Owner's comments
Planted in 2001. A dual-purpose apple from the Irish Seedsavers Association. Tree is in grassland. Base is mulched. Somewhat exposed to westerly winds in early years. First light crop in 2008, heavy crops in 2009, 2010. Very tasty. Will try to use them with Dabinett for making cider.
From the ISSA website: "Early flowering but late fruiting variety, it has yellowish-white, firm, crisp flesh with an explosion of flavour reminiscent of pear drops. The fruit is very small, round and flattened, often cracked. The skin is dull green becoming yellow when ripe with dots of russet and coarse russet over the base of the fruit and round the eye. This apple goes really well with cheese. A 1907 apple nursery catalogue described it as ‘a delicious little apple of the very highest quality for late keeping’. A spur-bearer from Kilkenny."
