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Fruit - Dual Purpose Apples
When you hear 'dual purpose' think 'eat and treat'! Dual purpose apples are suitable for eating straight off of the tree (when at their ripest) as well as for baking into delicious purées, pies, and desserts. They are serious all-rounders for space-limited gardens.
Many of our trees are available on various rootstocks to suit small or larger gardens and we list the pollination group of every variety to make it easy for you to choose.
Bareroot apple trees | December to March
Most of our apple trees are sold in bareroot form from December to March. You can learn more about the differences between bareroot and potted plants and about getting started growing fruit in our advice section.
Potted apple trees | all year round
Potted apple trees are available at different times throughout the rest of the year, but the best selection, and the best time to plant, is in spring (April to June). Outside of these times our selection is more limited.
Neudorff Prune & Seal
Neudorff Prune & Seal
€14.00
Neudorff Prune & Seal Seals exposed wood after pruning for quick wound recovery; This physical barrier protects against ingress of harmful pests and disease; Suitable for all fruit and ornamental trees; Ready to use brush pack; Suitable for organic gardening. Apply evenly over the cut surface so that a thin covering is achieved, ensur...
Neudorff Pyrol Bug & Larvae Killer
€10.00
Neudorff Pyrol Bug & Larvae Killer Approved by Organic Farmers & Growers Association, the unique formulation of Pyrol Bug & Larvae Killer controls a wide range of harmful pests including aphids, whitefly, greenfly, spider mites, mealy bugs, scale insects, leaf hoppers and thrips. It also acts on the eggs and larvae of the insects t...
Ocean Leaves Liquid Seaweed Extract
Ocean Leaves Liquid Seaweed Extract
€8.00
Ocean Leaves Liquid Seaweed Extract Ocean Leaves® Liquid Seaweed Extract is made using cold-processed, hand-harvested Irish seaweed. It can be used on fruit, vegetables, flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns. Induces yield increases, enhances plant health & plant quality Increases plant tolerance to, and recovery from abiotic stresses Enhances...
Ocean Leaves, Irish Liquid Seaweed Extract with IRON
€13.50
Ocean Leaves, Irish Liquid Seaweed Extract with IRON Ocean Leaves® Liquid Seaweed Extract + Iron is made using cold-processed, hand-harvested Irish seaweed and has been fortified with Iron (2% EDTA Chelated Iron (fe) w/w). It can be used on fruit, vegetables, flowers and lawns, and is recommended for ericaceous and acid-loving plants. It is used...
Apple Allington Pippin
Apple Allington Pippin
€18.00
Apple Allington Pippin A long-established, late-season, dual-purpose apple, Malus domestica Allington Pippin has medium-sized fruit, with pale yellow skin flushed with red-orange, with some streaking and russeting. This apple can be used for cooking when first picked; it keeps its shape and has a flavour reminiscent of pears, but sweetens in sto...
Apple Ballyfatten
Apple Ballyfatten
€18.00
Apple Ballyfatten An Irish heritage variety first noted in 1802, the culinary Apple Ballyfatten is from the village of that name in Co. Tyrone, and was long popular in Northern Ireland. The fruit is large and round, green with a strong red flush; the flesh is firm, white, dry and slightly acid, cooking to a smooth purée, and an excellent baker. ...
Apple Ballyvaughan Seedling
Apple Ballyvaughan Seedling
€18.00
Apple Ballyvaughan Seedling An Irish heritage variety of cooking apple from Co. Clare, Apple Ballyvaughan Seedling produces medium-sized, firm, unevenly-shaped fruits, yellow-green with a bright pink flush and red stippling, and acid, crisp, firm flesh. Can be eaten fresh after ripening by those who like crisp, tart apples with a sweet aftertast...
Apple Bardsey
Apple Bardsey
€18.00
Apple Bardsey Discovered planted against the side of a house on the North Wales pilgrim island of Bardsey in 1998, dessert Apple Bardsey may be a descendant of a medieval monastic orchard. The apples are medium-sized, ribbed, and pink and cream coloured. Juicy and scented of lemon, they are excellent eaten straight from the tree, but can also be...
Apple Charles Ross
Apple Charles Ross
€18.00
Apple Charles Ross A cross between the famous apples Cox’s Orange Pippin and Peasgood Nonsuch, Apple Charles Ross is a good dual-purpose apple, dating back to the late 19th century. The fruit is large and handsome, orange-red, with a sweet, Cox-like taste when eaten fresh, although this fades on keeping. Also cooks well, especially in open tarts...
Apple Crawley Beauty
Apple Crawley Beauty
€18.00
Apple Crawley Beauty A useful cooking apple for colder, frost-prone areas due to its disease resistance and late flowering, the Crawley Beauty is a greenish-yellow, red flushed and striped apple that can also be eaten raw after storing it for a while. It was discovered growing in the village of Tilgate, near Crawley and introduced into cultivati...
Apple Crispin
Apple Crispin
€22.00
Apple Crispin Bred in Japan in 1930, dual-purpose Apple Crispin is also known as Mutsu. One of its parents was Golden Delicious, which Crispin resembles in appearance and flavour, with large, yellow apples, crisp, juicy, creamy-white flesh and sweet-sharp flavour. It’s also suitable for juicing and for baking, slices keeping their shape in tarts...
Apple Glockenapfel
Apple Glockenapfel
€18.00
Apple Glockenapfel A very old heirloom apple from central Europe, Apple Glockenapfel is primarily a cooking apple, and the favourite variety for making apple strudel. The tree is moderately vigorous, with an upright, spreading habit, and a spur-bearer. Heavy crops of red-streaked green fruit, medium-sized to large and broad at the base, giving a...
Apple Greasy Pippin
Apple Greasy Pippin
€18.00
Apple Greasy Pippin The delightfully named Greasy Pippin is a useful dual-purpose apple, an Irish heritage variety once widely grown in Co. Fermanagh and also in Co Tyrone. The fruit is round, flattened and slightly uneven, pale yellow with a golden to orange blush, slight russet veining, and a remarkably waxy or ‘greasy’ skin, which helps it to...
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 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 Mrs Perry
Apple Mrs Perry
€18.00
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...
Apple Munster Tulip
Apple Munster Tulip
€22.00
Apple Munster Tulip An Irish heritage variety of dual-purpose apple, Apple Munster Tulip was first recorded as growing in Co. Offaly in the mid-20th century. The fruit is round, slightly flattened and evenly shaped, rather pale, yellowish with deeper yellow or light red blushing on one side. The flesh is firm and cream-coloured. The flavour is v...
Apple Orleans Reinette
Apple Orleans Reinette
€22.00
Apple Orleans Reinette A very old French dessert apple, Malus domestica Orleans Reinette is fairly vigorous, with an upright, spreading habit. Not a heavy cropper, it has a tendency to biennial bearing. The fruit is medium-sized, flattened in shape, yellow with a red flush and some russeting; the flesh is dense, yellow, not particularly juicy, w...
Apple Peasgood Nonsuch
Apple Peasgood Nonsuch
€18.00
Apple Peasgood Nonsuch Raised from a pip sown by a Mrs. Peasgood in Lincolnshire in 1858, Apple Peasgood Nonsuch is an attractive and popular dual-purpose apple, a good choice for the home grower. The fruit is very large, round and evenly-shaped, greeny-gold with an orange flush and crimson streaks, often grown for exhibition. The flesh is yello...