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Apple Bramley’s Seedling

Apple Bramley’s Seedling
€18.00
Apple Bramley’s Seedling In the early 19th century, a Mary Ann Brailsford planted the pip which grew into this famous cooking apple in her Nottinghamshire garden; it was named after the man who next lived there, and who spotted the apple’s potential. Apple Bramley’s Seedling produces huge crops of very large green apples, lightly striped red; th...
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...
Quince Meech's Prolific

Quince Meech's Prolific
€16.00
Quince Meech’s Prolific Bred in the USA, Quince Meech’s Prolific is one of the most popular and reliable quinces for warmer parts of Ireland. The fruit is large, pear-shaped, yellow when fully ripe; it is highly aromatic, with an excellent, tart flavour when cooked, and is ideal for quince jelly. The tree is very attractive, gnarled and twiggy, ...
Apple Worcester Pearmain

Apple Worcester Pearmain
€18.00
Apple Worcester Pearmain This old favourite was bred in Worcestershire at the end of the 19th century, and is thought to be a seedling of Apple Devonshire Quarrenden. An early to mid-season dessert apple, Apple Worcester Pearmain bears very attractive apples, round and slightly lop-sided, yellowish green almost completely covered with a vivid re...
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 Camelot

Apple Camelot
€18.00
Apple Camelot An old cider apple, discovered in Somerset in the mid-19th century. The apples are small, yellow, striped with red, the flavour is mild and bitter-sharp, best mixed with other varieties when making cider. Apple Camelot is a fairly vigorous tree, very healthy, with particularly good scab resistance, so particularly suitable for org...
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 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 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 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...
Quince Serbian Gold

Quince Serbian Gold
€18.00
Quince Serbian Gold A highly ornamental fruit tree for all seasons, Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold is a Balkan quince cultivar particularly suitable for our climate. It’s a vigorous tip-bearing tree with a gnarled and twiggy habit, attractive bark and good autumn colour. Very good disease resistance, and a regular, heavy cropper. Beautiful pale p...
Apple Lord Lambourne

Apple Lord Lambourne
€22.00
Apple Lord Lambourne Raised by Laxton’s of Bedford in the early 20th century, Apple Lord Lambourne is a good mid-season dessert apple, particularly suitable for gardens, even in cold, wet areas. The fruit is particularly attractive, medium-sized, round, and greenish-yellow, liberally streaked and stippled with red; the flesh is creamy-white, c...
Apple Blenheim Orange

Apple Blenheim Orange
€18.00
Apple Blenheim Orange A very old, popular, dual-purpose apple, Malus domestica Blenheim Orange produces medium to large, yellowish-green fruit with an orange-red flush and russet streaks, and a delicious, nutty flavour and crumbly texture. Sharp at first, the apples sweeten in store for eating, and are very good eaten with cheese. The fruit will...
Apple Bramley Clone 20

Apple Bramley Clone 20
€22.00
Apple Bramley Clone 20 An improved clone of the ever-popular Bramley Seedling, making a considerably smaller tree with better resistance to scab and less tendency to biennial bearing. The same huge crops of big green apples, faintly striped red, with creamy, juicy, acid flesh of exceptional flavour, cooking to a creamy purée. Susceptible to l...