Alderman:  A 1920’s Scottish variety, grafted from John Butterworth’s Collection, cooks to a sharp Puree

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Allington Pippin: Very nice eater - which I grow in Glasgow – very clean and scab resistant. Highly recommended as a quality eating apple for Scotland. ​

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Anglesey Pigs Snout: Treborth Botanic Garden advises 'A large green cooking apple, long grown on Anglesey. First recorded in the 1600's. It is named because of its unique shape. It cooks to a robustly flavoured, slightly perfumed puree'.

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ArdCairn Russet: From Cork, Ireland c. 1890 as identified orchard tree - growing well in Perthshire and in the the Borders; creamy yellow, firm. Sweet russet taste.​

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Bakers Delicious:  A wonderful tasting eating apple of Welsh origin 1932 which is growing well in East Lothian and copes well with wet conditions. Highly recommended. 

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Bardsey Apple: One of the rarer apples – being found in 1999 on the windswept Bardsey Island in North Wales. It was found near the medieval Abbey and was likely introduced by monks.   Surviving in harsh west coast conditions it’s a good choice for similar west coast island locations in Scotland. Dual eating and cooking 

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Belle de Boskoop:  Pleasant dual use apple which grows well in Scotland (Dutch origin) – eats well and is used to make nice ciders. 

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Beauty of Moray: A fine hardy apple - keeps its shape well on cooking

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Bloody Ploughman (good eater): Due to the popularity of these we have budded loads of these. Delicious eater, and a spectacular deep red colour.  Perthshire  - and said to have sprung from the bloodied heart of a ploughman  shot for scrumping. 

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Cambusnethan Pippin:  This is one of Scotland’s best eating apples. It is a firm crisp Cox type  apple with a slightly nutty taste. Also, it keeps well. Origins - Clyde Valley 

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Cardinal: A lovely early eater, budded from the collection at National Trust for Scotland Priorwood. – said to date from early days at Melrose Abbey

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Carlisle Codlin: A great cooker from the North and grown extensively around the Lake District. 

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Cats Head: An excellent and ancient cooker (English 1629) with a long history of being grown in Edinburgh and  the Lothians – one for cat lovers 

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Charles Ross: Nice eater, quite reliable and scab resistant. Compact tree and a good sized fruit

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Christmas Pippin (Eater – good keeper)  Grows well in Central Belt and further south – I wouldn’t be confident it would ripen further North. The Edible Christmas tree 

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Clydeside:  Clyde Valley a reliable cooker, with good-sized, clean fruit. Makes a good quality, juicy puree

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Coul Blush (Eater): An Eater from Ross-shire (Scotland’s most north growing variety) raised at Coul, Ross-shire in 1827. Gold with faint flush. Sweet, soft cream flesh. Also makes good sauce.  It’s also an ingredient in Caorunn gin.

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Court Pendu Plat (Roman origin): SOLD OUT A very rare, very old apple. The name probably means ''short stalk' in French. Believed to have been introduced to Britain by the Romans, it was widely cultivated in the days of Queen Elizabeth 1st, and known as 'The wise apple' as it blossomed very late and so was not damaged by frost. It is now extremely rare, and I’m keen to ensure it survives as a variety. 

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Cox  Cymraeg: A medium sized eating apple with an excellent balance of sweetness and acidity. It has a distinct Cox-like flavour and aroma. discovered in the 1940's.

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Cox Pomona: Slough 1825 – a probable seedling of Ribston Pippin, Striking red flush over yellow fruit. Eaten fresh brisk and crisp, and makes a good baked apple. Pomona is the Goddess of apples – which is my kind. 

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Cutler Grieve:  Edinburgh 1912 A fine red skinned Scottish eater, sister of the James Grieve raised by Mr Grieve in Edinburgh

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Devonshire Quarrenden (Known in Ireland as “Blood of the Boyne)   Excellent Eater - Has been grown in Scotland for 200 years plus.  Arose Devon or France before 1670. Widely-grown throughout UK in 19th  century. Dark crimson flush on yellow background. Eaten early, good, strawberry flavour. 

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Diamond: Named after the Diamond which in the  1920s was the fastest ship on the Atlantic. On the night of 2nd January 1825, Captain Macey misjudged his approach to Liverpool and the ship was wrecked on Sarn Padrig, an undersea reef in Cardigan Bay.
The cargo of premium apples was washed ashore. Seedlings from these fruit eventually gave rise to the famous Diamond Orchard of Dyffryn Ardudwy. Diamond apples were especially popular in Barmouth Market in the 1850’s.

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Early Julyan/ Tam Montgomery Eater: Delicious - I really like this as an early eater – with an interesting vibrant lemon taste. Grows well across Scotland

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East Lothian Pippin: East Lothian of course, but is a good doer. – Dual use – but some find it sharp as an eater (though I like it!)  Compact form, prolific and clean fruit which grows well on west Coast too.

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Edward  VII: Worcester 1902 Late flowering cooking apple and has good frost and scab resistance – crops in Oct and keeps well and can be stored until April. 

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Egremont Russet: Across Scotland – grows well in Glasgow with me, and is a delicious and good storing eater. 

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Emneth Early, Early Victoria: An eater that does well in Edinburgh – and I also have been testing in Glasgow and it does pretty well here. 

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Galloway Pippin: Galloway’s finest. This dual-purpose variety is believed to have originated in Wigtownshire, perhaps at Wigtown Abbey, 1871 when it was first recorded. Keeps shape on cooking – crisp eating.  Very juicy and good for cider too

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George Cave: One of our best tasty early eating apple, ready Late August.  Originating in England in 1923. One of John Butterworth’s favourites, and a very steady cropper year after year.  

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Golden Monday: A rare apple – mentioned in Hogg’s Pomology. “A very excellent apple of first quality”  dates from 1724  - dual use – and can also be used for cider. 

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Golden Pippin: Sussex UK 1629 Grown across Scotland – very old variety. Known as the Mother Tree of Scotland – as many other commercial apples are grown from this. Was also planted by George Washington in his garden. An eater with a pleasant anise taste. Very intense flavour 

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Golden Spire: Lancashire, 1850,  this is widely grown and seems to appear in many walled gardens across Scotland. It’s cidery taste, and juiciness makes it an interesting variety to use in cider. 

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Greenup’s Pippin: Lancashire UK 1790 – Old variety from the north of England - Found in the garden of Mr Greenup, shoemaker of Keswick, Cumberland. A dual purpose apple, soft juicy white flesh, quite sharp. Cooks to a well flavoured froth or puree. I have tested it in Glasgow and it is also good eating – and attractive clean fruit.

 

Hawthornden (dual cooker and eater): Nice eating – widely used as a cooker, with especially pretty pink blossom - Lothians and Stirling – tends to form a compact tree

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Holsteiner Cox (Einstein Apple - £60.00 each) Limited stock A nice eating apple, budded from scions from Einstein’s summer house near Berlin. This was grown for the James Clerk Maxwell society, celebrating Scotland’s most famous physicist.

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Hoods Supreme: Perthshire Raised 1924 by Miss B.Y. Hood, Duriehill, Edzell, Angus. Large and handsome. An eater with sweet, white flesh.

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Irish Peach :Early desert apple – does well on the west coast of Scotland. I found the budwood in a Walled Garden in Campbelltown, and imagine it was brought over from Ireland which is so close from there (by boat) 

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Kerry Pippin: Kerry Irish Pippin is a small, shiny yellow fruit sometimes striped red in the sun. The crisp, crunchy, hard flesh has an intriguing flavour  - delicious. It also features in “A jug of Punch” folk song from my childhood!  

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James Grieve (fine eater):  Delicious Edinburgh eater apple - grows very well across East Coast, and around Inverness. 

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Keswick Codlin: Grows very well in West Scotland – excellent cooker from North of England.

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King of the Pippins: Consistently an excellent cropper of nice disease resistant fruit. A good choice for juicing and cider making and also I always seem to end up humming that Jungle book tune.

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Kings Acre Bountiful: An English cooking apple, also known as Hereford Beefing. Said to have a rich flavour cooked with pork. 

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Lady of the Wemys:  Cooking apple from Fife - holds its shape well when cooked 

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Lady Sudeley – Early Eater:  Raised 1849, Sussex – widely grown in Clyde valley – excellent eating although a bit scab prone. Grows well on the East coast as well. 

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Lass O’ Gowrie: An old Perthshire variety originating at Gowrie farm.  Used mainly as a cooker, but also good for cider – first described in 1883. Cooks well and has  a delicate flavour. 

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Laxton's Epicure: English desert apple - heavy cropping, early variety - performs well near Inverness (where the budwood was sourced)

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Lemon Queen: An old Clydeside variety of cooking apple. Medium to Large apples – flavour tart and refreshing, and lemon skinned. 

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Lord Roseberry:  Good early season eating variety.  Originated in Glencarse, Perthshire, 1934, and named after the Liberal Prime Minister. 

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Lothian Red: nice eating apple first grown at Roslin. Mid season - and very attractive tasty small fruit

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Love Beauty: Mid season eating apple.  Does well in Glasgow – Sent to the National Collection for Scotland, 1967.  Origins very obscure. (if anyone knows any more about this, please let me know!) 

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Lough Key Crab: Irish apple variety (County Roscommon). A spectacular purple blossom and a deep red crab apple. 

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Maggie Sinclair: Origin probably Clydeside. Clyde Valley – beautiful and prolific late season cooker

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Mere de Menage: Denmark, 1750, A spectacular looking apple on the tree and an excellent cooker . Very hardy, and crops well in exposed conditions.

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Miller’s seedling: Berkshire, 1848, I budded this from the ancient tree at Priorwood, Melrose. Lovely early eating apple growing well in Melrose. 

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Midlothian Blush: Roslin, near Edinburgh 2016, by Tony Dore. An attractive eating apple first shown at our Holyrood Apple Day.

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Mrs Phillimore: Dessert apple, stores well, English (Berkshire) 1896

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Oslin (Arbroath Pippin): It is described in 1815, but thought to be much older, and is associated with the founding of the Arbroath Abbey. Angus and East Coast  - an eater that is crisp and aromatic with a delicious aniseed taste.  

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Orleans Reinette: 1776 France, One of Pomologist, Edward Bunyard’s favourites.  Reliable and tasty later season eater, but is also used in France as a cooker, as it holds its shape on cooking. Keeps well. Grows very well in Scotland.

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Nine Square: dual use eating and cooking apple from the West Country, performs well in areas of heavier rainfall. Stores well, disease resistant. 

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Peasgood Nonsuch:  nice large eating apple:  Lancashire 1858. Grows well across Scotland -  very large apples – which can grow to weigh 2-3 lb each.  Attractive blossom. These are often found in Walled Gardens and I recently found a nice specimen in Cambo House in Fife.

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Ribston Pippin (a favourite for taste and also stores well): 1707 – very old English Apples, esteemed by Victorians. Grows well across Scotland. Keeps well and is one of the best dessert apples for Scotland. It’s a parent of Cox – but grows much better here.  I’ve budded up lots of these as it’s a great commercial variety – and keeps well. Fairly late season ripening.

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Red Victoria: From Cambridgeshire, cooker. Heavy cropping early variety – deep red colour and  makes a lovely apple puree

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Red Millers Seedling:  Sport of Millers Seedling – dessert variety, early season

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Reid’s Seedling: From Northern Ireland - dessert apple, ripens mid season – it is late flowering – so may be a good choice for frost pockets

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Ryan’s Seedling:  Irish variety –  sent from an enthusiast in Ireland, am trying to research more detail! One for the adventurous.

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Sam Young (Irish Pippin): 1818 Kilkenny, Ireland. Old Irish intensely flavoured eating variety, Disease resistant and able to cope with wet conditions make it a good choice for the west. 

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Scotch Bridget: Arose Scotland, 1851. Much grown here and in Cumbria in the past. Conical, ribbed fruit with rich cream crisp flesh. I have found it a good eater here but only in a good summer – late ripening.

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Scotch Dumpling - stock available again after a crop fail last year:  Cooker found across Scotland - Probably from Clydesdale, date unknown. Large, distinctly red and green fruit, cooking to a brisk froth. Very attractive in flower.

Seaton House:  Cooker:  Raised at Seaton House, Arbroath around 1860. Large, sharp, does not ‘fall’ on cooking.

Scrog:  Old cider variety grafted from the Orchard at Melrose – little known of origins. – high tannins and acidity helps to lift the taste of ciders made with garden fruit.

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Slack-ma-Girdle:  Slack-ma-Girdle is a late sweet cider apple, commonly found in old Devon orchards. Great name – and seems to be a variety that works in southern Scotland

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Stark’s Earliest (syn Scarlett Pimpernel) : Idaho, US, 1938, Lovely very early eating apple that grows well in Borders – and ready in August. 

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Stirling Castle: a cooker originating in Stirling and central Scotland - 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

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Stobo Castle:  originated from the Borders / Clyde Valley - a dual purpose apple  - a deep golden colour  with a scarlet flush, Stobo Castle cooks to a sharp creamy froth. An early apple, named by David Storrie of Glencarse.

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Tam Montgomery ( Early July): Nice early variety of eating apple – pale skin and characteristic lemon taste 

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Thorle Pippin: Scottish eating apple Perthshire first described 1831. A small, flat, red fruit with an agreeable refreshing  taste.

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Tower of Glamis:  Does well across Scotland –  large early to midseason cooker - prolific crop

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White Melrose: Eating apple originally from Melrose before 1831, but grows well in East Large, ribbed, green, becoming pale yellow

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Wheelers Russet: limited stock, please check:  A late season russet which keeps well and lasts into spring. Notsweet eaten from the tree but sweetens in store. 

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White Paradise: originated in 1831, Clyde VAlley - a fine cooking apple. Ripens mid season. 

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White Joaneting:  (very Early - ready from mid July) First described 1600, as “June Eating” as it was the first apple to ripen, and people used to race to get these to market.  Grown in Clyde Valley,  it is an ultra early apple and was the traditional start to the apple harvest. Delicious and a great start to the season,  it’s easy to miss them as they are so early starting to fall in July. 

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Widow's Friend:  A crisp juicy eating apple – a really attractive red apple – grown in Co Armagh – Irish 

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Yorkshire Aromatic: Received from Scotland in 1949 by National Fruit Collection – rather nice eating apple – crisp and fresh – no idea why it is called Yorkshire Aromatic! 

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Mainstream eating apple varieties that do well in Scotland

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Adams Permian: Currently growing well in Glasgow. A late season dessert apple with distinctive cone shaped fruit. Stores well compared to others.

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Ashmead’s Kernel: Valued by connoisseurs but requiring a good site in the North of the UK to properly mature. Scab resistant. A russeted yellowish-green fruit, sometimes flushed orange, with a sweet-sharp 'acid drop' flavour.

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Beauty of Bath: A lovely zingy taste, early eating apple. Found in many walled gardens  - forms lovely specimen trees. 

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Blenheim Orange: a good dual purpose apple for dessert or cooking. Late season. Best for the east coast, needs reasonably favoured conditions to ripen.

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Charles Ross: nice eater,  quite reliable and scab resistant. Compact tree and a a good sized fruit.

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​Cox's Orange Pippin: Best for the east coast, needs favoured conditions to ripen (sheltered, warm and less rain so not ideal for Scotland but can work in some locations). Ribston Pippin tends to work better for Scotland

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Discovery: Great across Scotland – including west coast. This comes out as a favourite for many people – including children. 

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Ellison’s Orange: Very fine eating apple that grows well across Scotland – and does well on west coast – related to Cox.

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Egremont Russet: suitable across Scotland – grows well in Glasgow with me, and is a delicious and good storing eater

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Fiesta: Cox type apple which does well in Scotland. I’ve planted these at the community orchard at Dunkeld and they have done well there.

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Fortune: English from Laxtons nursey, Bedford 1904; a cox cross.  Grows well across Scotland. Ripens mid season  

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Golden Delicious: currently growing well in Glasgow - late season

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George Cave: One of our best tasty early eating apple, ready Late August.  Originating in England in 1923. One of John Butterworth’s favourites, and a very steady cropper year after year.

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​Herefordshire Russett: A hardy variety currently growing well in Dunblane. Cox-like flavour,  relatively easy to grow. Ripens mid season.

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Katy: Originally from Sweden – and very hardy and a lovely looking, productive scab resistant variety. Used for juice and cider making.  Grows on western Isles and very far north.​​

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Liberty  (New York 1978): Lovely red/purple fruit – excellent in Glasgow – this lovely apple looks great and also keeps well. ​​

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Lord Lambourne: the RHS says this is a particularly suitable apple for northerly, colder and higher rainfall areas with sweet, juicy fruit. Ripens mid season.​

 

Pixie: another apple the RHS says is particularly suitable for northerly, colder and higher rainfall areas – sharp firm flesh with aromatic flavour. Ripens late season

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Red Devil:  Widely grown in Scotland – I’ve seen particularly fine ones growing by Oban. 

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Red Falstaff: Grows well East Lothian and Edinburgh

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Red Windsor: Good for smaller gardens, and in large pots. Lots of red apples. Ripens mid season.

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Saturn – consistently good clean, and disease free: 1997 East Malling, Kent. Very good modern variety – easy to grow. Grows well in Glasgow and has proved reliable and scab free

Scrumptious: Sweet, crisp flavour. Ripens mid season. A Discovery crossed with a Golden Delicious

Spartan: Small sweet apple – red with white flesh. From Caanda in the 1920s. Late season

Stark’s Earliest (syn Scarlett Pimpernel): Idaho, US, 1938, Lovely very early eating apple that grows well in Borders – and ready in August. Absolutely beautiful scarlet fruit. 

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Sunset: Nice Cox type apple – good eating –makes delicious juice. 

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Tickled Pink: A new variety – we are waiting to see how this goes. Should provide pink fleshed apples with ornamental pink blossom. Ripens midseason. 

Tydeman’s Early Worcester: Early variety from 1945. Currently growing well in East Lothian 

Worcester Pearmain: Classic hardy eater – with “strawberry” taste

 

Classic cooking varieties that do well in Scotland​

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Arthur Turner: one of the best for the West coast – lovely to eat too.  We did a project in Kintyre and Arthur Turner emerged as the clear winner. Ripens mid season.

Bramley’s  Seedling: excellent across Scotland – commonly grown for good reason.  Very prolific and keeps well. Fairly late season. We have Bramley Clone 20 which is a smaller growing variation, suitable for smaller gardens.

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Bountiful: an easy to grow mid season apple, dating from 1964. Retains shape when cooked. Sweet

Grenadier: good cooker – not too vigorous – early season – very juicy and I also really like eating them. 

Howgate Wonder: (lovely prolific tree – large fruit) – I would say that this is one of the best cookers in terms of keeping quality. 

Lord Derby:  great heavy cropper – not too vigorous suiting a small garden – and for growing as cordons 

Monarch: late season, older (1888) variety. Good alternative to Bramley, a bit sweeter. Scab resistant so better in where heavier rainfall

Reverend Wilkes: early season, compact with large fruit.  Good for baking. Good for wetter areas

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Crab apples 

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Crab apple Butterball: Small spreading crab apple with yellow fruit – and lovely pink blossom in Spring

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Crab apple Evereste: Pink/ white blossom in spring and then attractive red fruit in autumn 

 

Crab apple Golden Hornet: Profuse yellow fruit that is held into the winter and is valuable feed for birds.  Also a strong pollinator in orchards 

 

Crab apple Gorgeous: Striking white blossom followed by intense scarlet fruit.. High pectin levels make them useful for jam making 

 

Crab apple Jelly King: Large orange fruit and spring has a fine show of white flowers – very good for jelly making. 

 

Crab apple John Downie: Pink blossom and glossy red fruit that makes excellent Jelly.. Also excellent for wildlife 

 

Crab apple Red Sentinel: Pink blossom and cherry like clusters of red fruit – which again are excellent for wildlife and for jelly making.

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Cider apples 

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These varieties are from the collection of Max and Penny at Steilhead Cider and also recommended by William Ferguson of Novar Cider as being successful in Scotland (thanks also to John Worle for Advice)

This year they are  available as maidens (1 year trees).

It isn’t necessary to use the cider varieties to make cider – but it does open up a variety of tastes sensations. I make cider using a mix of eating and cooking apples to make my own Clydecider. 

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Angela: 21st century West Country variety

Betty:  21st century West Country variety

Browns:  Devon

Dabinett: Somerset 

Debbie: 21st century West Country variety

Ellis Bitter: East Devon 

Golden Bittersweet:   Devon

Harry Masters Jersey: Mid season, aka Port Wine, raised by Mr. Harry Masters in Yarlington, Somerset

Helen’s Apple: 21st century West Country variety

Kingston Black:aka Black Taunton, Somerset The Champagne of cider varieties – sought after by cider makers 

Knotted Kernel: Somerset, 1842 or earlier

Major: 21st century Long Ashton variety

Michelin: France – reliable juicy variety 

Morgan Sweet:  Somerset, early

Porter's Perfection: 19th century, East Lambrook, Somerset

Somerset Redstreak

Stoke Red:  Somerset 1920

Sweet Alford:  Devon 

Three Counties:  21st century West Country variety

Tremlett’s Bitter:  Devon 

Vilberie: 19th Century from Brittany

Yarlington Mill:  Somerset 

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Traditional Scottish Pears  

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These pears are mostly from John Hulbert's Perthshire Collection. Twenty years ago, John realised that pear trees  being grubbed up from Thrieve Castle came from  an ancient collection from  an older botanic garden near Dundee. He sent genetic material to Cambridge University who propagated them; they now form an important collection which is recognised by the Plant Heritage Society.

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Grey Auchan: Propagated from the collection at Threave – an interesting early ripening pear

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Black Auchan: Collected by Kevin Reilly in 1990s from Mrs Wilkie of Newburgh. Mrs Wilkie’s Grandmother told her it was planted by her Grandfather and was estimated in 1990 to be around 200 years old.

Grey Benvie: Early ripening, delicate small fruit, very tasty and pleasant. Benvie is a farm are area west of Invergowrie. 

Chalk: Fine tasting pear – came from Mary McGilvary, near Threave 

Crawford: Fine tasting pear – came from John Hulbert's collection in Carse of Gowrie

Craig: Part of the Threave collection 

Cuisse Madame: This came from Threave – though its name is obviously French (meaning Lady’s Thigh). It  has a long association with Scotland – in France it is used in Patisserie.

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Dr Jules Guyot: Limited stock: Budded  from a collection near Inverness,  its a fine eating pear, scab and frost resistance make it good for the North .

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Flower of Monorgan: A really nice tasting Scottish pear – Monorgan is a farm / orchard south of Dundee. Propagated from the Threave collection.

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Glasgow Yellow: Kevin Reilly gathered this pear from from Shore Road, Newburgh. An attractive pear.   

 

Gouden Knapp / Golden Knap: Another fine Scottish Pear – named after Knapp – a village near Dundee. Propagated from the Threave collection.

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Gourdie Hill: Another local Carse of Gowrie Pear, propagated from the Threave collection. Gourdie is an orchard area in the centre of Carse of Gowrie (between Perth and Dundee)

 

Grey Honey: SOLD OUT Good sized tasty pears - propagated from the Threave collection. 

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Green Pear of Yare: Really good taste. This is a Borders pear – from the Yarrow Valley – and at one stage these pears were sent to market in London – know as the Jedburgh Pear. Grafted by Willie Duncan.

 

Hessle: 1827 Hull (probably much older) . Another old Scottish grown variety,  propagated from the Threave collection.    Slow Food Uk have listed this in their Arc of taste – saying it reigned supreme for discerning palates. Its is an ingredient in jams and a traditional cake – the 'Spice Cake'. 

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Jargonelle: Dates from 1629, first mentioned by John Parkinson. Probably much older. Very attractive, a red, bronze colour and one of the hardiest pears – making lovely specimen trees. Early eating pears.

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Longueville: Prolific and good sized fruit which taste good. Now unknown in France – it is thought to have been brought in by the Black Douglas, Lord of LongueVille in the 15thC.  Grown in and around Jedburgh and Tweedale.  Propagated from the Threave collection.

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Lindores: Linked to Lindores Abbey established in 1124. The Lindore Pear we have was from a garden in High Street, Newburgh – built on orchard land originally belonging to the Abbey. 

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Maggie: Age unknown – but old Scottish Variety. A prolific fruiting pear - propagated from the Threave collection. This I think is a cooking or perry pear.

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Maggie Duncan: Grown commercially in the Clyde valley historically – and reported as Rare in Nature Scots Report on Clyde Valley Orchards. Propagated from the Threave collection.

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Perkins Pear: We propagated these from a collection by Inverness as they were soing really well and are nive eating fruit - its obscure in origin though - if anyone has any more details let me know !

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Seggie Den: This is an old Scottish Pear – from Seggieden -  a village near Kinfauns on the banks of the Tay and propagated from the Threave collection.

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Seckle:   Lovely small purple pears propagated from the Threave collection.  The origins are a bit confusing – there is a Seckel Pear which came from Pennsylvia but it appears different to the small purple pear grafted from the Longforgan Orchard.

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White Christie (or Winter Christie): An Old Scottish variety – pretty good tasting – origins and age unclear -  propagated from the Threave collection.

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Mainstream pears: selected for taste & reliability for Scotland​​​

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Beth: 1990’s Heavy Cropping, sweet fruit  and compact variety makes this an excellent choice for a small garden 

Doyenne du Comice.

Beurre Hardy: 1820s France – widely grown in the UK and seems to grow well in Scotland too. It’s a pleasant eating pear.

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Concorde: 1965 Kent East Malling. – This is a Conference/ Comice cross and is similar in hardyness to Conference but rather sweeter

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Conference: Originated in the 1880s  from the Rivers Nursery, in Hertfordshire. Very hardy and self fertile variety, which crops and keeps well.  Scab resistant

Doyenne Du Comice: 1840s Angers, France. A  large yellow/green pear, very juicy and sweet. Praised by Bunyard, as having “the perfect Combination of Flavour, Aroma, and Texture of which man had long dreamed.” 

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Invincible: This is a remarkably tasty and hardy variety  and suitable for less hospitable parts of Scotland.

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Louise Bonne De Jersey: 1780’s Normandy  – introduced via Jersey, hence the name. Heaving cropping and a really beautiful pear  green with a red flush. Very sweet.

 

Onward: 1947 Wisley: Tasty eating variety that copes well with frost pockets – recommended for Scotland 

 

Petit Poire: Small yellow fruit and a compact heavy cropping variety make this is good choice for a smallish garden. 

 

Red Williams: ​A red Sport of the Williams above. Rather an attractive pear for eating. 

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Sensation: Another sport of Williams below . Rather an attractive pear for eating.

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Williams Bon Chretien:  dates from 1765 in the UK  – or possibly the 1500’s in France. An eating pear but keeps its shape on cooking as well. Not as hardy as some but well worth growing in more favoured spots. In the US known as the  Bartlett Pear and widely used for canning.

 

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Finest plums​

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Heritage Plums

Plum Denbigh (Welsh): good, hardy variety

Gordon Castle - Moray North East Scotland

 

Mainstream Plums

Bluetit

Cambridge Gage 

Czar 

Imperial Gage (also known as Dennison's Superb) the most reliably cropping Gage

Jubilee

Herman

Marjories Seedling

Mirabelle De Nancy

Oullins Golden Gage

Old Greengage

Opal

Rivers Early:  Plum/ Damson: fantastic taste! 

Victoria: excellent cropper​

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​​​​​​​​​Delicious damsons​​

Heritage varieties 

Abergwyngregyn (Welsh)

Longforgan Scottish Damson

 

Mainstream varieties

Farleigh

Island Blue

Merryweather

Shropshire Prune

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​Cherries on top​

Selected for taste and reliability for Scotland 

Cherry Colney 

Cherry Lapin (cherokee)

Cherry Morello

Cherry Stella 

Cherry Summer Sun

Cherry Sunburst

Cherry Sweetheart

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Flowering Cherry ​​

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Accolade

Fragrant Cloud/Shizuka Cherry

Kanzan

Royal Burgundy

Shogetsu/Shimidsu Sakura

Snow showers weeping cherry 

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Get thee a nuttery

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Filbert Kentish Cob

Cobnut Webb's Prize Cob

Filbert Pearson's Prolific / Nottingham Early  

Filbert Purpurea / Purple filbert  

Filbert Rote Zellernuss / Red filbert

Walnut Broadview (cost £70.00 each)

Walnut Buccaneer (cost £70.00 each)

Sweet chestnut seedling 3 litres (cost £35.00 each)

Sweet almond (cost £45.00 each)

Almond Robyn (sweet) (cost £45.00 each)

Almond Sultane

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​Other rarities

Mulberry Wellington (cost £40.00 each) 

Medlar Nottingham (cost £35.00 each)

Quince Leskovac

Quince Meech's prolific

Quince Vrania 

Fig Brown Turkey (various size pots)

Apricot Flavorcot (greenhouse) (cost £40.00 each) 

Apricot Tomcot (greenhouse) (cost £40.00 each) 

Peach Duke of York (cost £45.00 each) 

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Soft fruit

​Prices vary - please send your order and we will price. 

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Strawberry Albion, everbearer

Strawberry Cambridge Favourite

Strawberry Sonata (in groups of 10)

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Raspberry all Gold

Raspberry Autumn Bliss  (5 canes)

Raspberry Glen Ample (5 canes)

Raspberry Glen Lyon (5 canes)

Raspberry Glen Prosen (5 canes)

Raspberry Joan J (5 canes)

Raspberry Malling Jewel (5 canes)

Raspberry Polka (5 canes)

Raspberry Tulameen (5 canes)

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Blackcurrant Ben Alder  

Blackcurrant Ben Connan

Blackcurrant Ben Lomond 

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Redcurrant J. van Tets

 

Whitecurrant White Versaille

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Jostaberry

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Gooseberry Captivator

Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Red

Gooseberry Invicta

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Thorned Blackberry P9

Blackberry Loch Tay (in 2 litre pots)

Blackberry Thornfree

Blackberry Waldo

Tayberry Medana

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Blueberry Bluecrop (in 2 litre pots)

Blueberry Brigitta Blue (in 2 litre pots)

Blueberry Duke

Blueberry Goldtraube

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Cranberry (in 2 litre pots)

Lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea Red Pearl P9

Loganberry

Goji Berry

Honey Berry

Kamtschatica honey berry  (in 3 litre pot)

Rhubarb Victoria

Rhubarb Champagne

Rhubarb Timperley Early

Chokeberry / Eronia Viking

Grape Boskoop Glory (in a 2 litre pot)

Grape Crimson Seedless

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Rootstock​

If you want to give grafting or budding a try, we can supply rootstock at £5 each

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Plum rootstocks St Julian A BR

Plum Myrobalan BR

Pear rootstocks Quince A BR

Apple rootstocks MM106 BR

Apple rootstocks M26 BR  ​​

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Hedging ​

Please contact us to discuss and to get costs. Hedging is planted quite densely at about 3 to 4 plants per metre.

There is nothing to stop you including some soft fruit or indeed fruit trees in the hedge.  Prices vary 

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Malus Sylvestris  - wild apple, bare root

Field maple - acer campestre, bare root

Prunus spinosa, Sloe, Blackthorn

Willow Salus Alba

Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea BR

Hazel / Corylus avellana BR

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna BR

Beech Hedging, Fagus sylvatica 40-60cm BR

Beech Hedging, Fagus sylvatica 125-150cm BR

Sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides BR

Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus 40 -60cm BR

Sloe, Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa BR

Rosa canina / Dog rose BR

Guelder rose / Viburnum opulus BR

Elderberry, Sambucus Nigra BR

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Sundries

Stakes ties and accessories (we recommend that you stake trees) Prices per item, VAT inclusive 

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Stakes and ties  (cost £7.20 per stake and tie) 

“Victorian”  label  (cost £3.60 per label) 

Mulch sheets (cost £4.00 per sheet) 

Rabbit guards  (£1.80 per guard)

Rootgrow (for 8 trees) (£18.00 per pack)

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