Grandmother tree

[Tom D]

This tree was until recently the only one in existance, Its the Dirleton Red apple.

It lives on the edge of the vilage green in Dirleton, East Lothian, this is the second time we have pruned it, just a light lift and thin.

It has amazing deep pink blossom which it has in abundance, redish leaves and red fruit, there is even a red tint in the wood. It is beleived to be related to Malus pumila var niedzwetzkyana. A nursery has recently grafted some and they are now available for sale, but this is the grandmother of them all.

 

We were pretty subtle with our crown lift and thin.

[Mozza]

Cracking tree Tom, Good story behind it too

[John Hancock]

That’s lovely Tom. What a responsibility to be a custodian of that beauty!

[slasherscot]

walked past that tree many years ago nver gave it a second look.....nice find

 

 

u can walk along the coast into north berwick from there

crackin golf courses nearby too......archerfield and muirfield to left and North Berwick (bass rock course] to the right

Edited March 4, 2010 by slasherscot

[mdvaden]

Certain old apple treess can be fun to prune.

 

Do folks still harvest fruit from that tree in your photo?

 

[Tom D]

Here's a couple of pics of her in bloom, pretty impressive. the fruit is fairly small and sour MD its a crab type apple. Although I made some crab apple vodka this year from some wild trees down the road, its not bad.