Howgate Wonder
A dual purpose large apple with a good reputation in Scotland. Blenheim x Newton Wonder so very good parentage. Ready late October. Vigorous tree so best to buy on dwarfing stock.
Dessert Apples
Hood’s Supreme
Hood’s Supreme
Eater. Raised in 1924 by Miss B Y Hood at Edzell, Angus. Very sweet, coarse, soft flesh, almost triangular on my young tree!
Produces strong thick branches. It’s so sweet, it tastes of aspartame!
Hawthornden
Hawthornden
Dual. Raised Scotland and catalogued 1780. Named after birthplace of the 16th Century Poet, Drummond.
Popular garden apple in England in 19th Century. Grown then in London and Kent. Handsome big fruit, Willie Duncan’s Favourite Scottish variety.
Our cordon does very well. Munch with cheese.
Golden Spire
Golden Spire
We have several of these small weeping trees in neighbouring gardens.
They produce tons of codlin shaped dual purpose fruit, good for juicing too.
Golden Monday
Golden Monday
Dual. UK Recorded in 1724. Strong brisk cidery taste. Rather dry tough white flesh.
Not in National Fruit Collection.
George Cave
George Cave
Eater. Raised 1923 by George Cave, Dovercourt, Essex.
Strong, sweet, sharp taste. Follows on from Beauty of Bath (q.v.) in late summer.
My favourite early eater for Scotland.
Laxton’s Fortune
Laxton’s Fortune or Fortune
One of the best eating apples for Scotland, my cordon producing lots of big healthy eating apples in October. Hardy and relatively scab resistant so tough enough for the west.
Exeter Cross
Exeter Cross
Worcester x Beauty of Bath – how can it not do well in Scotland? A good early eater – in good years may ripen in August so be ready to pick straight away!
Ellison’s Orange
Ellison’s Orange
Eater. Lincolnshire apple, raised by Rev C C Ellison, Bracebridge and Mr Wipf, head gardener at Hartshorne Hall. Introduced by Pennels of Lincoln in 1911.
Intense flavour, with aniseed nature when ripened after picking. Much planted before WW2. Very short season in October. Still a popular garden apple. Trees at Elcho are almost pendulous in form and very prolific in 2013. There is a red form.
Egremont Russet
Egremont Russet
Eater. Recorded 1872 by Scotts of Merriott. Possibly raised in early nineteenth century at Lord Egremont’s garden at Petworth. Planted commercially on a small scale in 20th century.
Hard, yellow flesh and rough russet skin. Late autumn apple, associated with approach of Christmas. Appears to be pretty hardy here.
