apple 'Meridian' (PBR)
eating / dessert apple
- 12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1m
- £149.99
- available to order from summer
Delivery options
- Standard £12.99
- Position: full sun
- Soil: moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: April to May
- Hardiness: fully hardy
A cross between 'Falstaff' and the legendary 'Cox's Orange Pippin', ‘Meridian’ bears striped fruit in orange-red blush over pale green that ripen from mid-September - each crisp juicy bite revealing a delicate lemon-melon acidity.
This heavy cropping variety holds well into the new year, retaining its signature zing and crisp texture. With disease resistance, reliable yields, and sublime striped fruit, this modern English apple deserves a place in any budding orchard or garden setting.
Pollination information: This apple belongs to pollination group 3, and is not self fertile, so requires a pollinating partner to produce a crop of apples. 'Meridian' can be cross-pollinated with other apples in this group (such as 'Core Blimey' or 'Discovery'), or those from pollination groups 2 or 4.
This heavy cropping variety holds well into the new year, retaining its signature zing and crisp texture. With disease resistance, reliable yields, and sublime striped fruit, this modern English apple deserves a place in any budding orchard or garden setting.
Pollination information: This apple belongs to pollination group 3, and is not self fertile, so requires a pollinating partner to produce a crop of apples. 'Meridian' can be cross-pollinated with other apples in this group (such as 'Core Blimey' or 'Discovery'), or those from pollination groups 2 or 4.
When planting your apple tree, prepare a hole up to three times the diameter of its root system. Fork over the base of the pit in readiness, incorporating plenty of organic matter into the backfill and planting hole. Place the plant in the planting hole and carefully refill, firming the soil around the roots to eliminate air pockets. Insert stake at this point if required.
Avoiding frozen and waterlogged soil, trees should be planted out as they arrive. If you've ordered a bare root tree, soak the roots in a bucket of water for half an hour prior to planting - or if this is not possible, they can be heeled in temporarily, covering their roots with soil, or potted up.
Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilise at the beginning of each year 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.
Avoiding frozen and waterlogged soil, trees should be planted out as they arrive. If you've ordered a bare root tree, soak the roots in a bucket of water for half an hour prior to planting - or if this is not possible, they can be heeled in temporarily, covering their roots with soil, or potted up.
Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilise at the beginning of each year 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.
