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Denman Island Heritage Trees propagates a wide range of heirloom variety apples and pears, which are available November to April in the Comox Valley. Heritage Apple Trees,heritage apple varieties,apple rootstocks,Denman Island BC,pears, plums Alkmene Germany, 1930. Oldenburg x coxs orange pippin. Yellow flesh. Tart, aromatic. Ripe mid Sept. Use Sept to Nov. Ananas Reinette Netherlands 1821 (12) Dessert apple with delicate pineapple taste. Lemon yellow. Firm, sweet, sharp, and juicy. Crops well. Smaller tree. Pick Nov. Arkansas Black * (15) 1870. Very good medium size dessert, cooking, and cider apple. Excellent keeper. Dark red deepening to near black. Crisp, juicy, firm yellow flesh with distinctive aromatic flavour. Pick Nov. Use to Feb. Astrachan Red (14) Russia, 1816. Small to medium early tart apple. Good for eating and excellent for sauce and pies. Creamy yellow flushed with bright red. Productive tree. Pick Aug-Sept. Not a keeper. Ashmeads Kernel (18) Gloucester 1700. Excellent russet type dessert apple. Pick early October. Use Dec-Feb. A good keeper. Aromatic flavour Ashton Brown Jersey Old English cider apple. Very dark, purplish red. Medium to large apple ripens in early Oct. Excellent complex flavour. Bountiful Baldwin * (15 ) USA 1740.Large late bright red dessert and all purpose apple. Once an important commercial apple in the US. Crisp, solid , juicy, aromatic. Vigourous and productive. Good keeper. Pick Nov. Use to Mar. Belle de Boskoop *(11) Holland 1856. Important commercial variety in Europe. Excellent cooking and dessert apple. Russet type. Called the Champagne of apples. Pick mid October. Eat after Christmas. Keeps very well. Scab resistant and heavy producer. Blenheim Orange * (14) Oxfordshire 1740. Fine all purpose apple with a firm, crisp nutty flavour. Pick mid Oct. Use Nov-Jan. Braeburn New Zealand, 1952. Medium to large fruit of very high quality. Crisp, tangy, flavour. Pick late Oct. Bramleys Seedling *(15) Nottinghamshire 1805. Fine old English cooking apple. Very large, green, firm, and juicy. A vigourous, scab resistant tree. Pick Oct. Browns Apple English cider apple. Very sharp flavour. Upright medium sized tree. Brown Snout English cider apple. Calville Blanc de Hiver (15) France, 1598. From the garden of Louis X111. Excellent dessert and cooking. Large, pale green with red dots on the sunny side. Tender, sweet, spicy, and flavourful. Bears early. Scab resistant. Excellent keeper. Very high in Vit C. Pick Nov-Dec. Use to Mar. Chisel Jersey (22) Old English cider and eating apple. Bitter sweet. Tree mid sized and spreading. Pick mid November. Cortland (12) USA 1915. Fine tasting, firm, crisp, and juicy. Good for dessert, cooking, and juice. Large red with yellow striping. Flesh stays white when sliced. Pick Oct. Use Nov - Jan. Reliable producer and good pollinator. Coxs Orange Pippin (14) England 1825. Well known English dessert apple-golden yellow, flushed orange and red with slight russet. Cream coloured flesh that is rich, nutty, and aromatic. Pick end of Sept. Use to Dec. Parent to many modern varieties. Dabinett Bittersweet cider apple.. Harvest late Oct. Medium to large round fruit with dull red flush over green. Crops well. (blooms late). Discovery (14) England, 1900. Early dessert apple. Pale green-yellow becoming flushed blood red. Firm, juicy, fairly sweet with pleasant flavour. Pick mid Aug. Use through Sept. Dolgo Russia. Beautiful 1 1/2 olive shaped crab apple. Crimson fruit makes ruby red jelly. Highly productive and a good pollinator . Early white blossoms. Pick fruit late Aug. DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG. Russia, 1830 (7) Very pretty medium to large, round apple. Pale yellow flushed and heavily striped red. White flesh, crisp and tart. Ripens in late August. Not a keeper. Egremont Russet (10) England 1880. Small, golden with dark brown russeting. Excellent dessert apple. Sweet, dry, nutty, and aromatic. Pick Oct. Use to Dec. Elstar Holland, 1955. Medium size, early fall dessert apple. Yellow fruit almost covered by light red stripe. Very juicy with excellent flavour which improves after a few weeks in storage. Pick Oct. Use through Nov. Erwin Bauer (9) Germany 1928. Dessert apple. Very crisp and hard with sweet aromatic flavour. Pick Oct. Use to Jan. Esopus Spitzenberg (12) New York 1700. Excellent dessert. Thomas Jeffersons favourite apple. Medium size, orange red with gray spots. Hard, crisp, juicy. Keeps well. Pick late Oct. Fiesta Fameuse (Snow) (10) Canada 1730. Very good dessert apple. Blood red skin, snow white flesh, soft and sweet. Pick in late Sept-early Oct. Keeps till Dec. Florina Frequin Rouge Normandy. Bittersweet cider apple. Harvest late. Fuji (10) Japan. Medium red. Important commercial variety. Crisp,juicy, sweet. Outstanding flavour. Keeps well. Vigourous and productive. Pick Oct. Use to Jan. Gala (16) New Zealand 1934. Excellent dessert apple widely grown commercially. Medium sized, yellow flushed with orange/red. Sweet. Pick Oct. Use to Jan. Gold Pearmain North Carolina, 1755. Superior dessert apple. Yellow with red stripes. Very crisp. Pick Oct. Use to Jan. Golden Delicious (15). USA 1890. Classic golden dessert apple sometimes with orange flush. Crisp, fine textured. Sweet, juicy with aromatic flavour. Pick late Oct. Use to Feb. Golden Nugget (13)Nova Scotia. 1949. Golden Russet X Coxs Orange Pippin. Very good fall dessert apple. Disease resistant. Pick late Sept. Use Oct-Nov. Golden Russet (9) England. 1700. Excellent dessert apple. Good for all purposes. Coppery orange heavily russeted. Firm, crisp, sugary sweet. Excellent keeper. Pick late Oct. Use to Mar. Granny Smith (13) Australia 1868. Dessert and cooking. Crisp, juicy, white fleshed. Pick late Nov.Keeper Gravenstein * (6) Germany 1669. Highly recommended for its exceptional flavour. Juicy, sweet. Excellent dessert and juice apple. Makes wonderful applesauce. Ripens early Sept. Vigourous producer can be biennial bearer. Grimes Golden (14) USA 1804. Excellent dessert apple. Sweet, crisp, and juicy. Medium size, green to lemon yellow. Pick Oct. Keeps till Feb. Harry masters jersey. England. Bittersweeet, mid-late cider apple. Howgate Wonder (15) Isle of Wight 1915. Very large cooking and dessert apple. Pale green ripening to light yellow and red stripes. Firm, juicy and sweet, with faint aromatic flavour. Tree vigourous. Pick Oct. Use to Jan. Idared Crab Edible and ornamental. Strikingly beautiful, large (2) elongated, purplish fruit. Blossoms brilliant pink. New leaves silver-bronze. James Grieve (11) Scotland, 1893. Early dessert apple. Pale yellow covered with light red flush. Very juicy yellow flesh. Excellent flavour. Produces well. Good for drying. Pick Sept. Use by Oct. Jonagold *(12) USA1943. (Golden Delicious X Jonathan). Large, yellow, flushed with one third to one half red to orange. Sweet, crisp, juicy dessert apple with excellent flavour. Pick mid Oct. Keeps till Dec. JULIANA Mid season cider apple producing a sharp juice KANDIL SINAP (8) 1800s Turkey. Tall, narrow, cylindrical apple. Creamy yellow with brilliant red blush. Crisp, juicy. Excellent flavour. Heavy, regular bearer. Pick Oct. Keeps till Feb. Kerrmerraien Bittersweet cider apple. Mid-late season. Karmijn de Sonnaville* (15) Holland 1971. Superb dessert apple. Large yellow-green with red flush. Vigourous tree. Pick late Sept. Use to Dec. Kidds Orange Red (15) New Zealand 1932. Coxs Orange X Red Delicious Very fine dessert apple. Sweet , crisp, and juicy. Scarlet-orange flush with red striping and brusseting. Vigourous tree, crops heavily. Scab resistant. Pick Oct. Keeps till Jan. Kingston black Famous English cider apple. Vintage bittersharp. Makes a good quality cider without blending. Crimson to purplish over yellowish orange background. Medium sized round apple. Ripens Sept to Oct. King of Tompkins County (King) * (13) New York, 1804. Very fine all purpose apple common in early B.C. homesteaders orchards. Large yellow flushed red to dark red. Sweet and aromatic. Tree highly productive. Pick mid Oct. Use to Dec. Lady (14) France 1628. This exquisite small apple was grown in the garden of Louis XIII. Creamy yellow and crimson. Crisp, juicy, and aromatic. Good cider apple also used for Christmas wreaths. Small tree that bears heavily. Pick late Nov. Lord Lambourne(11) England 1907. High quality dessert apple. Crisp, juicy, and sweet. Medium red striped over greenish-yellow. Pick late Sept. Keeps till Nov. MARACHEL Bittersweet cider apple. Early-mid season. MICHELIN Bittersweet cider apple ripens in late Oct. Medium sized yellow striped fruit borne on vigourous, spreading tree. Muscadet de bernay New cider apple Muscadet de dieppe (8) Normandy 1750. Excellent cider apple. Bittersweet. Makes excellent cider without blending. Mutsu * (13) Japan 1930. Dessert.Highly recommended (except that it needs two pollinators). Excellent flavour. Very crisp and sweet. Tree is vigourous and productive. Bright yellow-green. Pick late Oct. Excellent keeper. Use to April. Northern Spy (20) New York 1800. Excellent, late, all purpose apple noted for its high Vit C content. Yellow flesh is firm, juicy, sweet. Good Keeper. Pick late Nov. Use till March. Orenco Oregon 1920s. Excellent, medium sized beautiful bright red apple. White flesh. Crisp, juicy, sweet. Scab resistant. Shy bearer. Pick mid Sept. Use through Nov. Orleans Reinette (19) France, 1776. Superb dessert and cider apple. Crisp, yellow flesh with rich, nutty and aromatic flavour. Fruit yellow, slightly russet and red in full sun. Tree hardy and vigourous. Pick Oct. Use through Jan. PITMASTON PINEAPPLE (15) England 1785. Small, yellow, conical finely russetted apple. Firm yellow flesh, juicy and slightly sweet with rich distinctive flavour. Harvest mid Sept. Use till Dec. Pomme gris France 1803. Cider and dessert. Tart, sweet, russet apple highly flavoured. Ripens in late Sept. Porters perfection (13) English cider apple. Bittersharp. Cream coloured flushed dark red. High acid and tannin. Vigourous heavy cropper. Pick Nov. Prima New York. Early red dessert apple. Crisp and juicy. Scab free. Pick Sept. Reine des pommes Cider apple. Bittersweet. Harvest late. Rhode Island Greening * (12) Rhode Is. 1650. Old American dessert and cooking apple. Large, pale green. Firm, crisp, and juicy. Good for drying. Keeps well. Pick Nov. Use to Mar. Ribston Pippin * (11) Yorkshire, 1707. Classic English dessert apple. Also good for cooking and cider. A parent of Coxs Orange. Medium sized brown russet flushed red. Firm, aromatic, and fine flavoured. Pick late Sept. Use to Jan. Roxbury Russet (12) Massachusetts, 1600. Excellent dessert, cooking, and especially cider apple. Very good keeper. Scab resistant. Large green almost covered with yellowish brown russet. Firm, very sweet. Pick mid Oct. Use to April. Saint Edmunds Pippin (10) England 1870. Dessert. Very good, early ripening, small russet. Firm, sweet, juicy with rich, nutty flavour. Tree vigourous. Pick Sept. Use Sept - Oct. Spartan (15) Summerland 1926. Great dessert apple. Beautiful dark red-purple skin with white flesh. Very crisp and juicy. Reliable and productive. Pick Oct. Keeps well. Spigold * (18) New York 1962. Large, late dessert apple. Golden yellow with up to half covered with a red flush. Flesh creamy white, very firm, crisp, and juicy. Harvest mid Oct. great keeper. (triploid). Stokes red Vintage cider apple. Bittersharp. Medium sized spreading tree. Pick Nov. Sturmer Pippin (13) Suffolk 1831. Medium, yellow green with brown flush and russeting. Very firm, crisp,juicy. Excellent very late dessert. Pick Nov. Use to May. Summer Red (9) Summerland, B.C. 1964. Medium, bright red fruit. Self pollinating. Mellow flavour. Vigourous tree. Pick early Sept. Use to Nov. Sunset (12) Kent, 1918. Great dessert apple. Seedling of Coxs Orange. Golden orange well flushed with red. Firm, crisp, slightly juicy, with aromatic flavour. Pick late Sept. Use to Jan. Suntan * (12 ) Kent, 1955. Late, large dessert apple. (Coxs Orange X). Golden yellow flushed and striped orange-red. Juicy, tangy, mildly aromatic. Productive. Keeps well. Pick mid Oct. Use to Feb. Sweet Bough (12) USA 1817. Large green apple. Regarded as the best early sweet apple. Juicy, tender, crisp with honey sweet flavour. Disease resistant, heavy bearer. Pick late Aug. Sweet coppin Cider apple. Sweet. Makes a large spreading tree. Harvest late. Transparent (10) Russia 1800. Fine, early cooking apple. Disease free. Pick in Aug. Does not keep. Trembletts bitter Bittersweet cider apple. Yellow flushed red. Medium sized spreading tree. Harvest Oct. Tumanga Late Ripening fairly new apple. Sweet. Van der Pol Red (16) Very good old winter dessert apple. Medium, small, red. Firm and flavourful. Pick late Oct. Keeps till spring. Vilberie Bittersweet cider apple. Large spreading tree ripens in mid Nov. Wagener (9) New York 1700. Dessert and cooking. Good cider apple. Firm flesh, juicy, sprightly aromatic flavour. Glossy green flushed red. Excellent keeper. Scab resistant. Very productive. Pick late Oct. Keeps till Mar. Wealthy (14) Minnesota 1893. Excellent juice apple. Also good dessert and cooking. Very pretty yellow covered with bright red flush and stripes. Pick mid Sept. Use to Dec. Small, productive tree. Winston (18) England 1935. Good winter dessert apple. Skin yellow with orange red flush. Firm, crisp, sweet, and juicy. Scab resistant, productive. Pick Nov. Use till Mar. Winter Banana (15) Indiana 1876. Cooking. Large, highly coloured, very distinctive. Lemon yellow flushed half with pink to red. Juicy apple with pleasant aromatic flavour. Vigourous tree. Harvest late Oct.. Keeps till Feb. Yarlington mill English cider apple. Bittersweet. Used with Kingston black in Europe to make a famous hard cider. Ripens late Oct-mid Nov. Yellow Newton (14) New York, 1759. Excellent dessert and cider apple. Medium, bright green to yellow green. Rich, aromatic, crisp, creamy yellow flesh. Great keeper. Richer flavour and full sugar develop after storage. Pick Oct. Use to Mar. Zabergau Reinette (13) Germany, 1885. Very large yellow-bronze russet. Firm and juicy with rich, nutty flavour. Pick Oct. Use Nov. to Feb. * Important Note about Pollination: Apples require another apple in close proximity for pollination. The two apples need to be flowering at the same time so the bees can carry the pollen from one tree to another. A number representing the peak flowering day is given in brackets after the names above. For pollination, most apples require their pollinator to be flowering within five days of their day. Some apples, those marked with * on the list inside are triploids. These are not pollinators themselves and, they require two other pollinators. Gravenstein planted by itself will not bear fruit without two pollinators. Early Apples: Astrachan Red Discovery James Grieve Lord Suffield Prima Sweet Bough Summer Red Transparent Dessert Apples that Keep Well: Calville Blanc dHiver Golden Russet Granny Smith Mutsu Roxbury Russet Sturmer Pippin Van der Pol Yellow Newton Fall Dessert Apples: Braeburn Coxs Orange Pippin Egremont Russet Erwin Bauer Fuji Gala Golden Delicious Golden Nugget Gravenstein Jonagold Karmijn de Sonnaville Kidds Orange Red Orleans Reinette St. Edmonds Pippin Spartan Sunset Suntan Winston .................................. Our thanks to the orchardists of Denman Island who have been so generous with cuttings and with apple culture information. As well, thanks to those who are the keepers of the old trees, for caring for them and recognizing their value as part of our heritage. Jane Lighthall & Larry Lepore Cider Apples Here is our list of traditional (French and European) cider varieties: Alkmene Ashton Brown Jersey Bountiful Brown's Apple Brown Snout Chisel Jersey Dabinett Frequin Rouge Harry Master's Jersey Juliana Kermerraien Kingston Black Marechal Michelin Muscadet de Bernay Muscadet de Dieppe Pomme Gris Porter's Perfection Reine des Pommes Stokes Red Sweet Coppin Tremblett's Bitter Vilberie Yarlington Mill North American Cider Varieties include: Golden Russet Ribston Pippin Roxbury Russet How many trees do you need? 1 dwarf tree = 1 bushel of apples 1 semidwarf = 4-5 bushels of apples 1 bushel of apples = 2-3 gallons of cider for 50 gallons of cider you will need twenty-five dwarfs or seven semidwarfs Pears Our pears are grafted on Quince A rootstock which produces a semi-dwarf tree. Some varieties require an interstem which is a short section of another pear variety grafted between the rootstock resulting variety. Bosc. Belgium, 1807. Medium to large, dark yellow pear with brownish russet. Tender, aromatic buttery flesh. Excellent eating, cooking, and drying. Very productive. Ripens in early October. Eat through Oct. Needs pollinator. Clapp's Favourite. Massachusetts, USA Very early dessert pear. Very large, elongated, lemon yellow with red flush. Flesh is tender, sweet, and juicy. Prolific, reliable producer. Not a good keeper. Pick Aug-Sept. Comice. France, 1849. Considered the best flavoured winter dessert pear. Large, broad based, narrow necked, greenish yellow fruit with slightly russet and red flush. Conference. England 1894. Medium to large, long, calabash shape. Smooth, green skin slightly russetted. Flesh creamy white ripening to pink tinge. Juicy and sweet. Somewhat self fertile, ripens late Sept. Flemish Beauty. Flanders, 1810. Belgium,1810. Large, roundish pear. Yellow with a red blush. Firm, yellow and white flesh becomes melting, buttery, tender and sweet. Tree is hardy, vigourous, and productive. Requires a pollinator. Ripens mid Sept. Plums Our plums are grafted onto St Julian rootstock which produces a semi-dwarf tree. Damson, England, 1800's. Small to medium blue black plum. Tart. Used for cooking, jam and wine making. Ripens in August. Green Gage, France, 1720. Small to medium, oval, yellowish to green plum. Flesh juicy, smooth, and rich. Pick in early Sept. Golden Egg (Possibly Shiro). Large yellow Japanese plum. Very juicy and sweet. Clingstone variety. Ripens early August. Beautiful spreading tree. Productive bearer which is excellent for fresh eating, jam, and wine making. Italian Prune, Italy, 1800. Medium to large oval purple-black plum. Flesh yellow, juicy, and sweet. Freestone. Excellent plum for fresh eating, canning, and drying. Ripens late Aug-early Sept. Victoria Sussex, 1840. ROOTSTOCKS: M9 Dwarf, 30% of standard. Height 6-10 ft. Very productive. These trees will begin to produce fruit in 2-3 years. They need permanent staking. Space 8 ft. apart. A well grown M9 will produce a big box of apples yearly. M26 Semi dwarf, 45% of standard. Height 8-12 ft. Bears fruit in 4-5 years. Requires staking for the first few years. Needs a well drained site. M7 Semi dwarf, 55% of standard. Height 10-15 ft. Vigourous, productive. Produces fruit within 4-5 yrs. Will tolerate lighter soils as well as poor soil and dry conditions. MM106 Semi dwarf,m60% of standard. 12-18 ft depending on soil and variety. Tolerant of a wide range of soils. Requires staking for the first few years. Very vigourous and heavy cropping. Fruits within 3 or 4 years. MM111 Semi standard, 80% of standard. These trees are very vigourous and with optimum growing conditions can reach over 25 feet. They tolerate poorer soils and drought but their size will be reduced. Fruits within 6 - 7 years. No staking required. A2 Full size long-lived standard tree. Will fruit within 7-10 years. Our apple varieties are available on six different rootstocks from dwarf to semi-dwarf to semi-standard to standard. Stock is limited in some varieties but we will make you a tree if the one you want is not available and you are willing to wait for it. If there is a variety you want, that we do not have, we can probably get it.