You may have noticed that The Green Team planted an Apple Tree in our school garden.

But there is something extra special about our apple tree!

We decided that since space is limited in our school grounds that we would get a special type of Apple tree. It’s a miniature Apple tree so it takes up less space but that’s not what is so special about it. You see it is two apple trees graphed together. This mean two different types of apple tree are stuck together or grafted on to each other which makes two trees in one. The two species are Elstar (which produces red apples) and James Grieve (which produces yellow apples).

Did you know that for an apple tree to bear fruit( i.e apples) you need two apples trees to cross-pollinate with each other. We don’t have the space for two trees so we bought this tree. The great thing about this is that not only will the different apple trees cross-pollinate with each other to make apples but we will get two different types of apples. So more apples for the birds  and insects and for us!

The apples will fruit in Autumn. Bags the first one!