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Apple Dabinett

Apple Dabinett
€18.00
Apple Dabinett In the early 20th century, a William Dabinett found this apple, named Dabinett after him, as a chance seedling in a Somerset hedgerow, since when it has become very widely grown for its excellent cider and ease of cultivation. Small, green, aromatic apples, sometimes flushed or flecked with red, produce a bitter-sweet juice of suc...
Pear Conference

Pear Conference
€18.00
Pear Conference The most reliable pear for Irish gardens, giving heavy, regular crops even in less than perfect conditions. A mid- to late-season dessert pear, ready in late October. The fruit is long, juicy and sweet, with russeted skin, firm flesh and a good flavour. Also very good as a cooking pear. Pick slightly under-ripe, store in a cool, ...
Apple Katy

Apple Katy
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Apple Katy One of the best early to mid-season apple varieties, Apple Katy, aka Katya produces medium-sized, red over yellow-green, with cream-coloured, fairly crisp apples with exceptionally juicy flesh. Good, slightly sharp flavour and very firm skin – good for packed lunches and liked by children. The tree is shapely, even with limited prunin...
Pear Concorde

Pear Concorde
€18.00
Pear Concorde One of the best dessert pears for Irish conditions, dessert Pear Concorde has the best characteristics of its parents, having the hardiness and reliability of Pear Conference and much of the succulence and delicious flavour of Pear Doyenne du Comice. The fruit is large, yellowish-brown with some russeting and sometimes a pink flus...
Pear Williams' Bon Chrétien

Pear Williams' Bon Chrétien
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Pear Williams’ Bon Chrétien A seedling found in a Berkshire garden in the 1760s, dual-purpose Pear Williams’ Bon Chrétien, called Bartlett in America, is now grown all over the world – and is the pear most often found in tins! Large, conical fruit, golden-yellow with brown speckles, sometimes flushed red; the flesh is sweet, luscious and juicy w...
Apple Sunset

Apple Sunset
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Apple Sunset Bred in Kent in the early 20th century, Apple Sunset is a mid-season dessert apple with most of the virtues of its parent Cox’s Orange Pippin, and few of the disadvantages – an ideal garden apple even in northern areas. The fruit is small to medium-sized, with golden skin streaked and blushed with orange-red and with a little russet...
Apple Discovery

Apple Discovery
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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 Red Falstaff

Apple Red Falstaff
€18.00
Apple Red Falstaff A redder sport of Apple Falstaff, Apple Red Falstaff is a late season dessert apple, and a first-class garden variety for all areas. Medium-sized, attractive fruit, bright red over yellow, with crunchy, firm, creamy-white flesh, very juicy, with a good balance of sweetness and acidity. Good keeper, sweetening in store. Moderat...
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 Beauty of Bath

Apple Beauty of Bath
€22.00
Apple Beauty of Bath An old, very early dessert apple, bred in Somerset and very widely grown in Ireland, where it was especially popular with children. Apple ‘Beauty of Bath’ produces slightly flattened, medium-sized, pale greenish-yellow fruit striped with red, juicy and with a good sharp flavour, the last to ripen being sweeter. The flesh is ...
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 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 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...
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 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 Ross Nonpareil

Apple Ross Nonpareil
€18.00
Apple Ross Nonpareil A very old Irish heritage variety of dessert apple, also called French Pippin, as it was first grown in Rosslare from a pip of French origin. Round, medium sized fruit, light greenish-yellow with patches and stripes of red and heavy golden-brown russeting. Rich, aromatic, pear-drop flavour, sweet, with a good acid balance. A...
Apple Sam Young

Apple Sam Young
€18.00
Apple Sam Young An Irish heritage variety, also known as Irish Russet, Apple Sam Young was first recorded in the early 19th century and was widely grown and appreciated throughout the country. A late dessert apple, it is small, round and flattened, green to greenish-yellow, occasionally showing a faint orange blush or red stippling; it is almos...
Apple Scarlet Crofton

Apple Scarlet Crofton
€18.00
Apple Scarlet Crofton Though originally brought from England by the Croftons of Co. Sligo under the reign of Elizabeth I, dessert Apple Scarlet Crofton is nevertheless regarded as an Irish heritage variety. The fruit is medium-sized, flattened on one side, pale yellow to yellowish green with extensive, deep scarlet blush and streaking and net-li...
Apple Red Devil
Apple Red Devil
€18.00
Apple Red Devil Bred from Apple Discovery in Kent in 1979, mid-season dessert Apple Red Devil is self-fertile, so is a good choice for a single apple tree in a small garden. The fruit is medium-sized and completely and intensely red. The pink-tinged flesh is juicy and sweet, with a good acid balance and strawberry flavour; it gives a beautiful, ...
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...