STOBO CASTLE - (A)
(3) (N) ( V3) Aug.
MM106
Probably from Stobo, near Peebles, 1900. Cooks to sharp
froth.
BEAUTY OF MORAY - (A) (3*)
(N) (V2), Aug - Sept. MM106
Scottish, 1883. Makes well-flavoured
sauce. Very promising in our trials. Flat- round greenish yellow fruit with
russetting.
EAST LOTHIAN PIPPIN -(B) (2) (N) (V2), Aug-Sept, MM106, M25.
First described 1883,
a yellow apple cooking to a sweet, juicy puree.
LASS O’GOWRIE - (D)
(2)
(N) (V3)
Aug-Sept. MM106
Perthshire, described 1883. Well-flavoured apple keeping shape
when cooked.
GRENADIER -(A)
(3) (S) (V2),
Aug. - Oct. M26, MM106
Raised Slough, 1860. Standard early cooker. Conical
greenish-yellow fruit. Scab and canker resistant. Does well in many parts of
Scotland.
MANKS CODLIN (A)
(2)
(N) (V2)
Aug-Oct. MM106
Raised by a Mr
Kewley, Isle of Man, 1815. Widely-grown in Scotland and N.England in nineteenth
century. An orange-red flush over yellow. Much esteemed by Dr Hogg, it is hardy,
healthy and prolific..
LONGSTART - D (3) (N) V1, Sept. - Oct. MM106
Westmorland, 1851. Common there in 19th century. Brisk, soft, juicy flesh. Dual
purpose..
WHITE
MELROSE - A
(3) (N) V2, Sept. - Oct. MM106, M25.
Arose Melrose Abbey before 1831. Most popular apple of Tweedside Orchards in 19th
Century. Large, ribbed, green, becoming pale yellow. A good choice for colder districts.
ARTHUR TURNER - (A)
(3*) (S) ( V3),
Sept - Nov M26
Buckinghamshire, 1912. Healthy and reliable in
Souithern Scotland. "Falls" on cooking, needs little sugar, good for baking.
Large fruit.
GOLDEN SPIRE - (A) (2*)
(S) (V1),
Sept.- Nov. M26
Lancashire, 1850. Known in Gloucestershire. as Tom Matthews, a cider variety.
Conical greenish-yellow with slight flush. Cooks to brisk sauce. On our site
very prolific and reliable. Frost resistant blossom.
SCOTCH DUMPLING (A)
(2*) (N) (V2),
Sept-Nov. M26
Probably from Clydesdale, date unknown. Large, distinctly
red and green fruit, cooking to a brisk froth. Very attractive in flower.
STIRLING CASTLE - (B)
(3*), S, V1,
Sept. - Dec. MM106, M25
Raised by John Christie, Stirling in 1820's.
Widely planted in the 19th Century and a still valued garden variety in Scotland
and elsewhere. Well flavoured green-yellow fruit. Compact growth
HAWTHORNDEN - (A)
(4) (N) V2,
Oct. - Dec. M25
Raised near Edinburgh before 1780. Famous throughout Britain in Victorian times.
Primrose yellow flushed with red. Known to do well in much of Scotland. Prone to mildew.
LORD DERBY - (A)
(4*) (S) V3,
Oct. - Dec. MM106
("CATSHEAD" SEEDLING?)
Raised Cheshire 1862. Many old trees in Scotland, where it generally does well. A large,
green, ribbed fruit, good for pies. Hardy and good cropping.
MAGGIE SINCLAIR (A/D)
(3)
(N) (V3) part tip, Nov-Jan. MM106.
Probably Clydesdale, age unknown. Dual-purpose, quite sweet and crisp.
MONARCH (A) (3)
(S) (V3,) Nov-Jan, M26
(PEASGOOD'S NONESUCH X DUMELOW'S SEEDLING)Essex, 1888. Healthy and Prolific. Said by one expert to be 'better quality even than Bramley' and certainly easier to grow in many parts of Scotland. Large conical fruit, pinky-red over pale yellow. Cooks to juicy brisk sauce needing little sugar.
MERE DE MENAGE (C) (3) (N) (V2) MM106
Europe, late 1700's. We decided to offer this variety after a reliable report of fruiting at 1000 feet in Wales. A large, red fruit described by Dr Robert Hogg as ' A valuable and very beautiful culinary apple of first-rate quality'.
HOWGATE WONDER - A
(3) (S) V3 Nov
- Mar. MM106
(BLENHEIM ORANGE X NEWTON WONDER)
Claims the height record for a known sucessful variety (900') at Caldbeck in Cumbria.
Raised 1915, Isle of Wight. A large conical apple, flushed red over yellow. Falls on
cooking, light flavoured. According to Morgan, pleasant when eaten. Mildew resistant.