Hawthornden

A pretty and delicately coloured cooking apple.

Origin: Scotland UK, 1780

Pollination: Hawthornden is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners

Hawthornden apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2024

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2025. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Hawthornden

Arose in Scotland and first recorded in about 1780. Named after Hawthornden, Near Edinburgh, the birthplace of the 16th century poet Drummond. A popular Victorian garden variety. Commercially grown in Kent and by London market gardeners in the 19th century but its popularity waned by the 1890’s because the fruit bruises easily.

An attractive culinary apple, primrose yellow, lightly flushed pinky red. Cooks to a creamy, well flavoured, brisk puree. A spreading tree. Hardy but prone to mildew.

Characteristics of Hawthornden apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Yellow
Flavour	Subacid
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Sep
Season of use	Sep-Nov
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Suitable for	Northern Britain
Pollination date	13
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners