Brogdale Orchards Ltd
Macknade Natural Garden Centre
Selling Road
Faversham
Kent
ME13 8XF

Email: info@brogdale.org

Tel: +44 (0)1795 858140
Fax: +44 (0)1795 531710


Brogdale Orchards Plant Centre
are now trading from:-
Mount Ephraim Gardens
Staple Street
Hernhill
Near Faversham
Kent
ME13 9TX

Tel: +44 (0)1795 858140
Email: plantcentre@btconnect.com

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Apple Rootstock: M27 very dwarfing M9 dwarfing M26 semi-dwarfing MM106 semi-vigorous M25 very-vigorous Ultimate height: 5-6ft 1.5-2metres 8-10ft 2-3metres 1-15ft 3-3.5metres 14-18ft 4-5.5metres 25-30ft Uses: Vertical cordons Patio tree Stepover Dwarf bush Oblique cordon Stepover Bush Central leader Pyramid Oblique cordon Stepover Bush Central leader Pyramid Small Espalier Double cordon Half-Standard Espalier Fan Bush Central leader Standards Fruiting In: 2-3yrs 3-4yrs 3-4yrs 3-4yrs 6-7yrs Full Cropping Potential: 4-5yrs 4.5-7kg 5-6yrs 13.5-20kg 5-6yrs 25-30kg 7-8yrs 40-50kg 8-9yrs 75-120kg Planting Distance: 5-6ft 1.5-2m 5-6ft 1.5-2m 10-12ft 3-3.5m 14-18ft 4.5-5m 30ft 9m Soil / Site: Requires a good deep fertile loam, clean ground, no competition from other plants Not for heavy soils Requires a good deep fertile loam, clean ground, no competition from other plants Not for heavy soils Good deep fertile loam. Allowing the grass to grow up to trunk will slow growth. Not for heavy soils Can tolerate heavier soils and more exposed sites. Suitable for planting where grass grows up to trunk. Will tolerate most sites and soils. Good pest and disease resistance. Not the tree to plant if space is limited. Stake: Permanent Stake Permanent Stake for 5yrs for 5yrs for 5yrs

Cherries Rootstock: G5 dwarfing COLT semi-vigorous Ultimate height: 10ft 3metres 20ft 6metres Uses: Dwarf Bush Tree Container Tree Bush Half standard Fan -Trained Fruiting In: 3yrs 3-4yrs Full Cropping Potential: 3yrs 10-12kg 5yrs 20-25kg Soil / Site: Requires good fertile deep loam More tolerant of lighter chalky or heavier clay soils Stake: Permanent Stake Permanent Stake

QA and QC are also used when growing Quinces Pears Rootstock: QC dwarfing QA semi-vigorous PYC very vigorous Ultimate height for a bush: 6-10ft 2.5-3metres 8-10ft 2-3metres 30ft 7.5-9metres Half Standard N/A max 5metres 7.5-9metres Uses: Cordon Bush Central Leader Fan Cordon Bush Central Leader Half-Standard Espalier Standard Tree Fruiting In: 4yrs 4yrs 6-7yrs Full Cropping Potential: 6-7yrs 2-30kg 7yrs 4-50kg 8-9yrs 75-120kg Planting Distance: 6-10ft 3metres 10-15ft 3-4.5metres 30ft 9metres Soil / Site: Fertile soil which does not dry out quickly. Enjoys a thick Mulching Most fertile medium to heavy soils Enjoys a thick Mulching less than ideal soil conditions. Grass can be grown up to trunk Enjoys a thick Mulching Stake: Permanent Stake 5yrs 5yrs

Both these rootstocks are used for Plums and Gages.Apricots, Peaches and Nectarines are only available on St Julian A Plums Rootstock: Pixy dwarfing St Julian A (SJA) semi-vigorous Ultimate height: 10-12ft 3-4metres 14-18ft 4.5-5metres Uses: Possible Cordon Dwarf Bush Bush Half standard Fan Fruiting In: 3-4yrs 3-4yrs Full Cropping Potential: 12-15kg Crops very well when still young but needs thining or tree will become exhausted and die. 20-25kgs Crops very well when still young but then needs thining. Soil / Site: Good deep loam not too heavy. benefits from mulching Tolerates a heavier soil. benefits from mulching Stake: Permanent Stake 5 yrs

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