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Fruit - Irish Heritage Apples
Many of these heritage Irish varieties were rescued from old gardens and orchards around the country. They include eaters, cookers, and dual purpose apples. 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.
We wish to thank Irish Seed Savers for allowing us to photograph their wonderful collection of Irish Heritage Apples at their orchards in Scarriff, County Clare, and to acknowledge the valuable work they are doing in preserving many varieties of fruits and vegetables from extinction, thereby conserving a vitally important source of genetic diversity for future generations.
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...
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...
Rootgrow - Mycorrhizal Fungi

Rootgrow - Mycorrhizal Fungi
€5.00
Rootgrow - Mycorrhizal Fungi RHS Empathy rootgrow™ contains mycorrhizal fungi which naturally increase nutrient and water uptake by forming a highly efficient secondary root system. It is completely natural and plant-friendly fungi suitable for use on flowering plants, trees, shrubs and edibles. One application will support a plant for its entir...
Apple Ard Cairn Russet

Apple Ard Cairn Russet
€18.00
Apple Ard Cairn Russet An old Irish heritage dessert variety, Apple Ard Cairn Russet was discovered in Co. Cork in 1890, and named for the nursery which propagated it. The fruit is round, medium-sized, and a golden russet with an orange-red flush. The flesh is cream-coloured, dry and sweet, lacking acidity, and with a distinctive, banana-like fl...
Apple Ballinora Pippin

Apple Ballinora Pippin
€18.00
Apple Ballinora Pippin An Irish heritage dessert apple discovered on a farm in Co. Cork in the late 19th century, Malus domestica Ballinora Pippin is believed to be a sport or seedling of the renowned Blenheim Orange. The fruit is very large and round, dull yellow-orange heavily flushed and streaked with crimson, with dots of russeting. The fle...
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 Bloody Butcher

Apple Bloody Butcher
€18.00
Apple Bloody Butcher An Irish heritage variety of cooking apple from the midlands, Apple Bloody Butcher is also called ‘Bloodhound’ (Kilkenny) and ‘Winesap’ (Offaly). Large, unevenly-shaped fruit, pale yellow covered with deepest crimson; some russeting. The firm, white flesh is quite juicy and tart, but needs little added sugar when cooked; can...
Apple Brown Crofton

Apple Brown Crofton
€18.00
Apple Brown Crofton An Irish heritage variety of dessert apple, bred by the Crofton family of Longford House, Sligo. Slightly flattened, round, medium-sized fruit, greenish-yellow with dark red flush and stripes, overlaid with russeting; the flesh has a rich, sweet and sharp flavour, improving the longer it is left on the tree. Vigorous, upright...
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 Dick Davies

Apple Dick Davies
€18.00
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 Ecklinville Seedling

Apple Ecklinville Seedling
€18.00
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 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 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 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 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...