You can order scionwood from the Davenport Collection.
For more information call 508 869.6111 X139
Monday-Friday, 10AM-5PM EST or
e-mail: scionwood@towerhillbg.org
Click here for a downloadable .pdf order form
| Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts, is the home of the Davenport Collection, a preservation orchard of pre-twentieth century apple varieties. Presently, the collection consists of 119 varieties of apples not common in commercial markets today. The collection took root during the depression when a government work program was set up to remove neglected fruit trees throughout the state. S. Lothrop Davenport, then employed by the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture, headed the project which destroyed thousands of trees, as well as many irreplaceable apple varieties. In the 1940's Mr. Davenport, then secretary of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, convinced the Society to save some of the best heirloom varieties from extinction. He systematically collected 60 worthy varieties recommended by the Massachusetts and New York State Cooperative Extension Services. The trees were grown in his own orchard in Grafton, Massachusetts, until 1973 when the collection was relocated to Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The preservation orchard was a cooperative venture between the two organizations until 1990, with OSV using the fruit for demonstration purposes and the Society distributing scionwood nationwide each March. When the Society established Tower Hill Botanic Garden in 1986, the orchard was relocated to the new headquarters. This relocation enabled the Society to make the orchard available to the public on a regular basis for their education and pleasure. As in the past, scionwood is distributed from the Davenport Collection each year to those interested in preserving and enjoying these uncommon, hard-to-find varieties. If you would like to order apple scions, please go to the electronic "order page" after reviewing the list. We charge $3.00 per scion stick with a minimum order of 4 sticks, maximum of 5 per individual variety. Thank you! |
| Early Season Varieties 007 Benoni, c. 1832 MA 011 Chenango, 1800s, mid NY 119 Quince of Cole, c. 1850 ME 020 Early Harvest, 1700s USA 021 Early Joe, c. 1800 NY 022 Early Strawberry, 1700s, early NY 032 Gravenstein, c. 1669 Gmy? 035 Hightop Sweet, c. 1600 NEng 039 Jefferis, c. 1830 PA 018 Oldenburg, 1700s, late Russia 112 Primate, c. 1840 NY 064 Red Astrachan, c. 1800 Russia 066 Red June, c. 1848 NC 078 Somerset of Maine, c. 1849 ME 079 Sops of Wine, c. 1600 Eng 082 Summer Pearmain, c. 1817 USA 083 Summer Rose, c. 1806 NJ 086 Sweet Bough, c. 1817 USA 091 Twenty Ounce, c. 1844 CT? 094 Washington Greening, - - 096 Washington Strawberry, c. 1840 NY 023 Williams, 1830 pre MA 105 Yellow Transparent, c. 1800 Russia |
Mid Season Varieties 001 Alexander, 1817, pre Russia 003 American Pippin, c. 1817 USA 009 Blue Pearmain, 1800s, early USA 012 Cox Orange, c. 1830 Eng 013 Crow Egg, c. 1800 - 014 Davey, c. 1928 MA 019 Dyer, 1700's RI 028 Fall Harvey, c. 1836 MA 025 Fall Pippin, 1700s, late USA 030 Golden Pippin, c. 1800 MA 034 Hawley, c. 1750 NY 043 Late Strawberry, c. 1848 NY 044 Lyscom, c. 1817 MA 045 Maiden Blush, c. 1817 - 047 McIntosh, c. 1796 Can'd 004 Melon, c. 1800 NY 049 Mother, c. 1844 MA 052 Northern Sweet, c. 1800 VT 107 Palouse, c. 1879 WA 058 Porter, c. 1800 MA 060 Pumpkin Russet, c. 1832 NEng 062 Rambo, c. 1804 - 067 Rhode Island Greening, c. 1650 RI 068 Ribston, c. 1707 Eng 070 Roman Stem, c. 1817 NJ 071 Roxbury, c. 1630 MA 072 St. Lawrence, c. 1800 NAm? 075 Sheppard's Sweet, c. 1850 CT 084 Sutton, c. 1848 MA 087 Sweet Winesap, c. 1867 PA 090 Tompkins King, c. 1800 NJ 111 Utter, c. 1855 WI 092 Vandevere, c. 1806 DE 093 Wagener, c. 1791 NY 097 Wealthy, c. 1869 MN 098 Westfield, 1796, pre MA 101 Winthrop Greening, c. 1800 ME 102 Wolf River, c. 1875 WI 103 Wright, c. 1875 VT |
Late Season Varieties 002 American Beauty, c. 1854 MA 005 Baldwin, c. 1740 MA 006 Ben Davis, c. 1800 USA 008 Black Gilliflower, 1700s, late CT? 010 Chandler, c. 1835 CT 015 Deacon Jones, c. 1892 PA 016 Domine, c. 1831 MD? 017 Dumelow, c. 1800 Eng 024 Esopus Spitzenburg, 1790, pre NY 026 Fallawater, 1800Ős late PA 027 Fameuse, c. 1730 France 029 Gilpin, c. 1817 VA? 031 Golden Russet, 1700s, late Eng? 110 Green Newtown, 1759, pre NY? 033 Grimes, c. 1804 WV 036 Hubbardston, c. 1832 MA 037 Hunt Russet, c. 1750 MA 038 Huntsman, c. 1850 MO 040 Jewett Red, c. 1842 NH 041 Jonathan, c. 1826 NY 042 Lady, 1628 France 046 Malinda, c. 1860, VT 048 McLellan, c. 1780 CT 050 Newtown Spitzenburg, c. 1817 NY 051 Northern Spy, c. 1800 NY 053 Oliver, c. 1831 AR 054 Opalescent, c. 1899 OH 055 Ortley, c. 1817 NJ 109 Paragon, c. 1830 TN 108 Peck Pleasant, c. 1832 CT/RI 056 Pewaukee, c. 1870 WI 057 Pomme Grise, c. 1800 ? 059 Priestly, c. 1817 PA 061 Pumpkin Sweet, c. 1834 CT 069 Ralls, c. 1800 VA 063 Ramsdell Sweet, c. 1838 CT 065 Red Canada, c. 1822 USA 073 Salome, c. 1853 IL 074 Seaconk Sweeting, 1869, pre CT 076 Shiawassee, c. 1850 MI 077 Smokehouse, c. 1837 PA 080 Stark, c. 1867 OH 081 Stone, c. 1836 VT 085 Swaar, c. 1804 NY 088 Titus Pippin, c. 1841 NY 089 Tolman Sweet, c. 1822 MA 095 Washington Royal, c. 1855 MA 099 White Pippin, c. 1848 ? 100 Winter Banana, c. 1876 IN 113 Winter Pearmain, 1600s Eng 104 Yellow Bellflower, c. 1800 NJ 114 Yellow Newtown, 1700s, early USA 106 York Imperial, c. 1830 PA 117 Arkansas Black, 1833 AR 115 Black Oxford, 1790, pre ME 118 Calville Blanc, 1598 France 116 Paw Paw, 1858 MI |