Apple (Malus) Discovery — Bush, 12L Container, M26

One of the first apples of the season, Discovery brings a taste of late summer straight from the tree. Its bright red fruits have crisp, juicy, creamy-white flesh and a sweet, refreshing flavour with a hint of strawberry, especially delicious eaten chilled on a warm day. Ready to pick from mid to late August, the apples are best enjoyed fresh within a couple of weeks, and any surplus makes excellent juice. Holder of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, it crops regularly and shows good resistance to scab.

Grown as a bush on semi-dwarfing M26 rootstock, it makes a compact tree of around 2.5–3m, ideal for smaller gardens and quick to come into fruit. Plant in a sunny, sheltered spot in well-drained soil and provide a permanent stake for support. Discovery is self-sterile and in pollination group C, so it needs a suitable partner from groups B, C or D nearby to crop.

Each tree is hand-selected before dispatch.

Available from Pengelly Garden Centre.