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Apple ‘Reverend W. Wilks’

Original price was: £26.99.Current price is: £18.89.

SKU: D2FPD 1699875154 Categories: Apples, Fruit, Plants Tag: WAITROSE

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Position: Full sun
Soil: Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
Rate of growth: Average
Flowering period: April and May
Hardiness: Fully hardy

This compact, deciduous tree is covered in pure white, cup-shaped flowers in spring, followed by large, juicy, culinary apples harvested in early September. The fruits reduce to a pale yellow froth when cooked and keep well until October. An ideal specimen tree for a small, sunny garden it’s best planted with a variety from the same or adjacent flowering group (e.g. ‘Bramley’s Seedling’).

Pollination information: This apple belongs to pollination group 2, however it is self fertile, but can make an excellent pollinating partner to produce a crop of apples in other partially self-fertile or self-sterile apples belonging to groups 1 or 3.

Garden care:

Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilise at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. The main prune should be done in the winter as long as it isn’t frosty or freezing. Take out the 3D’s (dead, dying and diseased wood) and create an open shape. Then reduce the leaders back by a third. Aim to create an airy structure without any crisscrossing branches. In August summer prune. Shorten any side shoots (or laterals) which are longer than 20cm back to three leaves. This will allow the sun to ripen the fruit and encourage more fruit buds. Make sure that the growth you’re cutting away feels firm to the touch.