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Future Forests: Potted Fruit. Most available by mail-order. Updated 17th May 2013 |
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| TREE FRUIT | For notes on apple planting, pruning and rootstocks, see here | ||||
| Rootstocks: | M26 = small tree. MM106 = tall tree for poor ground. MM111= orchard larger tree. M27 = Dwarf Tree | ||||
| Pollination: | Trees require a pollinator in the same group (A, B, C) or the group immediately above or below it | ||||
| sf = self fertile tp = tip bearer (take note when pruning) * = triploid, 2 different pollinators required | |||||
| Apples | 1yr maidens 2lt pots. €15 each 10 for €130 (Traditional Irish Varieties suitable for AEOS) | ||||
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Variety |
Brief Description |
Rootstock / Pollination Group / Pick & Use |
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| Ard Cairn Russet | Red/yellow, dry, firm and sweet, Cork | MM111, MM106, M27 | B | Oct-Feb | |
| Ballyfatten | Large & firm, excellent for baking. Old Irish c1800 | MM111, MM106, M27 | B | Oct-Dec | |
| Ballyvaughan Seedling | Sweet and crisp, from Co. Clare | MM111, MM106, M27 | B tp | Nov | |
| Bloody Butcher | Cooker. Deep red skin | MM111, MM106, M27 | B | Oct-Nov | |
| Brown Crofton | Good flavour dessert apple, disease resistant, Sligo | MM111, MM106, M27 | C * | Nov-Jan | |
| Dick Davis | Peach/red , rich taste, old Cork dessert apple | MM111, MM106 | A/B | Sep-Dec | |
| Gibbons Russet | Cidery taste, firm sharp flesh, Cork 1897 | MM111, MM106, M27 | A/B | Sep-Dec | |
| Irish Peach | Small and juicy, pick and eat...delicious | MM111 & MM106 | A | Aug | |
| Kemp | Crisp, juicy, good flavour, disease resistant Armagh | MM111 & MM106 | B/C | Sep-Oct | |
| Kerry Pippin | Small with rich fruity taste, Old Irish apple c1802 | MM111 & MM106 |
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| Kilkenny Pearmain | Dual Purpose, crisp, sweet. Old Irish apple | MM111 & MM106 | B | Sept | |
| Lough Tree of Wexford | Small red fruit, vigourous, old Irish apple | MM111, MM106, M27 | A | Sep-Oct | |
| Rawley's Seedling | Cox-like, but hardier and disease resistant, Cork | MM111 & MM106 | B | Nov | |
| Ross Nonpareil | Firm flesh with fennel flavour, before 1802 | MM111, MM106, M27 | A | Nov-Jan | |
| Sam Young | Delicious little apple of the highest quality | MM111 & MM106 | B | Nov-Feb | |
| Scarlet Crofton | Dark red flush, sweet & spicy, Sligo c1500 | MM106 & MM111 | A/B | Sep-Nov | |
| Uncle John's Cooker | Wind resistant, red fruit hangs well on tree! | MM111, MM106, M27 | B | Dec | |
| Apples | 1-2year old in 5lt pots. €20 each (Traditional Irish Varieties suitable for AEOS) | ||||
| Ard Cairn Russet | Red/yellow, dry, firm and sweet, Cork | MM106 | B | Oct-Feb | |
| Ballyfatten | Large & firm, excellent for baking. Old Irish c1800 | MM106 | B | Oct-Dec | |
| Brown Crofton | Good flavour dessert apple, disease resistant, Sligo | MM106 | C * | Nov-Jan | |
| Gibbons Russet | Cidery taste, firm sharp flesh, Cork 1897 | MM106 | A/B | Sep-Dec | |
| Lough Tree of Wexford | Small red fruit, vigorous, old Irish apple | MM106 | A | Sep-Oct | |
| Ross Nonpareil | Firm flesh with fennel flavour, before 1802 | MM106 | A | Nov-Jan | |
| Apples | 2 year old trees. 10lt pots. €25 each | ||||
| Blenheim Orange | 1800's dry nutty flavour, dual purpose apple | M26 | C* | Nov-Jan | |
| Camelot | Mild bittersharp Cider apple. Somerset 1934 | MM106 | C | mid Oct. | |
| Chisel Jersey | Bittersweet cider red flushed fruit Somerset 1950s | MM106 | Dsf | Nov | |
| Elstar | Good juicy eater, prolific and reliable | MM106 | B | Oct-Jan | |
| Fiesta | Sweet apple similar to Cox but more reliable | MM106 | B | Oct-Mar | |
| George Cave | Eating apple, green skin flushed red, reliable | M26 | A | August | |
| Hereford Redstreak | Bittersharp single vintage cider apple with red colour | MM106 | C | Nov | |
| Cherries | 10 litre pots 6ft €25 each | ||||
| Gaucher Biggereau | Sweet red flesh, dark skin | Colt | stella | august | |
| Mulberry, black | 10 litre pots, 3ft+ €28 each | sf | august | ||
| Pears | 10 litre pots €25 each | Quince A | |||
| Concorde | Juicy with good flavour | sf, C | Oct / Nov-Dec | ||
| Doyenne du Comice | Superb quality & flavour | C | Oct / Nov-Dec | ||
| Helen's Early | Perry Pear. Single vintage from Herefordshire | C* | Sept | ||
| Plums | 1 year old, 2 litre pots €16 each | ||||
| Opal | Red skin, yellow flesh, sweet. Hardy and relaible | Dwarf rootstock Pixy | B sf | late July | |
| Plums | 10 litre pots €25 each | AVAILABLE LATER | |||
| Damsons | St Julien A | ||||
| Merryweather | Sharp, for cooking, jam & wine | B sf | late Sept | ||
| Shropshire Prune | One of the best damsons | D sf | early Sept | ||
| Quince Cydonia oblonga | 2lt pot, 4ft+ €15 each | ||||
| Meech's Prolific | Golden yellow pear shaped fruit, excellent flavour | self fertile Pick Oct when green, store 6 weeks | |||
| Vranja SOLD OUT | Fragrant, large pear-shaped fruit, ripens golden yellow | self fertile Pick Oct when green, store 6 weeks | |||
| NUTS | 20lt pot, 5-6ft bushy €15 each | ||||
| Corylus avellana 'Cosfords' | Cobnut. Heavy crops of large oblong nuts with a good sweet flavour. mid-season. | Pollinated by Hall's Giant & Nottingham | |||
| Corylus avellana 'Nottingham' syn 'Pearson's Prolific' | Cobnut. Reliable crops of medium-sized nuts with a good flavour. | Pollinated by Cosford & Hall's Giant | |||
| Corylus maxima 'Halls Giant' | Filbert. Large nuts with a sweet flavour. | Pollinated by Cosford & Nottingham | |||
| Corylus maxima 'Purpure' | Purple Filbert. The nuts have an excellent flavour though crops are small. Purple leaves and catkins make this an attractive small tree. | ||||
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Native Hazel (Corylus avellana) is also a good pollinator for all the Cobnuts and Filberts, recommended to be planted within 100 metres on the windy side! |
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| SOFT FRUIT | |||||
| Blackberries | 2lt pots. €6.50 each | ||||
| Loch Ness | Thornless, with large fruits from late August | ||||
| Thornfree | Another thornless variety with good fruits | ||||
| Blueberries | Highbush varieties. Need acid soil | blueberry cultivation notes | |||
| Brigitta, Jersey & Patriot | 11cm pots €6 each ~ 5 for €25 | best results obtained with a mix of varieties | |||
| Currants | 3 litre pots €6 each | ||||
| Blackcurrant | Ben Alder and Ben Tirran | Self fertile, fruit on new wood | |||
| Redcurrant | Jonkeer Van Tets | Self fertile, fruit on old wood | |||
| Whitecurrant | White Versailles | Self fertile, fruit on old wood | |||
| Figs | 2 and 3 litre pots 2ft €12 | 5 litre pots 3ft+ €17.50 | |||
| Brown Turkey | Rich and sweet red flesh, reliable heavy cropper | Self fertile Aug-Sep | |||
| Gooseberry | 3 litre pots €6 each | AVAILABLE LATER | |||
| Grapes | 9cm pot €8 each | ||||
| Himrod | White seedless grape, outdoors | ||||
| Japanese Wineberry | 9cm pots € 4 2 litre pots € 7 | grow like raspberries, attractive and sweet | |||
| Rubus phoenicolasius | |||||
| Kiwi Fruit | |||||
| Actinidia del. 'Jenny' | 2 litre pots €12 each | Self fertile, late summer | |||
| Actinidia del. 'Solo' | 9cm pot €6 each | Self fertile, late summer | |||
| Raspberry | 2 litre pots €6.50 each | AVAILABLE LATER | |||
| Rhubarb | 4 litre pots €6.50 each | ||||
| Glaskins Perpetual | Large, bright red sticks. Excellent for early forcing | ||||
| Timperley Early | Most popular. Easy to establish and disease resistant | ||||