Lord of the Isles
 
Cooker / Eater
 
1870 Kings Newton, Derbyshire / 1900’s Duloe, East Cornwall 
 
Self-Sterile (needs a pollinator)
 
Mid Harvester – October (incredible storing capacity)
 
An incredible hardy apple with can easily tolerate winter gales & later frosts with ease. This seedling started its life growing in the thatch roof of the local pub in Kings Newton, Derbyshire. The Landlord like it so much he decided to extract it & planted it the pubs beer garden where it lasted for another 7 decades! It prodigy is now found on every old orchard from Land’s End to Glastonbury. The most prized apple for Westcountry ‘Scrumpers’ due to its superior sweet flavour & very large fruit that is easily knocked out of the tree with a large stick. In some parts of Eastern Cornwall it was known as ‘Newton’s Sweeties’. This apple can be either a tart eater or excellent cooker with superior storing capacity – it can even store longer than the Bramley Apple (til the end of march!) A special tree from a farm orchard in Duloe near the fishing port of Looe was given the prodigious title of ‘Lord of the Isles’ to which it was then know as through out the West.