English Apples - Bloody Ploughman

Apple from Scotland; sweet, crisp and juicy. First recorded 1883; pinkstained flesh in some years. Name is taken from a ploughman who was caught stealing apples and shot by the gamekeeper. His wife got the apples he had stolen but threw them on a rubbish heap and a seedling appeared - this one. It was rescued by a workman and since then has become well known.

Note the variable appearance in the two photographs.

I haven't grown this one yet.

Pictures (click on small images for detail):

Blossom



Fruit

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compiled by Nigel Deacon / Diversity website

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