Orchard Tree Map

Crisp and fairly juicy with a hint of lemon. A healthy vigorous tree which friuts late August to September.

Has been grown in Kilkenny, Cork and Meath since the end of the 19th century. Pick in September. Will keep for a couple of months. Well flavoured and sweet.

A dual-purpose apple and Irish heritage variety once widely grown in Co. Fermanagh and also in Co Tyrone. Juicy, sweet and well flavoured.

A dual-purpose apple and Irish heritage variety once widely grown in Co. Fermanagh and also in Co Tyrone. Juicy, sweet and well flavoured.

A dual-purpose apple and Irish heritage variety once widely grown in Co. Fermanagh and also in Co Tyrone. Juicy, sweet and well flavoured.

Good all-round cooking apple, which can sometimes be picked as early as late August, but not a keeper. Reliable, heavy cropper with good disease resistance.

A dual-purpose apple and Irish heritage variety once widely grown in Co. Fermanagh and also in Co Tyrone. Juicy, sweet and well flavoured.

An early culinary apple, Apple Glenstal Cooker comes from the orchards of Glenstal Abbey in Co Limerick.

A medium-sized tree which has been bred for northern European conditions, Almond Robijn will do well in the warmer parts of Ireland.

A reliable and disease-resistant late-season plum variety, producing heavy crops of juicy, dark blue fruits from late September to October. The plums are perfect for making jam and eating straight off the tree.

Cooker and eater with a sweet, juicy yellow fruit.

Damsons very popular large damson, Season of use is early September – cooking plum. It is a heavy cropper and easy to harvest. Position full sun for best results, tolerates most soil types, well draining.

A medium-sized tree which has been bred for northern European conditions. In favourable years this will be followed by a crop of sweet, soft-shelled nuts.

Covered in beautiful light pink blossom in Spring. Fast growing it needs fertile soil, shelter and full sun. Prune as little as possible, and only in midsummer.

A dual-purpose apple and Irish heritage variety once widely grown in Co. Fermanagh and also in Co Tyrone. Juicy, sweet and well flavoured.

An Irish heritage variety, also known as Irish Russet, Apple Sam Young was first recorded in the early 19th century and was widely grown and appreciated throughout the country.

An Irish heritage variety of cooking apple from the midlands, Apple Bloody Butcher is also called ‘Bloodhound’ (Kilkenny) and ‘Winesap’ (Offaly). Juicy and tart.

Found as a chance seedling in a Sussex Garden in the first half of the 19th century, dual-purpose Plum Victoria is supremely reliable in Irish conditions, tolerating cold, damp, and partial shade.

A dual-purpose apple, grown in Ireland since the 19th century. Large, attractive apple, greenish-yellow, flushed orange-red with red stippling.

A compact tree with a weeping habit, it produces heavy crops of large nuts with a very good, sweet flavour whether eaten fresh or from store.

In the early spring, this small tree is enveloped by clusters of small, white blossoms. The flowers are followed by glossy, green foliage and fruit.

A dual-purpose apple and Irish heritage variety once widely grown in Co. Fermanagh and also in Co Tyrone. Juicy, sweet and well flavoured.

An Irish heritage variety of cooking apple from the midlands, Apple Bloody Butcher is also called ‘Bloodhound’ (Kilkenny) and ‘Winesap’ (Offaly). Juicy and tart.

Gibbon Russet was grown for cider in Kilkenny, Cork and Meath since the end of the 19th century. Eating Apple and for cider making. Crisp, sweet fruit,