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Apple Irish Peach
Apple Irish Peach
€18.00
Apple Irish Peach Also known as Early Crofton, as it’s believed to have come from the orchards of the Croftons of Sligo, this Irish heritage variety is a very early, high quality dessert apple, once widely grown in Ireland and Britain. The apples are small to medium-sized, flat and irregularly shaped, pale greenish-yellow blushed orange-red with...
Apple Irish Pitcher
Apple Irish Pitcher
€18.00
Apple Irish Pitcher Once commonly grown in the west of Ireland, particularly Sligo and Mayo, Malus domestica Irish Pitcher gets its name because it is said to strike readily from slips or ‘pitchers’. It is a large dessert apple, pale green flushed with red. It is juicy and crunchy, with a good flavour, and can also be used for cooking. Because i...
Apple James Grieve
Apple James Grieve
€18.00
Apple James Grieve Bred in Scotland at the end of the 19th century, Apple James Grieve is a particularly hardy dual-purpose apple, a good choice for colder areas. The fruit is yellow-green, flushed and striped with orange-red; the flesh is savoury, melting, and very juicy, acid at first, but sweetening as it ripens, becoming good to eat fresh. K...
Apple Keegan’s Crab
Apple Keegan’s Crab
€18.00
Apple Keegan’s Crab Not actually a crab-apple, Apple Keegan’s Crab is an Irish heritage variety of dessert apple from Co. Armagh, dating from the late 19th century. The fruit is medium to large, unevenly shaped, green to yellowish-green, speckled, and netted with russet. The flesh is sweet, very crisp and juicy. The tree is a heavy cropper. Tip-...
Apple Kemp
Apple Kemp
€18.00
Apple Kemp An Irish heritage dessert variety, recorded in Co. Derry at the beginning of the 19th century, and once widely grown and appreciated in Northern Ireland. Also known as May Bloom. The fruit is medium-sized and round, with one side slightly flattened, yellow-green with an orange-red blush on one side; the flesh is crisp, white, juicy, s...
Apple Kerry Pippin
Apple Kerry Pippin
€18.00
Apple Kerry Pippin An Irish heritage variety of second early dessert apple, Apple ‘Kerry Pippin’ was first recorded in Kilkenny in the early 19th century and widely grown in Ireland. The fruit is small and glossy, greenish-yellow flushed orange with red specks, with crisp, sweet, yellowish flesh of delicious, rich, aromatic flavour, much liked b...
Apple Keswick Codlin
Apple Keswick Codlin
€18.00
Apple Keswick Codlin A very old 2nd early culinary variety, still popular today, Apple Keswick Codlin was found in Lancashire and introduced by a Keswick nurseryman. The fruit is medium to large, long and angular, sometimes with a distinctive ridge up one side, and pale green to pale yellow. The flesh is yellowish-white, juicy and soft, with a g...
Apple Kilkenny Pearmain
Apple Kilkenny Pearmain
€18.00
Apple Kilkenny Pearmain Irish heritage variety of dual-purpose apple, grown in Ireland since the 19th century. Large, attractive apple, greenish-yellow, flushed orange-red with red stippling. As an eating apple, sharp, crisp, with a mild flavour, sweetening and becoming less juicy as it ripens after picking; also a good baking apple. Apple ‘Kilk...
Apple King of the Pippins
Apple King of the Pippins
€18.00
Apple King of the Pippins A very old apple thought to have come from France in the 18th century, Apple King of the Pippins is a highly versatile early to mid-season apple, good for eating, cooking, juicing and cider. The tree is of compact, upright habit, moderately vigorous and a spur-bearer. Good yields of medium-sized yellow apples streaked a...
Apple Kingston Black
Apple Kingston Black
€18.00
Cider Apple Kingston Black One of the few apples that can be used for a single-varietal cider, Malus domestica Kingston Black was bred in Kingston, Somerset in the 19th century. The fruit is comparatively small, almost completely flushed a very deep maroon-red; it produces an aromatic, well-balanced, bitter-sharp juice with a lovely, distinctiv...
Apple Lady Finger of Offaly
Apple Lady Finger of Offaly
€18.00
Apple Lady Finger of Offaly An Irish heritage variety of early–mid-season dessert apple. Apple Lady Finger of Offaly, also known as Lady’s Finger of Offaly, was first recorded in 1851. Small to medium-sized, ribbed, oblong fruit, pale green to yellow flushed orange-red with red streaks; firm, greenish-white, sweet flesh and a savoury flavour, be...
Apple Lane's Prince Albert
Apple Lane's Prince Albert
€18.00
Apple Lane’s Prince Albert An excellent old culinary apple, discovered in 1841 and named for the Prince Consort, Malus domestica Lane's Prince Albert is a very ‘good do-er’, thriving on almost any soil, and a good choice for novice growers. The fruit is smaller than that of some cooking apples, slightly irregular in shape, and green with an ora...
Apple Limelight
Apple Limelight
€18.00
Apple Limelight A new variety of mid-season dessert apple bred in Kent, Apple Limelight is particularly suitable for home-growing and cold and wet areas. The fruit is medium to large, round, slightly flattened, and a clear yellowish-green; the flesh is crisp, tart and refreshing, with a pronounced ‘apple-y’ flavour. Small, attractive, reliable t...
Apple Lord Derby
Apple Lord Derby
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Apple Lord Derby An old culinary apple, bred in Cheshire in the mid-19th century, Apple Lord Derby is a particularly good choice for cold, wet areas. The fruit is large, round to conical, and green, turning yellow; the flesh is white, soft, and dryish, keeping some of its shape when cooked, and with a good, sharp flavour. Does not keep for long,...
Apple Lord Hindlip
Apple Lord Hindlip
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Apple Lord Hindlip Dating back to the end of the 19th century, Apple Lord Hindlip is a versatile and particularly long-keeping late dessert apple. The fruit is medium-sized, conical and ribbed, greenish-yellow, almost covered with a brownish-orange flush streaked and stippled with crimson; the flesh is cream, stained pink near the skin, firm and...
Apple Lord Lambourne
Apple Lord Lambourne
€22.00
Apple Lord Lambourne Raised by Laxton’s of Bedford in the early 20th century, Apple Lord Lambourne is a good mid-season dessert apple, particularly suitable for gardens, even in cold, wet areas. The fruit is particularly attractive, medium-sized, round, and greenish-yellow, liberally streaked and stippled with red; the flesh is creamy-white, c...
Apple Lough Tree of Wexford
Apple Lough Tree of Wexford
€18.00
Apple Lough Tree of Wexford An Irish heritage variety of early to mid-season dessert apple, Apple ‘Lough Tree of Wexford’ was originally found in a Co Wexford orchard. The fruit is small to medium-sized, the greenish-yellow skin almost completely covered with crimson streaks and stippling, giving a bright red appearance, sometimes slightly russe...
Apple Meridian
Apple Meridian
€18.00
Apple Meridian Bred at the East Malling Research Station in 1972 from Apples Cox’s Orange Pippin and Falstaff, dessert Apple Meridian shows little of its Cox parentage but is a good modern apple, and a very good choice for the garden grower. The fruit is medium-sized, pale green striped orange-red, and the flesh is juicy and aromatic; very good ...
Apple Michelin
Apple Michelin
€25.00
Apple Michelin Raised in Normandy in the late 19th century, Apple Michelin is a mid-season bitter-sweet cider apple. The fruit is medium-sized and green; the juice is low in acidity but high in sugars and tannins, and mainly used for blending. Small tree, coming early into bearing; a spur-bearer. Very heavy and reliable cropper, grown commercial...
Apple Mrs Perry
Apple Mrs Perry
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Apple Mrs Perry A hardy dual-purpose apple found in Glenties, Co Donegal, Apple Mrs Perry is thought to have been grown from a pip by Mrs Perry’s daughter. The fruit is large, round-to-conical and slightly irregular, pale greenish-yellow with an orange-red blush on the side that catches the sun. The flesh is pale cream, crisp and very juicy, wit...