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. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Merton Charm 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	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 2027. 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