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The Cambrian Journal (Vol. 111, 1858) contains a list of names for about 200 Welsh apples, [1] the majority of which were from the Monmouth area.. In 1999 a single apple tree was identified by Ian Sturrock on Bardsey Island (located at the end of the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales).
Bardsey Island Apple: Bardsey Island, Wales 1998 A medium-sized eating apple with a unique lemon aroma. Sweet and juicy. Skin color red over gold. Very disease resistant. Single tree discovered on Bardsey island in 1998, age of original tree unknown. May have monastic origins. Eating Barkley Red Rome [52] Bud mutation of Rome Beauty.
Ian Sturrock is a rescuer and restorer of orchards and apple trees, saving apple varieties from extinction. He discovered the last remaining Bardsey apple, [1] [2] and rescued the Diamond apple, [2] as well as many other Welsh apples [citation needed]. He was a finalist for a 2016 St David Award. [3]
Bardsey Island (Welsh: Ynys Enlli), known as the legendary "Island of 20,000 Saints", is located 1.9 miles (3.1 km) off the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. [2]
In the following centuries the island became an important place of pilgrimage and 20,000 saints are reputedly buried on the island. By the end of the Middle Ages the abbey had declined in importance and, following the Dissolution of the monasteries, fell into ruin. In the 18th century, more substantial remains were still standing, but by the ...
In the book's "Fact or Fiction" epilogue, Rollins writes: "Bardsey Island truly is Avalon. All the stories and mythologies of the island are accurate, including Merlin's tomb, Lord Newborough's Crypt, and the twenty thousand buried saints. Also, the Bardsey apple continues to grow, and cuttings can be purchased of this ancient tree.
Cantre'r Gwaelod was an area of land which, according to legend, was located in an area west of present-day Wales which is now under the waters of Cardigan Bay. Accounts variously suggest the tract of land extended from Bardsey Island to Cardigan or as far south as Ramsey Island . [ 1 ]
John Bunker (born 1950 or 1951) is an American orchardist, pomologist, and "apple explorer". [1] [2] [3] An expert on American apples and their history, [4] [5] [6] he is the founder of the mail-order nursery Fedco Trees, a division of the cooperative Fedco Seeds. [7]