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| Variety/Cultivar | Fruit Type | Fruit Description | Production Notes | Disease Susceptibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loquat, many varieties available. | Other | Small, bright yellow, round fruit that is sweet/tart, with a single large shiny seed. Skin is tough and not eaten. Some varieties are more pear or tear-dropped shape, and can have multiple seeds. Colour can vary between yellow and orange. | Tree is vigorous, spreading, with dark green strongly veined leaves. | Fruit fly and carpophilus beetles both love loquats, however they ripen very early in the season, often before the pests have emerged |
| Lord Lambourne | Apple | Fruit is round, medium sized, with an orange/red stripe over a green background, and slight russeting. Flesh is crisp with excellent flavour - this apple won two Royal Horticultural Society awards in the early 1920s. | Tree is very spreading. almost to the point of being weeping. Partial tip-bearer. | Very resistant to black spot (apple scab) |
| Lord Suffield | Apple | The fruit is large, yellow, tender, juicy and quite tart. | The tree is moderately vigorous, compact and a good cropper (so needs thinning). | |
| Magness | Pear | Pyrus communis (European pear) | ||
| Mariem | Apricot | Medium oblong fruit, very slight blush, apricot coloured flesh that is firm and handles well. Freestone, good flavour. | Apricots need frost protection, particularly at blossom time.Strong, vigorous tree, very productive. | Apricots are generally susceptible to blossom blight. |
| Mariposa | Plum | Japanese, medium, heart-shaped blood plum. Dark purple over a greenish background colour, pale red flesh becomes very dark. Very sweet, even when underripe. Clear juice, semi-freestone. Very sweet, skin is bitter until quite ripe. Will ripen off the tree quite well. | Bruises easily, needs careful handling, ripens well off the tree if picked slightly green. Very regular and productive cropper. Great variety for home garden but can drop before they are ripe in a high wind. Can pick this variety over several weeks. | Moderately resistant to bacterial spot. |
| May Grand | Nectarine | A medium sized, rounded to oblong nectarine with a bright, red colour over a yellow-green ground colour. The skin can be prone to cracking depending on the climate. Yellow, firm and melting flesh and very good flavour. Freestone. | A very delicious and popular nectarine. Moderately vigorous tree. An erratic cropper which can be difficult to manage, but is well worth the effort. | |
| Maycrest | Peach | Bright red over yellow background colour, juicy yellow flesh. Freestone. | Colours early, well before it is ripe. | |
| Mayglo | Nectarine | A medium sized, rounded, slightly oblong nectarine that handles well and requires heavy thinning. Dark red skin over a yellow ground colour with firm and juicy yellow flesh. Flavour varies from average in high chill areas to good in lower chill areas. Cli | An early nectarine with glossy, red skin. A very vigorous, upright tree that requires detailed thinning and normally has a heavy crop. | Normally not prone to splitstone. |
| McIntosh | Apple | Crimson apple with bright white flesh. Sweet with some acid, flavour fades in storage. | Grows in zones 3-9. Very cold hardy. Spur bearer | Susceptible to black spot (apple scab), very resistant to cedar apple rust |
| Menagerie, Mere de Menage | Apple | Fruits are large, flattened, firm, red with a greenish stripe over a whitish yellow background colour, can russet. They're rather coarse-textured and can have dry flesh with an acid flavour. | Vigorous trees. Fruit can store for a month or so. | |
| Merchant | Cherry | Large, dark red cherry with medium long stem, excellent flavour. | Consistent cropper, uneven maturity, fruit hangs on tree well which increases fruit size. | Resistant to bacterial canker. |
| Merton Worcester | Apple | Spur bearer | Very resistant to black spot (apple scab) | |
| Michelin | Apple | Medium to large, green-flesh cider apple. Looks similar to Brown Snout but without the russeting. | Tree is upright, a very heavy cropping tree, | Very resistant to black spot (apple scab) |
| Mirranda Rosso | Pear | Pyrus communis (European pear) |