Collection: Heritage Apple Trees

Why Buy Heritage Apple Trees?

It's difficult to find most of our heritage apple trees for sale now. That's partly because there are so few nurseries in the UK growing fruit trees now. Partly, too, it's because these apple store badly, or bruise when travelling, or look funny, or the trees don't yield enough. Tastes have changed; we don't cook as much so don't need different varieties of cookers, and people prefer sweet eating apples. There's an element of Catch 22 as well - because we don't eat traditional old apple varieties we're unfamiliar with them, and don't plant heritage apple trees as a result.

We think that's a terrible shame, and not just because they can taste so delicious (some, of course, did not!). 

Britain has a rich and ancient history of growing apples and has the perfect climate for them; there are varieties listed here from all over the country. Our heritage apples are associated with the areas - or even villages - they come from. Here in Somerset we are in cider land, and are surrounded by villages with their own apple varieties - Yarlington Mill, Kingston Black... We offer over 100 varieties of apple tree and keep on adding to our list, but there are many more - and some very good ones - still out there. And this is just the tip of the iceberg!  

Many varieties have their own stories to tell. You can find the apples Captain Cook took on his voyages here, or, incredibly, even buy direct descendants from the tree under which Isaac Newton sat.

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