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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 Dunkerton Late Sweet
Apple Dunkerton Late Sweet
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Apple Dunkerton Late Sweet Discovered by a Mr. Dunkerton as a seedling in his Somerset orchard in the 1940s, Apple Dunkerton Late Sweet is a cider apple which produces a light, sweet, fruity cider, low in acid and tannin. The fruit is small and yellowish-green with a light flush of red; the flesh is greenish-yellow and firm. Moderately vigorous ...
Apple Ecklinville Seedling
Apple Ecklinville Seedling
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Apple Ecklinville Seedling An Irish heritage culinary apple, raised from a pip at Ecklinville, near Belfast, in the late 18th century, Apple Ecklinville Seedling was once widely grown commercially. Very large, round, flattened fruit, pea-green turning to yellow, with dots of russet and a ‘greasy’ skin; it bruises easily, which is not a problem f...
Apple Ecolette
Apple Ecolette
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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
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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
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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 Glenstal Cooker
Apple Glenstal Cooker
€18.00
Apple Glenstal Cooker An early culinary apple, Apple Glenstal Cooker comes from the orchards of Glenstal Abbey in Co Limerick. Very large, round, slightly unevenly shaped fruit, pale yellowish-green with an orange-pink blush and some red stippling. Good all-round cooking apple, which can sometimes be picked as early as late August, but not a kee...
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 Golden Noble
Apple Golden Noble
€22.00
Apple Golden Noble Discovered as a chance seedling in Norfolk in the early 19th century, Apple Golden Noble remains one of the best culinary apples, cooking down to a very well-flavoured purée, ideal for apple-sauce. The vitamin C content is unusually high. The fruit is large, round and even, and yellowish-green, ripening to gold, the skin becom...
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 Herefordshire Redstreak
€18.00
Apple Herefordshire Redstreak An ancient – and famous – cider apple, Apple Herefordshire Redstreak was raised on Lord Scudamore’s Herefordshire estate in the early 17th century from a pip he brought back from France. The fruits are medium-sized and green, characteristically streaked with red, producing a reddish, bitter-sharp juice, high in tann...
Apple Honeycrisp
Apple Honeycrisp
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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 Howgate Wonder
Apple Howgate Wonder
€18.00
Apple Howgate Wonder A large, long-keeping, culinary apple bred in the early 20th century, Malus domestica Howgate Wonder does best in cooler but drier parts of the country. The fruit is very large, often enormous, with greasy, yellowish-green skin striped and flushed with brownish-red. The white flesh is firm and juicy, with a mild flavour and ...
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...