Merton Charm

A heavy cropping lightly aromatic early dessert apple.

Origin: London UK, 1933

Pollination: Merton Charm 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, and have Defra plant-passport labels. More ...

Merton Charm apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2027

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	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2028. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Merton Charm

Raised in 1932 by M B Crane at the John Innes Institute, Merton, London from McIntosh x Cox's Orange Pippin. Small, round fruit. Green-yellow skin with orange-red flush but often with poor colour in UK conditions. Has a crisp, juicy flesh which is sweet with a lightly aromatic flavour. Heavy cropping tree with a semi-weeping habit.

Characteristics of Merton Charm apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Small
Picking time	Mid Sep
Season of use	Sep-Oct
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Disease resistance	Mildew - Resistant
Pollination date	6
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin McIntosh Red