Emneth Early
A very hardy early cooker which rarely fails in Scotland. Must be self-fertile. Good for the west coast, and tricky areas. Ready in September. Found an old orchard of these in Falkirk last year!
Fruit Trees
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.
Edward VII
Edward VII
An extremely tough cooker which is usable even if it doesn’t fully ripe. It produces good crops of clean fruit. Flowers relatively late so misses early frosts.
Very hardy tree, November fruit. Old trees at Pillars in Fife.
East Lothian Pippin
East Lothian Pippin / Baillie Neilson
Cooker. Arose Scotland. Described 1883. Light green, almost pale fruit, quite small for a cooker.
Cooks to puree; acidic, though I would probably munch it happily, or try with cheese.
Early Julyan
Early Julyan
Cooker & eater. Probably raised in Scotland before 1800. Introduced commercially in early 19th century by Hugh Ronalds, Brentwood, Middlesex. Popular garden apple in 19th century.
Early, sometimes July. Firm crisp cream coloured flesh. Also known as Tam Montgomery. Can be very nice in August to munch from the tree.
Discovery
Discovery
Eater. Raised c1949 by Mr Dummer, a workman on an Essex fruit farm, Blacksmiths Corner, Langham Essex, where the mother tree still grows. Believed to be Worcester Pearmain X Beauty of Bath. Widely planted in the 1980s for the early UK market.
Crisp, juicy, slightly pink stained flesh ready in September. You can spot them ripening in Scottish gardens everywhere. Justifiably popular.
Devonshire Quarrenden
Devonshire Quarrenden
The forerunner of lots of our dessert apples today – this old eater produces small flat red apples, very distinctive and deliciously crisp. Have tasted some nice crisp fruits in the Clyde Valley in September. Has been grown in Scotland for a long while.
Clydeside
Clydeside
A cooker from the Clyde Valley, big green, tough, a slight flush. What more do you need from a cooker? Pick late september.
Cutler Grieve
Cutler Grieve
Eater. Probably raised by Mr Grieve at Red Braes Nursery, Edinburgh, and introduced by David Storrie in about 1912. Sent to NFT in 1924.
Strong red colour. Greasy skin. Firm chewy flesh. My two year spindle bush produced lots of fruit in 2013. My third favourite eater for Scotland.
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