British Libary Apple:
- The Tree of Knowledge
The British Library has teamed up with professional growers Will Sibley Nurseries, Marshalls
and East Malling Research for this eating apple tree -
The British Library Tree
of Knowledge. It is self-fertile, disease-resistant, and a very good cropper,
even in its first autumn. Max height 7 feet (so I guess M9). Suitable for ground or container
planting.
£16.00 each, I'm told, in the UK; 10% off for Friends of the British
Library.
Update- the offer has expired. But they were available through Marshalls,
I think; perhaps they have some left, or some scion wood.
Dan Pearson is using some of them in the replanting of the library's
piazza.
I don't know how early the apples are, either, but Jeremy Withrington,
who has a tree, emailed to say that the variety is "Saturn". Thanks
Jeremy.
Nigel Deacon / Diversity website
