Checking my email this morning I had recieved an email from Woodbridge Fruit Trees, the place where I had ordered two of my apple trees from. Now the two ordered were

Hubbartston’s Nonesuch & Spartan

The email stated that they have run out of Hubbartston’s Nonesuch and as I had not placed a second pick they gave me an option of either a refund for that tree or a list of others. Now I had left my apple ordering quite late, but I was happy with my choices especially the Hubbartston’s

Here is the description: HUBBARTSTON’S NONESUCH | April – May |
The American apples of the early 1800’s still owed a lot to their European parents and Hubbartston’s has more of a character of a Ribston Pippin than a Red Delicious. It is a large and particularly dense and heavy apple with a rich sweet aromatic flavour. The skin is often bumpy and russetted, yellowish overlaid with red
and pink. It is an all-round apple for fresh eating, cooking and cider.

So  a good allround fruit. Anyway the choices they gave me were not for me, I was going to give them a call, talk about the other trees and if nothing sounded OK, organise a refund. So this morning I gave them a call – introduced myself. The guy asked me to hold on. He then came back and said that I did get the last Hubbartston’s. My order came in the same time as someone elses (who also wanted a Hubbartson’s) but they had placed in a second choice if first was not available. Woohoo. So my apple trees should be here late this week. My other tree is a Spartan

SPARTAN | March – April |
This midseason Canadian apple is a cross between McIntosh and Newtown Pippin. It has a distinct purplish black skin which polishes beautifully. The flavour is very aromatic, with whiter-than-white crisp melting juicy flesh of highest quality. Great straight off the tree.

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