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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Peach Melba

Apple Peach Melba
€18.00
Apple Peach Melba An Irish heritage variety of early-season dessert apple, Apple Peach Melba, also known as Peche Melba, was discovered in Co Kilkenny in the early years of the 20th century. The name refers not to the flavour, but to the unusual colour of the skin and flesh and the slight downiness of the skin in early summer. The fruit is large...