Bloody Ploughmans

Type: Cider

Identification: Medium to large apple, round and conical with distinct ribbing. The skin is entirely red and has a distinctly greasy feel.

Characteristics: Flesh is stained pink when the apple is fully ripe. Crisp and juicy. Sweet.

Uses: Primarily used for cider but also serves as a baking apple.

Origins: Arose in Carse of Gowrie, Scotland. First recorded in 1883. There is a colourful story behind the rather strange name. A ploughman was caught stealing apples from the Megginch estate and shot by a gamekeeper. His wife threw the stolen apples on a rubbish heap. One of the seedlings which arose was rescued and gave rise to the variety which was named after the unfortunate ploughman

Cultivation: Vigorous, upright-spreading spur bearer.

Harvest: Ready for picking in the middle of the fourth period.

Juice: classification: Sweet

Pollination Group: D

Pollination Peak: 12

Ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.

Harvest Period: 4