If you have an old apple tree you would like to save or propagate, we can graft it for you. You can send us the scion wood ( 1 year old straight grown branches) and we send you [...]
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Save your old trees- Our grafting service.
Date:11 February 2010
Biodynamic Tree paste
Date:28 January 2010
We are no longer offering the biodynamic tree paste for sale, mainly as it is a cheap and easy preparation to make, but costs a fortune to send through the post, so for those who want to have [...]
Planting an Orchard-REPS 4 Supplementary Measure Traditional Irish Orchards
Date:28 January 2010
The Irish Seed Savers Association (ISSA) is at the moment, the only outlet for the purchasing of Native Irish Apple trees. The main objective of ISSA is to halt the depletion of our native agricultural biodiversity, and to [...]
Summer Apples by Kevin Dudley
Date:28 January 2010
You don’t have to go back that far in time to find that the apple was a seasonal fruit. When the last of the apples that stored well had been eaten and the preserves of bottled fruit and [...]
Apple Folk Customs
Date:28 January 2010
There are many myths, legends and folk customs associated with apples. Here is a small selection extracted from The Irish Apple: History and Myth…
Apples were saved for the last night in January, St Brigid’s Eve, and a griddle [...]
Antique Apple Names by Max Robinson
Date:28 January 2010
The following definitions of some old pomological terms come from the Oxford English Dictionary, but I have put them in my own words. The dates are the first use of that word for which the dictionary has a [...]
Rootstocks & Planting guides
Date:24 November 2009
Rootstocks for Apple Trees
Apple trees grown on their own roots could take up to 15 years before they produce fruit and very few of us would be prepared to wait that long. In order to accelerate the process [...]
Apple Descriptions
Date:24 November 2009
APPLE DESCRIPTIONS (ALPHABETICAL ORDER) The number in brackets after the named apple is the catalogue/nursery number
Appletown Wonder (82) Dual-Purpose – is a very large, yellow apple, some fruits weighing over 1lb. It has an interesting [...]
Growing habit of apples
Date:24 November 2009
Uses for the Different Varieties
The apples we have classed as cookers are those that have a high proportion of malic acid which, when heated, will break down the cell structure of the apple and create a purée. [...]
Best 10 Irish Apples
Date:24 November 2009
We have put this list together as we are often asked about our favourites. Not all of the trees in the collection have fruited so each year as more fruit is produced the list will change.
1. IRISH PEACH [...]