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Our fruit tree stocklist

please find below our stock list for the bare root season 2019/2020


Scottish Fruit Trees

www.scottishfruittrees.com

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2019 - 2020 stock list

John Hancox

The Apple Man

0778 606 3918

We supply high quality and delicious fruit trees of a good size, well adapted for the Scottish climate. Our aim is to make it easy for people to grow delicious fruit and to enjoy the simple pleasure of picking and eating fruit from the tree. We are also keen to promote old heritage varieties which are rarely seen.

We are also delighted to have added a number of Cider varieties to the list such as to the list.

Our apple trees are mainly on MMIO6 rootstock (semi-dwarfing) available for deliver from late November(the trees have to be dormant to move) at the start of the tree planting season. Plums and Pears are also on suitable semidwarfing rootstock. We do not recommend more dwarfing varieties for Scotland as they lack the necessary robustness to thrive. Pears, cherries and plums will also be supplied on semi dwarfing rootstock. Trees will be available Nov – April. Stocks of some varieties are limited and early ordering is highly recommended to ensure best selection and an early delivery.

Trees cost £25 per trees. We also have a limited range of larger 3 and 4 year trees POA. Please ask us for prices for bulk orders. Stakes, Ties, Labels and other orchard essentials can be supplied. Postage and packing £15 per bundle of up to 8 trees. Please contact us for help with stock selection and other queries. Please note that we can also provide a fair variety of Scottish soft fruit on request.

We are happy to help you select varieties suitable for your location… I’m happy to discuss by phone, but it is often very helpful to have details of the site, photos of the site, and info on soil conditions sent by email prior to the call.

Special OFFER Valid until 15thMarch 2020 – SCOTTISH ORCHARD PACK Our selection of 8 delicious fruit trees at 2 years (4 apple, 2 plum, 2 Pears, plus planting instructions) suitable for Scottish gardens, schools and community groups: £159, Inc P&P (saving 40%)

Scottish Cider Orchard Valid until 15thMarch 2020 Apple collection … 8 apple trees sweet and sharp - suitable for eating, cooking and cider making. Including a crab apple for pollination and added tannins. £159, Inc P&P (saving 40%)

MIXED ORCHARD PACK Special OFFER 2 Valid until 15thMarch 2019 –– Our selection of 4 apple trees, plus 3 blackcurrants, 3 redcurrants, 3 gooseberries, 5 raspberry canes, I blackberry (thornless) and 1 blueberry, plus planting directions: £159, Inc P&P – again saving 40%)

Stock list (At August 2019) Note stock levels change during the season … Order early

Scottish Apple: (note these are mostly on MM106 rootstock)

Currently available

Where they grow.

Quantity required

Alderman

Yes

A 1920’s Scottish variety, grafted from John Butterworths Collection, Cooks to a sharp Puree

Allington Pippin

Yes

Very nice eater - which I grow in Glasgow – very clean and scab resistant. It is highly recommended as a quality eating apple for Scotland.

Ard Cairn Russet

Yes

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

Bakers Delicious

Yes

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

Belle de Boskoop

Yes

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

Scottish Apple: (note these are mostly on MM106 rootstock)

Currently available

Where they grow.

Number

Beauty of Moray (dual)

Yes

Moray – a fine hardy apple – keeps its shade well on cooking.

Bardsey Apple

Yes

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.

Bloody Ploughman (good eater)

Yes

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

Cambusnethan Pippin

Yes

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

Carlisle Codlin

Yes

Carlisle Codlin is a great cooker from the North and grown extensively around the Lake District.

Cats Head

Yes

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

Christmas Pippin (Eater – good keeper)

Yes

Grows well in Central Belt and further south – I wouldn’t be confident it would ripen further North. The Edible Christmas tree,

Clydeside

Yes

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

Coul Blush (Eater)

Yes

Most Northern Variety – and an ingredient in Caorunn gin 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.

Court Pendu Plat (Roman origin)

Yes

Court Pendu Plat is 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.

Devonshire Quarrenden

(Blood of the Boyle)

Yes

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. Grown and known in Ireland as the Blood of the Boyne.

Early Julyan/ Tam Montgomery Eater

Yes

I really like this as an early eater – with an interesting vibrant lemon taste. Grows well across Scotland

East Lothian Pippin

Yes

East Lothian – 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

Scottish Apple: (note these are mostly on MM106 rootstock)

Currently available

Where they grow.

Number

Emneth Early, Early Victoria

Yes

Does well in Edinburgh – and I also have been testing in Glasgow and it does well here.

Galloway Pippin

Yes

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.

George Cave

Yes

One of our best tasty early eating apple, ready Late Aug. Originating in England in 1923. One of John Butterworth’s favourites.

Golden Monday

Yes

– 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.

Golden Pippin

Yes

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. It has pleasant anise taste. Very intense flavour

Greenup’s Pippin

Yes

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)

Yes

Nice eating – widely used as a cooker, with especially pretty pink blossom - Lothians and Stirling

Hoods Supreme

Yes

Perthshire Raised 1924 by Miss B.Y. Hood, Duriehill, Edzell, Angus. Large and handsome. Sweet, white flesh.

Irish Peach

Yes

Early desert apple – does well on the west coast of Scotland.

Scottish Apple: (note these are mostly on MM106 rootstock)

Currently available

Where they grow.

Quantity

Kerry Pippin

Yes

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!

James Grieve (fine eater)

Yes

Delicious Edinburgh eating apple (grows well across East Coast)

Keswick Codlin

Yes

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

Lady Sudeley – Early Eater

Yes

Clyde valley – excellent eating although a bit scab prone. Probably better grown on the East.

Lass O’ Gowrie

Yes

An old Perthshire variety – used mainly as a cooker – first described in 1883. Cooks well and has a delicate flavour.

Lemon Queen

Yes

An old Clydeside variety of cooking apple.

Liberty (New York 1978)

Yes

Lovely red/purple fruit – excellent in Glasgow – this lovely apple looks great and also keeps well.

Love Beauty

Yes

MID SEASON eating apple. Does well in Glasgow

Lough Key Crab

Yes

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

Maggie Sinclair

Yes

Clyde Valley – beautiful and prolific cooker

Mere de Menage

Yes

A spectacular looking apple on the tree and an excellent cooker

Miller’s seedling

Yes

Lovely early eating apple growing well in Melrose.

Oslin (Arbroath Pippin)

Yes

Angus and East Coast (delicious aniseed taste)

Orleans Reinette

Yes

Reliable and tasty later season eater. Keeps well.

Scottish Apple: (note these are mostly on MM106 rootstock)

Currently available

Where they grow.

Quantity / age required

Peasgood Nonsuch - nice large eating apple

Yes

Grows well in Glasgow - very large apples – which can grow to weigh 2-3 lb each.

Ribston Pippin (a favourite for taste and also stores well)

Yes

Grows well across Scotland. Keeps well and is one of the best dessert apples for Scotland. Closely related to Cox – but grows much better here. I’ve budded up lots of these as it’s a great commercial variety – and keeps well.

Sam Young (Irish Pippin)

Yes

Old Irish eating variety, Disease resistant and able to cope with wet conditions make it a good choice for the west.

Saturn – consistently good clean, and disease free

Yes

Very good modern variety – easy to grow. Grows well in Glasgow and has proved reliable and scab free.

Scotch Bridget

Yes

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

Scotch Dumpling

Yes

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

Yes

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

Scrog

Yes

Old cider variety grafted from the Orchard at Melrose – little known of origins – and I

mainly budded this as the name was great.

Slack-ma-Girdle

Yes

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…

Stark’s Earliest

Yes

Lovely eating apple that grows well in Borders – and ready in Early Sept.

Stirling Castle

Yes

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

Stobo Castle

Yes

Borders / Clyde Valley deep golden with a scarlet flush, Stobo Castle cooks to a sharp creamy froth. An early apple, named by David Storrie of Glencarse.

Tam Montgomery (syn Early Julyan)

Yes

Nice early variety of eating apple – pale skin and characteristic lemon taste

Scottish Apple: (note these are mostly on MM106 rootstock)

Currently available

Where they grow.

Quantity / age required

Thorle Pippin

Yes

Scottish eating apple Perthshire first described 1831. A small, flat, red fruit with an agreeable if sharp taste.

Tower of Glamis

Yes

Does well across Scotland – large early to midseason cooker

White Melrose

Yes

Originally from Melrose before 1831, but grows well in East Large, ribbed, green, becoming pale yellow