Scotch Bridget is a popular Scottish cooking apple, and also found in gardens in Cumbria and south-west England.
Its popularity is partly down to its good cooking qualities, and partly its ability to thrive in the mild but wet conditions encountered in the north west of England and Scotland.
The apples are juicy and moderately acidic. When cooked they retain most of their shape.
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Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.
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Scotch Bridget is a triploid variety and cannot pollinate other varieties. It needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. You can either plant a self-fertile variety (which will pollinate itself and the Scotch Bridget) or you can plant two pollination partners which must each be of different varieties and able to cross-pollinate each other as well as the Scotch Bridget. If you need further advice on this just get in touch. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other apple trees.
Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.
More advice about pollination.
Scotch Bridget is a good choice for anyone wanting to grow apples in a damp wet climate. It also ripens a bit later than other varieties usually found in the north-west.
Planting instructions.
Pruning instructions.
Scotland, 19th century.
