We are a family-run fruit tree nursery growing Welsh apple tree varieties and other fruit trees that grow well in Wales.
Welsh fruit trees and trees that do well in Wales!
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Baker's Delicious | Very early eater found by chance in a south Wales hedgerow. Beautiful eating apple with rich sweet flavour especially for an early eater. Acidic with cream coloured flesh. | £26.50 | ||
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Bardsey (Bare Root) | A very hardy, pleasant eating apple from the “Sainted Isle” of Bardsey where it was discovered growing against a farmhouse wall by Mr Ian Sturrock. Mid early season versatile making a good juice and cider! Pick in August - early September, eat off the tree! (Pollination Group 2) | £28.00 | Out Of Stock | |
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Bardsey 3Ltr. Container | A very hardy, pleasant eating apple from the “Sainted Isle” of Bardsay where it was discovered growing against a farmhouse wall by Mr Ian Sturrock. Mid early season versatile making a good juice and cider! Crops from mid August - September. Eat of the tree! | £21.50 | Select options | |
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Brith Mawr | Mid-season versatile apple (Big and Spotty), sharp eater from Newport, South Wales, can also be juiced and cooks to a puree. Large fruit with red patches. Prolific cropper. Harvest in September. Pollination group 3 | £26.50 | ||
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Brookes | A sweet and aromatic, late dessert apple from the Shropshire borders with Wales. Very good keeper slight russet and reminiscent of Ashmeads Kernal. This is a rare variety but well worth growing. It has a compact form and quite slow growing. | £26.50 | Select options | |
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Channel Beauty | Mid season eater. Cox seedling from Swansea South Wales. Heavy cropping late desert apple. Raised by C.H.Evans, Mumbles & included in the National Fruit Collection in 1922. Known locally as "Gower/Gwyr" Some similarity to golden delicious in form and texture but much more tasty! The picture doesn't do it justice I will find a better one soon! | £26.50 | ||
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Cissy | Second early eater from Malpas, Monmouthshire. Very good heritage dessert apple raised in the 1790s, fruiting in September. Firm, rich, scented flesh. Also known as Monmouthshire Beauty. | £26.50 | Out Of Stock | |
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Kenneth / Rhyl Beauty | Grown by Kenneth McCreadie in Rhyl, North Wales in the 1920s. Dessert apple. The original apple tree and location seem to have been lost. He originally called it Kenneth, which probably accounted for its lack of marketing success! Very likely has cox parentage. | £26.50 | ||
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Machen | Second early eater with red skin from the Chepstow area. Dual purpose as it has a good culinary flavour improving as a juicy dessert apple with keeping. (Pollination Group B). | £26.50 | ||
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Morgan Sweet | Lots of older customers remember eating this as a child in South Wales. (Eater and cider apple 1800's South Wales) Unusually sweet and low in tannins this prolific cropper has large yellow fruit and strong upright growth. Biennial cropping tendency. Used as an eater but also to blend and sweeten cider with other cider varieties. (Triploid) (Pollination Group B) | £26.50 | ||
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Pig Aderyn (Birds beak) | This mid-season general-purpose variety makes a tasty, light cider. Distinctive fruit, upper part like a "birds beak" hence its Welsh name. Striped red/green fruit is still found growing at the abbey in St. Dogmaels near Carmarthen. It has been written that the Monks of St. Dogmaels had to be admonished by the Bishop of St. David's for their drunkenness, presumable from drinking too much cider! (Pollination group B) | £26.50 | ||
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Pren Glas | An early to mid-season eating apple from St. Dogmaels, Cardiganshire. As an eater it doesn't keep and best eaten fresh off the tree. Thought to have been a variety found in the Abbey at St. Dogmaels this is fairly sharp early to a mid-season eater that can be used for cooking, juice or cider. (Pollination group B) | £21.50 | ||
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St. Cecilia | Named after the Welsh patron saint of music this is a mid-season eating apple from Bassaleg, Newport. Reportedly first cultivated by John Basham & Sons of Bassaleg in Monmouthshire in 1900 from a Cox seedling. A sweet juicy apple with an exquisite perfumed aroma is said to be at its best on St. Cecilia’s day (November 22nd). (Pollination group B) | £21.50 | Out Of Stock | |
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Talgarth / Welsh Pitcher | Talgarth / Welsh Pitcher. Rarely found but hardy early Welsh native eating apple with light yellow flesh and a crisp bite. Originally from the village of Talgarth in Powys. Also known as Welsh Pitcher. | £26.50 | ||
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Gabalva | More rounded flavour and better looking than Bramley this big Welsh cooking apple was found growing near Cardiff Castle. Excellent in pies and tarts. Vigorous growing tree. Triploid like Bramley. Pick in September, will keep until November. | £21.50 | ||
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Gelli Aur (Golden Grove apple) | Another Welsh original very local late cooking apple, found in Gelli Aur Mansion, near Llandeilo. Only ever found in one other location in Ireland where the Vaughn family had an estate and must have transplanted this useful cooking apple. Pick in late September. | £26.50 | ||
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Machen | Second early eater with red skin from the Chepstow area. Dual purpose as it has a good culinary flavour improving as a juicy dessert apple with keeping. (Pollination Group B). | £26.50 | ||
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Pen Caled | A great all rounder in the Welsh tradition of multiple use apples varieties. Locally well-known mid-season cooker, juicer, cider and sometime eater apple whose ancestor grew originating from near the Abbey at St. Dogmaels, Cardiganshire. A good flavour juice and versatile to mix with other varieties, can be a good eaten if left late enough. Reliable and prolific cropper most years and makes excellent juice. Very hardy and disease resistant. (Pollination group B) | £26.50 | ||
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Pig Aderyn (Birds beak) | This mid-season general-purpose variety makes a tasty, light cider. Distinctive fruit, upper part like a "birds beak" hence its Welsh name. Striped red/green fruit is still found growing at the abbey in St. Dogmaels near Carmarthen. It has been written that the Monks of St. Dogmaels had to be admonished by the Bishop of St. David's for their drunkenness, presumable from drinking too much cider! (Pollination group B) | £26.50 | ||
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Pig Yr Wydd | A hardy mid-season cooker from Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire. Really a general-purpose variety, cook well with green, flushed pink skin and pale flesh and is good to mix in the cider barrel. Keeps well from October to January. (Pollination group B) | £26.50 | ||
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Tinyrwydd | A popular and prolific early cooker from Victorian times originating around 1870 in England the variety is called Lord Grosvenor. A good variety for high elevations, damp and windy places! It has an irregular knobbly shape hence the local Welsh name "Goose's Arse". The large green fruit keeps well and cooks to a tangy, light puree. Makes good juice and cider. (Pollination group B) | £21.50 | ||
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Wern | A cooking apple from Pembrokeshire it is also known as Scotch Bridget outside of Wales. Does well in damp and difficult areas. Flavour develops over time and keeps well. Pick in early October, will keep it until beyond December. Triploid. (Pollination Group 3) | £26.50 | ||
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Breakwell's Seedling, Cider Apple. | Moderately vigorous bitter sharp cider apple. Medium size tree with heavy crops unusually early. Wild seedling propagated at Perthyre farm, Monmouth, by George Breakwell 1890. (Pollination group 4) | £26.50 | ||
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Cadwallader | Vintage Welsh bittersweet cider apple. Originating from and still widely grown in Brecon. (Pollination group 4) | £26.50 | ||
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Cummy Norman, Cider Apple. | Vintage bittersweet Welsh cider apple variety from Radnorshire with plenty of character. Makes a very good single variety cider. | £26.50 | ||
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Frederick (Pure sharp from Monmouthshire) | Producing a pure sharp juice with no astringency, and distinct fruity character for a single variety of cider is also good for blending with other varieties. Widely cultivated in Victorian times, the fruit is colourful yellow and striped red flush. Makes very good apple jelly! | £26.50 | ||
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Gelli Aur (Golden Grove apple) | Another Welsh original very local late cooking apple, found in Gelli Aur Mansion, near Llandeilo. Only ever found in one other location in Ireland where the Vaughn family had an estate and must have transplanted this useful cooking apple. Pick in late September. | £26.50 | ||
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Morgan Sweet | Lots of older customers remember eating this as a child in South Wales. (Eater and cider apple 1800's South Wales) Unusually sweet and low in tannins this prolific cropper has large yellow fruit and strong upright growth. Biennial cropping tendency. Used as an eater but also to blend and sweeten cider with other cider varieties. (Triploid) (Pollination Group B) | £26.50 | ||
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Pen Caled | A great all rounder in the Welsh tradition of multiple use apples varieties. Locally well-known mid-season cooker, juicer, cider and sometime eater apple whose ancestor grew originating from near the Abbey at St. Dogmaels, Cardiganshire. A good flavour juice and versatile to mix with other varieties, can be a good eaten if left late enough. Reliable and prolific cropper most years and makes excellent juice. Very hardy and disease resistant. (Pollination group B) | £26.50 | ||
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Perthyre | Very old Welsh bittersweet cider apple variety from Monmouth 1920s. Late harvest. (Pollination Group D) | £26.50 | ||
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Pig Aderyn (Birds beak) | This mid-season general-purpose variety makes a tasty, light cider. Distinctive fruit, upper part like a "birds beak" hence its Welsh name. Striped red/green fruit is still found growing at the abbey in St. Dogmaels near Carmarthen. It has been written that the Monks of St. Dogmaels had to be admonished by the Bishop of St. David's for their drunkenness, presumable from drinking too much cider! (Pollination group B) | £26.50 | ||
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Pride of Dinefwr, Cider Apple | Newly Discovered Bittersharp Welsh cider and juicing apple, found on the Home Farm of the Dinefwr Estate. Very abundant late cropper and good for juicing or cider. | £26.50 | Out Of Stock | |
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Alpengold | £5.00 | |||
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Autumn Bliss | £5.00 | |||
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Bereczki | Available for collection between December and March. | £28.00 | ||
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Beth | Available for collection between December and March. | £36.00 | ||
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Black Worcester | £32.00 | |||
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Concorde | Available for collection between December and March. | £36.00 | ||
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Conference | Available for collection between December and March. | £26.50 | ||
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Doyenne du Comice | Available for collection between December and March. | £25.00 | ||
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Glen Ample | £26.00 | |||
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Isfahan | Available for collection between December and March. | £28.00 | ||
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Jargonelle | £28.00 | |||
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Louise Bonne of Jersey | Available for collection between December and March. | £32.00 | ||
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Marjorie’s Seedling | Available for collection between December and March. | £25.00 | ||
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Meech's Prolific | Available for collection between December and March. | £28.00 | ||
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Nottingham | Available for collection between December and March. | £0.00 | Out Of Stock | |
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Opal | Available for collection between December and March. | £36.00 | ||
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Portugal | Available for collection between December and March. | £25.50 | ||
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Red Lake | £18.00 | |||
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River’s Early Prolific | Available for collection between December and March. | £30.00 | ||
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Rovada | £15.00 | |||
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Serbian Gold | Available for collection between December and March. | £28.00 | ||
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Tulameen | £15.00 | |||
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Victoria | Available for collection between December and March. | £30.00 | ||
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Vranja | Available for collection between December and March. | £25.00 | ||
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Warwickshire Drooper | Available for collection between December and March. | £25.50 | ||
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Williams’ Bon Chretien | Available for collection between December and March. | £25.00 | ||
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Winter Nelis | Available for collection between December and March. | £25.00 | ||
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Yellow Pershore | Available for collection between December and March. | £25.00 | ||
Andrew Hargreaves runs a small, dedicated tree nursery located in Cae’r Crydd, Llandeilo, an area with a deep-rooted tradition of orcharding.
This picturesque setting supports his specialised cultivation of Welsh native apple trees and other fruit varieties suited to the Welsh climate.
Andrew’s venture into horticulture was mentored by Paul Davis of Dolau-Hirion Nursery, Capel Isaac. Determined to preserve and enhance the legacy of quality tree cultivation, Paul imparted extensive knowledge and three decades of horticultural experience to Andrew. This generous mentorship enabled Andrew to master the art of grafting and growing trees to the highest standards.
The nursery is committed to sustainable practices, growing trees without peat and avoiding harmful chemicals. It focuses particularly on old Welsh apple tree varieties, grown in small containers that ensure they can thrive when planted at any time of year, adapting to the increasingly dry conditions in Wales.
Andrew also offers a limited number of bare root trees available for pre-order, reflecting his commitment to meet the diverse needs of his customers, which include local authorities and charities. Despite the nursery’s focus on production, Andrew maintains a commitment to the community by offering expert advice and support for setting up community orchards.
With a conscious decision to prioritise the health of the trees and the environment over broader commercial activities, Andrew’s nursery does not offer delivery beyond 10 miles or accommodate public visits, due to the hands-on nature of the work and the nursery’s setup.
For those seeking guidance on tree planting and care, Andrew remains accessible through the nursery’s website, where he ensures that valuable information and personal advice are just an email away.
