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Apple Cavan Sugarcane
Apple Cavan Sugarcane
€18.00
Apple Cavan Sugarcane An Irish heritage variety discovered in Co. Cavan in the 1990s, Apple Cavan Sugarcane is an early to mid-season dessert apple. The fruit is large, round and uneven, with a golden-yellow skin and a red flush; the flesh is crisp, juicy with a well-liked flavour, winning a Irish Seedsavers taste test. Vigorous tree, reliable a...
Apple Charles Ross
Apple Charles Ross
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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 Cornish Aromatic
Apple Cornish Aromatic
€18.00
Apple Cornish Aromatic A dessert apple, dating back to the early 19th century and probably older, Malus domestica Cornish Aromatic is fairly vigorous, with an upright, spreading habit. It’s a good, regular cropper, easy to grow, and a spur-bearer. It’s particularly suitable for mild, damp areas, with good disease resistance, particularly to scab...
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 Devonshire Quarrenden
Apple Devonshire Quarrenden
€18.00
Apple Devonshire Quarrenden A very old second early dessert apple, dating back to the late 17th century, and very widely grown in Britain, especially in wetter areas. Apple Devonshire Quarrenden produces, small, round, slightly flattened, shiny, deep red apples; the crisp, sweet, white flesh and juice are sometimes stained pink, and have a disti...
Apple Dick Davies
Apple Dick Davies
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Apple Dick Davies An Irish heritage variety of early–midseason dessert apple, Dick Davies is believed to have been grown from a pip by a Mrs Rawley in Co. Cork in the early 20th century. The fruit is medium-sized and slightly conical, green to yellowish green with large patches of orange-red with red streaks; flesh soft and white with a rich, ta...
Apple Discovery
Apple Discovery
€18.00
Apple Discovery A seedling of Apple Worcester Pearmain discovered in Essex the late 1940s, Apple Discovery shares its parent’s early fruiting, brilliant colour and strawberry flavour. The fruit is small to medium sized, round, slightly flattened, and shiny red, with juicy, pale cream-coloured flesh, sweet-sharp with a hint of strawberry. Apple D...
Apple Ecolette
Apple Ecolette
€18.00
Apple Ecolette A cross between Apples Elstar and Prima, Apple Ecolette was bred in the Netherlands, and is a vigorous, notably scab-resistant tree. Moderate yields of medium-sized yellow apples with a heavy deep red flush. The apples are firm and tart with white flesh and a good sugar/acidity balance. Very good resistance to scab and mildew, so ...
Apple Ellison's Orange
Apple Ellison's Orange
€18.00
Apple Ellison’s Orange An old, mid-season dessert apple from the early 20th century, Malus domestica Ellison's Orange was bred from Cox’s Orange Pippin and an old French variety. The fruit is medium-sized, with yellowish-green skin with a pretty, orange flush. The flesh is creamy-white, quite soft, juicer than a Cox, and has a rich, complex, aro...
Apple Elstar
Apple Elstar
€18.00
Apple Elstar A superb, late-season dessert apple, Apple Elstar was bred in The Netherlands and is particularly well adapted to the Irish climate. Attractive, medium-sized round fruit, greenish-yellow streaked and blushed with red, with exceptionally juicy, crisp, cream-coloured flesh and an outstanding, honeyed, aromatic flavour. Stores very wel...
Apple Falstaff
Apple Falstaff
€18.00
Apple Falstaff Bred at East Malling Research Station in Kent in 1965 from Apples James Grieve and Golden Delicious, Apple Falstaff is a late season dessert apple, suited even to cold areas. Medium-sized fruit, yellowish green flushed and striped red; crisp, firm, juicy creamy-white flesh with an excellent flavour and a good balance of sweetness ...
Apple Fiesta
Apple Fiesta
€18.00
Apple Fiesta One of dessert Apple Fiesta’s parents was Cox’s Orange Pippin; it shares that apple’s gorgeous flavour, but is far easier to grow in Irish conditions. The fruit is medium-sized, round and yellow-green, striped and flushed orange-red with a little russeting; the flesh is crisp, sweet and very juicy, with a Cox-like, nutty, aromatic f...
Apple Gibbon Russet
Apple Gibbon Russet
€18.00
Apple Gibbon Russet An Irish heritage variety of dessert apple, Gibbon Russet was grown for cider in Kilkenny, Cork and Meath since the end of the 19th century. Round, firm, medium-sized apples, yellow, dotted and streaked with russet; white flesh, crisp, well-flavoured and sweet. Gibbon Russet makes a well-shaped tree and reliable cropper, very...
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 Green Chisel
Apple Green Chisel
€18.00
Apple Green Chisel Once commonly grown in NW Tyrone and Donegal, Apple Green Chisel is an Irish heritage variety of dessert apple. A medium-sized to large, slightly flattened apple, it has smooth, greenish-yellow skin with a little russeting and a few red streaks; the flesh is white, crisp and fairly juicy, with a hint of lemon flavour. A very h...
Apple Honeycrisp
Apple Honeycrisp
€18.00
Apple Honeycrisp Bred in the US in the 1960s, late season dessert apple Malus domestica Honeycrisp is particularly suitable for colder areas with good sunshine. The fruit is medium-sized to large, with yellowish-green skin with a red-orange flush and a hint of pink. The flesh is cream-coloured, very crisp and sweet, although there is a hint of a...
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-...