is juicy and sweet, with the typical mellow ‘Cox’ taste, although it has a deeper red flush than the usual Cox. Pick from late September, and eat all the way through to January.(Britain has the best climate in the world for growing apples of the highest quality. Warm, summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavour and colour.) Our apples are grafted M26 rootstock which produces easy-to-control, semi-dwarf trees with medium vigour – absolutely ideal for the garden, as you can easily reach to prune, spray and pick those luscious fruits! Full growing instructions included.

Crab Apple John Downie 1 Tree

Crab Apple John Downie 1 Tree £17.95
Masses of blossom in spring, followed by large yellow/orange fruits that make the finest, clear crab apple jelly. Delicious with meats and cheeses or spread on buttery toast! With their pretty blossom and colourful little fruits, crab apples make excellent ornamental trees. They’re also great pollinators for other apple trees and make tasty jelly too! Height after 10 years approximately 5m (16′).(Britain has the best climate in the world for growing apples of the highest quality. Warm summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavour and colour). Our apples are grafted onto M26 rootstocks which produces easy-to-control, semi-dwarf trees with medium vigour. Full growing instructions included.

Nuts - Purple Filbert 1 Tree

Nuts – Purple Filbert 1 Tree £18.95
Not only will the Purple Filbert give you a good autumnal crop of moist, flavoursome nuts, it’s so attractive with its rich copper foliage, deep-purple catkins and purple fruit, that it deserves a spot in every garden! If you have the room, it would make an interesting and productive hedge. Supplied 60-70cm (24-28″) high. Full growing instructions included. Never thought of growing your own nuts? It’s very easy and rewarding, so why not give it a try. Many nuts, especially walnuts, are very nutritious and have health giving properties!

Garlic Illico 2 Bulbs

Garlic Illico 2 Bulbs £3.95
A superb, very early-maturing hardneck garlic, producing bulbs that are mainly white with some pale purple colouring. Can be harvested in May as ‘green garlic’ – a delicious, sweet, mildly garlic-flavoured vegetable that is popular in the restaurant trade. 2 Bulbs (9-10 cloves per bulb).Plant our ‘hardneck’ garlics and you will get a delicious free bonus! Pick the mild garlic-flavoured scapes (flower stalks) when young and tender, and enjoy them as a gourmet vegetable in stir-fries, sauces and other dishes. Full growing instructions included. Now an essential part of so many kitchen gardens, with excellent health benefits (lowering blood pressure, fat and cholesterol levels and combating infections).

Nuts - Cobnut Kentish Cob 1 Tree

Nuts – Cobnut Kentish Cob 1 Tree £18.95
A superb performer under UK conditions, with the finest flavour of all the cobnuts we’ve sampled – eat them green in early autumn when they are sweet and succulent! The trees produce attractive catkins in spring. Supplied 60-90cm (2-3′) high. Full growing instructions included. Never thought of growing your own nuts? It’s very easy and rewarding, so why not give it a try. Many nuts, especially walnuts, are very nutritious and have health giving properties!

Apple Lord Lambourne 1 Tree

Apple Lord Lambourne 1 Tree £17.95
Once assessed by ‘Gardening from Which?’ as the best all-round British garden apple, this is indeed a superb self-fertile mid-season apple. The crisp, firm apples are bursting with sweet juice! Ready to pick from September, they will keep well until Christmas! It’s definitely well wroth a spot in your garden!(Britain has the best climate in the world for growing apples of the highest quality. Warm, summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavour and colour.) Our apples are grafted onto M26 rootstock which produces easy-to-control, semi-dwarf trees with medium vigour – absolutely ideal for the garden, as you can easily reach to prune, spray and pick those luscious fruits! Full growing instructions included.

Apple Grenadier (Cooking) 1 Tree

Apple Grenadier (Cooking) 1 Tree £17.95
Ready to pick from mid August, Grenadier is a very good alternative (or partner) to the later cropping Bramley. It’s an easy apple to grow as its steady growth makes it manageable in a small garden and it has few disease problems. Grenadier cooks superbly to a frothy puree and is wonderful in all apple desserts. Grown on M26 rootstock, to produce a tree height of approximately 2.5-3m (8-10′) after 10 years. Supplied as a bare root tree.(Britain has the best climate in the world for growing apples of the highest quality. Warm, summer days and cool summer evenings ensure that they develop excellent flavour and colour. Our apples are grafted onto M26 rootstocks which produces easy-to-control, semi-dwarf trees with medium vigour – absolutely ideal for the garden, as you can easily reach to prune, spray and pick those luscious fruits! Full growing instructions included.

Pear Concorde 1 Tree

Pear Concorde 1 Tree £19.95
An excellent self-fertile pear for the garden. The flavoursome fruit is ready to pick in September and stores well for up to 8 weeks. It forms a very manageable, nicely compact tree. Highly recommended.Pears are one of the easiest of garden fruit trees with very few pest, disease or other cultural problems. Grown on ‘Quince A’ rootstock giving a tree with moderate vigour and promoting pears to fruit at an early age. Full growing instructions included. To enjoy at their best, pick slightly under-ripe and keep in a cool place e.g. garden shed. Bring indoors and ripen slowly – the fruit is ready to eat when the stem can be separated by a firm pull!