Potted Apple Trees

We are delighted to offer a selection of large 2-year-old potted Irish heritage apple trees, perfect for adding a piece of Ireland’s rich food crop heritage to your garden. These robust and healthy trees are ready to be planted and will soon yield delicious, unique apples.

Available Varieties:

Ard Cairn Russet

Golden russeted fruit, ripe in September. Unique flavour and texture, sometimes compared to a banana. Very popular with gardeners looking for a different taste to add to their collection. Found in a garden in the south of Ireland in 1890 by Baylor Hartland of Ard Cairn nursery, Co. Cork. Received an RHS Award of Merit in 1910.

Flowering: Late Season
Picking: Mid (September)
Ripe: September

April Queen

A star of our catalogue. This apple is large and juicy. Healthy and disease resistant. Useful both for cooking and for juicing. Tree is very productive & dependable. Easy to prune and maintain. Thought to have originated in Armagh. Its true origins are still under research.

Flowering: Late Season
Picking: Mid (September)

Belvedere House

A very attractive variety with beautiful prolific pink blossoms in Springtime; foliage has a slight purple vein; and the fruit in autumn is deep crimson with crimson coloured flesh. Excellent for jams and jellies, but also large enough for tarts. A variety found growing at Belvedere House, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. Its true identity is yet to be established. But it has attracted much attention from visitors to our research orchard, both at flowering time and again when in fruit.

Flowering: Early Season
Picking: Mid (September)

Bloody Butcher

Large and distinctive. Red & yellow colouring looks particularly decorative. Eaten fresh from the tree, it has a mild flavour. Also suitable for cooking. Heavy crop, good disease resistance. Associated with counties Kilkenny, Meath and Offaly in early 20th century.

Flowering: Mid Season, Triploid: (Requires 2 pollenizers)
Picking: Mid (September)

Councillor

An attractive apple which is used for cooking in early September, before sweetening to become tasty and aromatic as an eating apple. A seedling originally planted by Councillor JJ Walsh in Phibsborough, Dublin circa 1930.

Flowering: Mid Season
Picking: Mid (September)

Eight Square

Tasty bite-sized eating apple, a children’s favourite. Fruit have a very distinctive octagon shape. Tree is very productive and healthy with good disease resistance. Easy to prune and maintain. Traditionally grown in Co. Monaghan.

Flowering: Late Season
Picking: Mid (September)
Ripe: September

Sweet William

A second early season, medium sized, round apple with creamy yellow skin and red stripes and stippling. The flesh is crisp, very white, very sweet and the tree has an upright growth.

Flowering: Mid Season
Picking: Early (August)
Ripe: August

Collection Details:

Our beautiful heritage apple trees are available for collection only at the Irish Seed Savers Garden Gift Shop. Visit us to select your trees and receive expert advice from our knowledgeable staff.

Location: Irish Seed Savers Garden Gift Shop, Scariff, Co. Clare

Opening Hours:

Monday to Friday – 10am to 4pm

Weekends – open on the following dates only:

July 20th & 21st, August 17th & 24th, September 28th and October 5th & 6th

Bulk Orders:

For bulk orders, please get in touch with us directly. We are happy to assist with larger purchases and can provide additional information and support.

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