Arthur Turner Apple Trees

One of the best cooking apple trees for a garden

Arthur Turner apples are the cooking apple you should choose if apple sauce is your thing. They make the supreme sauce, cooking down to a soft, richly flavoured puree. I was inclined to say 'to die for' but the sad note is that the tree was possibly renamed Arthur Turner in memory of the breeder's son who died in the field in Flanders in 1915. The apples are also excellent for baking but a bit too soft when cooked for pies and tarts. This is an early cropping tree and so the fruit does not store well, but ripening happens over a period of several weeks meaning they can be picked fresh over an extended period. At the end of the season, the fruit has sweetened sufficiently to be eaten straight off the tree.

If you are looking for more than one apple tree or Arthur Turner is not for you, browse our full range of apple trees or see the full variety of fruit trees for sale.

Great in the Garden

Arthur Turner is unique among apple trees in having won an RHS Award of Garden Merit for its flowers. So whatever else you do, plant it where it will be seen often in late spring. It is a strong growing variety, not quite up with Bramley but much bigger than say Laxton's Superb. So once established (give it a head start of 2-3 years) it is a superb host for a medium sized rambling rose.

Features

Use: Cooking. Turns to a soft puree. Wonderfully creamy and completely unlike the taste of a Bramley.
Training. Because it is a spur bearer, Arthur Turner is suitable for growing as a cordon or espalier.
Tree's growth habit: Strong. Upright form.
Pollination: Arthur Turner is in pollination Group C. As a partially self-fertile apple, it will produce some fruit all by itself, but the quality and yield is much improved if it is pollinated by another apple tree from pollination Groups B, C or D. Or by a crab apple of course.
Harvest: From late August (in a good year) until October. Apples are best used fresh from the tree or within a couple of weeks of picking.

Rootstocks:
All of our trees are grown on MM106 rootstocks, except for the cordons, which are on M9 . These control the size of the tree; read our fruit tree rootstock information to learn more

See our Guide to Apple Tree Pollination for a full list of partners & more tips about pollination.

Arthur Turner - Did you know?

Raised by Mr Charles Turner of Slough in the early 1900's as Turner's Prolific, renamed Arthur Turner in 1913 and re-introduced in 1915. Charles Turner was also responsible for introducing a little know apple called Cox's Orange Pippin. Now, if he had a penny for every one sold....

By Julian de Bosdari

Notes on growing Arthur Turner trees:
All apple trees prefer a rich soil with decent drainage, protection from the wind and plenty of sun. Apple trees like clay soil, as long as it is not prone to bad waterlogging. This tree is suitable for organic growing in the more humid West and South of Britain, where scab is more common.

Prepare your site before planting:
Improving the soil in advance of planting your apple trees will help them establish quickly and be productive for years to come. Dig a hole approximately 1 metre square (not round) and 40 cms deep. Remove any weeds, roots stones and rubbish and mix in a bucket of well rotted compost or manure per tree. Make sure some of it ends up below the roots. Return some of the soil and position the tree so the graft or union is about 5 cms (2") above the finished soil level. Half standards and bushes will need staking and tying. Bang the stake into the hole, to the windward side of the tree before planting as it saves damaging the roots late. Apply Rootgrow if you are using any and return the rest of the soil firming it gently around the roots. Water really well, even if it is wet. Watering helps settle the soil around the roots which is good for quick establishment.

Spacing apple trees:
Freestanding bushes: 12-18 feet (4-6 metres) between trees and rows.
Freestanding half-standards: 18-30 feet (6-10 metres) between trees and rows.
In general, allow 1 more metre between rows than there is between each tree in the row.
Wire-trained cordons can be planted in rows 60-100cms apart.
Espaliers need to be spaced at 10-18 feet (3-6 metres) apart.

Watch our video on how to plant a fruit tree for full instructions on planting a bush or half-standard sized tree.
If you are growing a maiden sized apple tree into a freestanding tree, a bamboo cane is enough support.
If you are growing a cordon or espalier, you will need to install training wires to support them.
Remember to water establishing apple trees during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Apple Tree Planting Accessories:
For bush and half standard apple trees, our tree planting pack includes a wooden stake & rubber tie to support the tree and a biodegradable mulch mat with pegs, which protects the soil at the base of your tree from drying out and stops weeds from sprouting.
We recommend using Rootgrow - mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of all new trees, especially if your soil is on the poor side.

Read our full terms and conditions here.

Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Misc	Pollinator, Spur Fruiting
Pollination Group	Pollination Group C
Fruiting	Early Fruiting, Mid Season Fruiting
Type	Cooking

	NUMBER OF TREES
SIZES	1-2	3-9	10-24	25+
MAIDEN	Out of Stock £16.95	Out of Stock £15.95	Out of Stock £14.95	Out of Stock £13.95
BUSH	Stock = 4 £26.95	Stock = 4 £25.95	Stock = 4 £24.95	Stock = 4 £22.95
1/2 std	SOLD OUT FOR THE SEASON £29.95	SOLD OUT FOR THE SEASON £28.95	SOLD OUT FOR THE SEASON £27.95	SOLD OUT FOR THE SEASON £26.95

Arthur Turner Apple Trees

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Arthur Turner Apple Trees

One of the best cooking apple trees for a garden

Great in the Garden

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Arthur Turner - Did you know?