Orchard Project - Apples

We are currently planting varieties of mainly Scottish Heritage apple trees across a 5 acre plot on the farm. The end goal is to start making apple juice and sell some of the apples. We have also started planting plums / gages / damsons, then onto soft fruits and nuts.

We have planted these old varieties so far, 2 tree's of each, unless stated otherwise;

Tree`s planted over Winter 2021 - 2022 with brief descriptions.

Bloody Ploughman: Delicious and a deep red colour. Very disease resistant and from Perthshire. Said to have sprung from the blooded heart of a ploughman shot for scrumping.

Stirling Castle: Well flavoured green-yellow fruit with compact growth. Stirling in 1820`s and widely planted in the 19th century and still a valued garden variety in Scotland

Lass O`Gowrie: Medium sized round conical fruit. Yellow skin flecked with crimson. Crisp and juicy, sharp tasting flesh when eaten raw and a delicate flavour when cooked. Perthshire bred. MM106 rootstock

Tower of Glamis: large early to midseason cooker, ribbed in form and copes well with erratic weather patterns.

Hood`s Supreme: Large and handsome, sweet, white flesh - considered one of Scotland`s finest eating apples.

Lord Roseberry: Good early season eating variety that`s very attractive and tasty. Named after the Liberal Prime Minister.

Cambusnethan Pippin: Dates from 1750, firm crisp cox type eating apple with a slightly nutty taste, ripens mid-season. Originates from Cambusnethan House in the Clyde Valley.

Ribston Pippin: Rootstock MM106 Bush, Yellowish green fruit becoming brownish orange with short, broken red stripes. Pale yellow flesh, crisp, firm, sweet and aromatic in flavour.

Tree`s planted over Winter 2022 - 2023 with brief descriptions.

Thorle Pippin: Perthshire 1831. A small, flat, red fruit with an agreeable refreshing taste.

Midlothian Blush: Rootstock MM106

Lady Sudeley: Raised 1849. Excellent early eater, but prone to scab. Rootstock MM106

Stobo Castle: deep golden with scarlet flush, can be used as eater or cooker that cooks to a sharp creamy froth.

Coul Blush: Eater from Ross-shire 1827 (Scotland`s most north growing variety) Gold with faint flush, sweet, soft cream flesh that makes great sauce.

Sunset: Rootstock MM106

Beauty of Moray: Productive dual purpose eater from North of Scotland, on vigorous rootstock MM106

White Melrose: Superb productive old Scottish apple, dual purpose, rootstock M116

Cutler Grieve: Medium size pretty red eater ready late Sept from Edinburgh on dwarfing M9 rootstock.

Worcester Pearmain

Arbroath Oslin: Reliable small round yellow early eating apple on M116 dwarfing rootstock

Port Allen Russet

McIntosh Red x 4: Rootstock MM106

Katy x 4: Bright red fruits, ripens in September, eating apple does well in Scotland.

James Grieve x 1

Fiesta x 1: Rootstock MM106

Tree`s planted over Winter 2023 - 2024 with brief descriptions.

Galloway Pippin: Large russet-freckled over yellow fruits, deliciously sharp when eaten fresh and rich in flavour when cooked, Rootstock; MM106

Scots Bridget: Medium sized conical. Golden yellow, prettily striped red fruits. Tender white flesh that is juicy and rich. Suitable for wetter climates. Rootstock; MM106

Scots Dumpling; Large, distinctly red and green fruit, with very attractive intense pink blossom. Originating from Clydesdale.

Red James Grieve

Elstar x1

Gloster x1

Delcorf x1

Tree`s planted over Winter 2024 - 2025 with brief descriptions.

Ribston Pippin x1

Newton Wonder x1: Dual purpose apple, large scarlet fruits with stripes and light russet spots, sweet and creamy white flesh with nutty flavour when well ripened.

Lass O`Gowrie x1

Golden Monday; Rootstock MM106

Golden Pippin; Rootstock MM106

Lemon Queen; Rootstock MM106

Tree`s planted over Winter 2025 - 2026:

Scots Bridget x1

James Grieve x2

Apple varieties on my WANTED list;

Clydeside / Tam Montgomery / Hawthornden / Lady of the Lake / Lady of the Wemyss / Thomas Jeffrey / Alderman / Lothian Red / Love Beauty / Maggie Sinclair / Wheelers Russet / White Paradise.