Fruity Mike

An attractive early season apple, new seedling variety raised by Keepers Nursery. Available from 2026.

Origin: Kent UK, 2022

Pollination: Fruity Mike is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Fruity Mike apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2027. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Fruity Mike

My friend Mike's favourite seedling apple which he gravitated towards whilst helping me out during the 2022 open day . He may or may have not once said " There's two types of apples, good apples and bad apples... And weirdly it's all the same." Mike is an enthusiastic cheerleader for Keepers Nursery and aspires to run his own nursery in the future.

Characteristics of Fruity Mike apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Red
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Small
Picking time	Sept
Season of use	September
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	0
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners