St Ailred

A juicy apple similar in flavour to a ripe James Grieve

Origin: Leicestershire UK,

Pollination: St Ailred 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 ...

St Ailred apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

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 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

Characteristics of St Ailred apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Savoury
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early Sep
Season of use	Sept
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	12
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Ellison's Orange James Grieve