Ard Cairn Russet are medium-sized apples with golden-yellow skin with orange or red blushes, entirely covered with brown russeting. The flesh is creamy-yellow, sweet and firm. Some think these apples taste like a banana. Storage Hints Stores well. Its sweetness increases in storage. History Notes The seedling tree from which the apple was found around…
Irish Apples
Ballyvaughan Seedling Apple
A large, round but uneven apple with light yellowish-green skin with a red blush. The flesh is crisp and firm. The flavour is sharply tart, but sweetness lingers on the tongue after the tartness. Easy to propagate — you just put a cutting in the ground and it takes root. Ripens in November. Cooking Tips…
Bloody Butcher Apple
A large deep red apple with a blush of pale yellow and a bit of russeting. The flesh is firm, juicy and white, with a tart flavour. Though a good cooking apple, it is also popular with cider makers. Popular in Counties Kilkenny, Offaly, and Meath in Ireland. History Notes First recorded 1951. Language Notes…
Irish Peach Apple
The Irish Peach Apple is a round, slightly flattened, fresh-eating apple. It has smooth, thin skin that is pale yellow or yellowish-green with stripes of a darker red with some flecks of dull-grey russeting. The side that gets the sun will develop dull red or brownish-red flushes. The crisp, juicy flesh inside is white or…
Kerry Pippin Apple
Kerry Pippins are small to medium-sized apples that are a bit flattened at the bottom. The orangey-yellow skin has a dull red blush on it, as well as some white dots and some russeting. The pale to golden yellow flesh is crisp and crunchy, firm and very fragrant. The taste is somewhat spicy. The tree…
Kill Apple
Kill Apples are medium-sized apples that try to be round, but are often uneven, having 5 ribs. The dull, pale-yellow skin is waxy, with a flush of light red and a bit of russetting. The white flesh is firm and crisp. The flavour is very good and full, with just a slight amount of tartness….
Ross Nonpareil Apples
Ross Nonpareil are small to medium-sized, conical-shaped apples. They have yellowish-green skin with deep orange flushes and streaks of dark red. Inside, they have soft off-white flesh with green tints. The flesh is aromatic and has a sweet, sharp flavour with a hint of anise, but is somewhat dry. The fruit ripens late September. Cooking…
Sam Young Apples
Sam Young are small-sized apples with bright yellow skin and occasional orange flushes, covered with grey russeting. Inside, they have firm, tender, juicy, greenish flesh with a sweet, sharp, rich flavour. The fruit ripens late November / December in England, and has its best flavour when harvested as late as possible. The apples may crack…
Widows Friend Apple
Widows Friend Apples are small and evenly round. The skin is a pale yellowy-orange with minor patches of russeting. Inside, the white flesh is juicy and sweet, with an almost berry-like flavour. In the spring, the blossoms are white with a pink blush to them. In the fall, the tree bears heavily every year, whence…