Organic Apple Trees - Dessert Apple Varieties
Dessert Apples
A small, brisk, greenish-yellow fruit known before 1600, and grown in Clydesdale in the eighteenth-century. Marked the opening of the commercial apple season until the 1920's.
Fairly sharp, red-flushed fruit, though fully ripe has some sweetness.Widely grown before the era of mass-marketing. (Tends to drop off tree andfarmers used to put straw under to catch them - not something which Messrs.Sainsbury et.al. are too keen on!) Does well in Ayrshire, canker-resistant.
Arose Devon or France before 1670. Widely-grown throughout UK in 19 thcentury.Dark crimson flush on yellow background. Eaten early, good, strawberry flavour.Ireland, possibly Sligo1819. Best eaten from tree, a juicy apple on the sharp side. Attractive small fruit, red flush over yellow.
Raised 1923 by George Cave, Dovercourt, Essex. A small, crisp, sweet-sharp fruit, one of our best dessert varieties here.
(BEAUTY OF BATH X WORCESTER PEARMAIN)Bright red flushed apple, crisp and juicy, when left to ripen on tree. Tip and spur bearer. Recommended by most organic authorities. "The best early variety by far". (Geoff Hamilton)
Raised 1924 by Miss B.Y. Hood, Duriehill, Edzell, Angus. Large and handsome. Sweet, white flesh. Will not keep.
(BELIEVED DEVONSHIRE QUARRENDEN SEEDLING)
Arose 1870 near Worcester. One of the best varieties in the once-busy Clydesdale orchards, and in our own trials. Allowed to ripen on the tree it becomes crisp, juicy and sweet. Decorative blossom.
Sold out completely,
Well known Scottish apple originating near Edinburgh. The fruit is yellow,speckled and striped with orange. A good pollinator. Prone to canker, but can be good in the East.
TYDEMAN'S EARLY (WORCESTER) (B) (3) (N) (V2) Part Tip-bearer Sept. M26
(McIntosh x Worcester Pearmain) Kent, 1929. When really ripe has strawberry of Worcester Pearmain and juicieness of McIntosh. Not widely-grown here, but I have seen some excellent examples from both sides of Southern Scotland.
MM106, MM111 Sold out on all stocks
Bedfordshire, 1904. One of the best varieties for Scotland. An attractive, prolific, healthy and richly-flavoured.
OSLIN - (A/B) (2) (N) (V2) Sept., MM106. Soldout
Known 1815 but probably much older, associated either with Arbroath Abbey or Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, possibly originally French. Slightly scented, rich, distinctive taste with hint of aniseed
Scottish, first described 1831. A small, flat, red fruit with an agreeable if sharp taste.(JAMES GRIEVE X WORCESTER PEARMAIN)Raised in Sweden, where known as Katja. Some of the flavour of each parent. Bright red flush on greenish-yellow background. Widely successful.
Arose 1800 at Thursby, near Carlisle. According to one knowledgable source ...'one of the best apples I have tasted'.. On the sharp side.
Arose Carse of Gowrie about 1880. Named after a ploughman who was caught stealing the apples and was shot by a gamekeeper! A ribbed, red apple with a fine taste, better in the East unless sprayed for scab.
Britain’s most northerly apple variety raised at Coul, Ross-shire in 1827. Gold with faint flush. Sweet, soft cream flesh. Also makes good sauce.
PEASGOOD'S NONSUCH (B)(3)(S)(V2), SEPT-OCT, MM106 Sold out
Raised by a Mrs Peasgood, Grantham, Lincs. Around 1855. A handsome, large, orange-red brisk and juicy fruit which also cooks to a sweet puree.
Raised Norfolk, 1908 with Russet sport arising same area in 1970's. Known to do well in both the E. and W. of southern Scotland, with an excellent sweet-sharp flavour even at the end of it’s season.
Classic eater raised by Rev. CC Ellison, Lincolnshire, 1904. Does well in many parts of Scotland. Red flush over greenish-yellow. Rich and aromatic with hintof aniseed.
Arose either in Clydesdale around 1750 or possibly earlier at Stirling. According to David Storrie "an excellent scab-free desert apple popular in both the east and the west."
RED WINDSOR (B)(2)(S)(V1), SEPT-OCT., M26, MM106 MM106 sold out
(RED SPORT OF ALKMENE, GEHEIMRAT DR. OLDENBURG X COX'S ORANGE PIPPIN)
Cox-type with crisp, juicy flesh. Aromatic. Disease-resistant. Known to do well at 600 feet in central Scotland.
PORT ALLEN RUSSET - (A) (2) (N) (V3) Oct-Nov., MM106 Sold out
Probably from the hamlet of the same name in Perthshire, age unknown. A conical russeted fruit with an even orange flush on yellow background. Brisk, rich flavour.
(MERTON WORCESTER X SCAB-RESISTANT SEEDLING)
Bred specially for scab-resistance by John Innes Research Institute. Early indications are that this is a good variety for Scotland. It is a sweet apple, attractive and healthy.
PITMASTON PINEAPPLE (B)(3)(N)(V2), OCT-DEC, MM106
(GOLDEN PIPPIN SEEDLING)
Raised by Mr White, Herfordshire, c. 1785. Requires a good site when it can have an excellent sweet-sharp flavour. Small golden fruit with russet dots.
MM106 Sold out on MM106
(COX'S ORANGE PIPPIN SEEDLING)
Raised in Kent 1920. Much hardier than Cox with better disease and frost resistance. Sometimes said to be canker prone, yet is a good performer on our trial ground here in Ayrshire. Recommended by the Henry Doubleday Research Association for organic gardeners. Small yellowish orange fruit with 'Cox' flavour. Spectacular in blossom.
U.K.or France, probably about 1770. Also used for cooking and cider. An oblong shape, orange-red over gold. Bitter-sweet flavour.
Probably English, 1872. The best-known russet, flattish with slight orange flush. Distinctive ‘nutty’ flavour’. Better in the East. Scab-resistant fruit, but not leaves.
RED DEVIL (A)(2)(S)(V2) , OCT-DEC, M26, MM106 Sold out on Mm106
(DISCOVERY X KENT)
Raised by Hugh Ermen, Kent (1975). A beautiful scarlet apple with a crisp and juicy pink flesh. Strong fruity taste.
Knaresborough, Yorks, 1707. Classic Victorian fruit with intense, rich flavour. Scab-resistant and said to be canker-prone, but one of our best eating varieties here, keeping until spring.
Important historic variety on 2 fronts – it was described in Scotland’s first gardening book by John Reid, written in 1683, as ‘the best apple for Scotland’, and it was the first variety to be used for deliberate cross-breeding, by Thomas Andrew Knight in 1800. It is a healthy variety with small, russeted fruit possessing an intriguing "acid drop" flavour.
Probably from France around 1770. Orange-red flush over gold, many russet patches. Aromatic and sweet.
Probably arose in Norfolk around 1800. A very well-flavoured apple, aromatic and nutty. Conical, red flush over gold.
, M26, MM111 All sold out
Raised by Dr. Ashmead, physician, Gloucester around 1700. Long highly valued by connoiseurs but requiring a good site in the North of the UK to properly mature. Scabresistant. A russeted yellowish-green fruit, sometimes flushed orange, with a sweet-sharp 'acid drop' flavour.
Orange-flush over yellow. Intense sweet-sharp flavour, one of the best of the late varieties.
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