Lord Derby Apple Fruit Tree – MM106 Rootstock – Large 5–6ft Tall in a 7.5 Litre Pot – Traditional Cooking Apple – By Direct Plants
Grow one of Britain's finest traditional cooking apples with the superb Lord Derby Apple Tree, supplied here as a premium large specimen approximately 5–6ft tall in a 7.5 litre pot, professionally grafted onto MM106 semi-vigorous rootstock by Direct Plants. Carefully grown and selected at our award-winning family nursery in Norfolk, this outstanding fruit tree is renowned for producing heavy crops of large, high-quality cooking apples with excellent flavour and outstanding storage qualities.
Lord Derby is a classic heritage cooking apple, producing large green fruits with an attractive red flush where exposed to the sun. The firm, creamy-white flesh cooks beautifully, making it ideal for pies, crumbles, sauces, baking, freezing, and preserving. The fruits store exceptionally well, allowing you to enjoy homegrown cooking apples well into the winter months.
Grafted onto MM106 semi-vigorous rootstock, this variety develops into a strong, productive medium-sized tree, making it perfect for larger gardens, orchards, and productive landscapes. It offers vigorous growth, reliable cropping, and long-term performance while remaining easier to manage than traditional full-sized orchard trees.
During spring, the branches become covered in masses of fragrant white blossom lightly flushed with pink, attracting bees and beneficial pollinators. By autumn, generous crops of premium cooking apples are ready to harvest.
Supplied as a strong, healthy, well-established specimen in a large 7.5 litre pot, this premium fruit tree provides instant impact and excellent establishment potential.
(Malus domestica 'Lord Derby' on MM106 Rootstock – Deciduous Fruit Tree, approx. 10–13ft / 3–4m at maturity depending on pruning and growing conditions)
Spring:
Masses of fragrant white blossom with soft pink buds cover the branches, creating a spectacular display while attracting bees and pollinators.
Summer:
Fresh green foliage forms a healthy canopy while the developing apples steadily mature.
Autumn Harvest:
Produces generous crops of large green cooking apples, often flushed with red, renowned for their excellent flavour and superb cooking qualities.
Autumn Colour:
Leaves develop attractive golden-yellow shades before leaf fall, adding further seasonal interest.
Habit:
Develops into a well-balanced, medium-sized fruit tree with a rounded canopy, making it ideal for orchards, larger gardens, and productive landscapes.
Fully hardy and easy to grow, Lord Derby on MM106 rootstock thrives in fertile, well-drained soil and performs best in a sunny position.
• Excellent traditional cooking apple variety
• Large fruits with superb flavour and texture for cooking
• Perfect for pies, crumbles, sauces, baking, and preserving
• Excellent storage qualities after harvest
• Grafted onto MM106 semi-vigorous rootstock for strong growth and reliable cropping
• Beautiful spring blossom attracts bees and pollinators
• Hardy, productive, and easy to grow
• Home orchards
• Larger gardens
• Kitchen gardens and edible landscapes
• Growing your own cooking apples
• Traditional cottage gardens
• Productive family gardens
• Plant in fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny position
• Water regularly during the first growing season until established
• Apply mulch annually to retain moisture and suppress weeds
• Prune during winter to maintain shape and encourage productive fruiting
• Feed each spring with a suitable fruit tree fertiliser for optimum crops
• Plant with a compatible pollination partner nearby for the best fruit set and heaviest harvests.
• Lord Derby Apple Fruit Tree
• Grafted onto MM106 semi-vigorous rootstock
• Approx. 5–6ft tall
• Supplied in a large 7.5 litre pot with strong established roots
• Premium large specimen for instant impact
• Beautiful white spring blossom
• Produces large traditional cooking apples
• Excellent storage qualities
• Ideal mature height approximately 10–13ft
• Hardy deciduous fruit tree
• Excellent for gardens and home orchards
• Check out our planting guide to help your fruit tree thrive
Our range of fruit trees is professionally grown and selected at our nursery in Norfolk. We specialise in large, established trees that provide instant impact and long-term value, delivered directly to your door in our bespoke, high-quality live tree packaging via one of our trusted couriers.
All our fruit trees are fully hardy outdoor varieties suitable for most garden soil types and planting schemes. Our MM106 rootstock trees offer an excellent balance of vigorous growth, reliable cropping, and manageable size, making them ideal for productive gardens and orchards.
From Direct Plants, an award-winning nursery and trusted family brand, known for producing strong, healthy, high-quality trees and plants.
You will receive 1 Lord Derby Apple Fruit Tree, grafted onto MM106 semi-vigorous rootstock, approximately 5–6ft tall in a 7.5 litre pot – a premium traditional cooking apple tree producing heavy crops of large, flavoursome apples, perfect for home orchards, kitchen gardens, and years of delicious homegrown harvests.
