Fruit and Nut Cadeaubonnen Credit

Specialist fruit and nut tree nursery supplying cobnut, walnut, chestnut, heartnut, apple, pear, plum, cherry, damson, apricot, quince, medlar, blueberry, mulberry, sea buckthorn, aronia, honeyberry and amelanchier varieties suitable for the Irish climate. Also, ground-cover raspberries, rootstocks and scionwood for grafting, coppicing, hedging trees

Welcome to fruitandnut.ie.Fruit and Nut is an independent horticultural research establishment based in the west of Ireland. The research is primarily focused on global warming and food security issues, particularly with regard to the potential of tree crops in cool temperate climates (and especially nuts as within the range of trees that could produce an edible crop, nut trees have by , by virtue of their higher calorific, protein and lipid content the greatest food security potential). As far as we are aware, we are the only research establishment in Europe - possibly the whole of the Northern Hemisphere - that is looking specifically at the contribution of tree crops to local food security. Of particular interest is the establishment of nut orchards in Ireland.In addition to the nut research, the nursery also has trialled many different varieties of fruit and fruit rootstocks, and is currently trialling a selection of berries suited to cultivation in acid peat. The nursery is als ...

Gift vouchers from Fruit and Nut

Fruit and Nut offer customised gift vouchers for every occasion. The vouchers can be exchanged for or used in part payment for any goods supplied by the nursery, including items on special offer. The higher-value vouchers are sold at discounted rates (see below).