CRJ Fruit Trees

CRJ Fruit Trees, an online fruit tree nursery in Norfolk

CRJ Fruit Trees is a fruit tree nursery based at Whispering Trees in Wimbotsham, Norfolk. The nursery presents itself as an online supplier of fruit trees and states that it delivers across the United Kingdom, including London. Alongside the catalogue, the site offers guidance on growing fruit trees in UK gardens and on selecting varieties suited to a given garden.

The nursery describes growing a broad range of popular fruit trees that can be ordered online, among them apple trees, stepover apple trees, plum trees, dwarf plum trees, dwarf pear trees and other espalier fruit trees. Orders are indicated as dispatched within 3-5 working days.

Fruit tree categories in the catalogue

The catalogue is organised by species, with dedicated sections for each type of fruit:

• Apple trees
• Apricot trees
• Cherry trees
• Damson trees
• Greengage trees
• Mulberry trees
• Nectarine trees
• Peach trees
• Pear trees
• Plum trees
• Quince trees

Apple varieties and growing formats

Apples form the most subdivided part of the catalogue. The nursery sorts them by use and timing, including cooking varieties, early varieties, red-fruited apples, dual-purpose apples and late-storing apples, as well as green-yellow fruited apples and russet apple trees. It also groups apples by cultivation characteristics, with self-fertile varieties, disease-resistant apples and particularly frost-resistant varieties.

Beyond the variety itself, the catalogue distinguishes growing formats: cordon apple trees, fan and espalier apple trees, miniature apple trees and stepover apple trees.

Plums, pears, cherries and other fruits

Plums are offered in several forms, including dwarf plum trees, fan-trained plums, plum cordons, stepover plum trees, frost-hardy plum trees, self-fertile varieties and yellow plum trees. Pears follow a similar structure, with cordon pear trees, dwarf pear trees, fan and espalier pears, stepover pear trees, self-fertile pear trees and pears intended for frosty areas.

Cherries are divided into self-fertile cherry trees, dwarf and miniature cherry trees and fan cherry trees. Apricots appear both as a general category and as fan-trained apricots, while peaches include peach and nectarine fan trees. Damsons, greengages, mulberries and quinces each have their own section.

Best-selling trees listed on the site

The nursery highlights a selection of best-selling fruit trees, several of them in dwarf or compact form. The list includes Victoria plum trees, Blue Tit dwarf Pixy, Invincible dwarf pear tree, Peregrine peach tree, Stella dwarf Gisele cherry tree, Braeburn apple tree, Katy apple tree and Shropshire damson trees.

The site displayed average ratings for these products at the time of writing this profile, ranging from 3.02 out of 5 for Victoria plum trees across 472 ratings and for Stella dwarf Gisele cherry tree across 556 ratings, to 3.72 out of 5 for Invincible dwarf pear tree across 143 ratings. Other listed averages were 3.29 for Blue Tit dwarf Pixy (146 ratings), 3.43 for Peregrine peach tree (236 ratings), 3.52 for Braeburn apple tree (100 ratings), 3.35 for Katy apple tree (140 ratings) and 3.49 for Shropshire damson trees (190 ratings).

Buying and delivery information

Purchases are made through the online catalogue, which is browsable by fruit category and by variety characteristics. The nursery states that all orders are dispatched within 3-5 working days and that it delivers fruit trees in London and throughout the UK. The site also publishes sections on delivery and returns, terms of business and privacy policy.