Hugh Ermen

Hugh Ermen (1928–2009) was a British horticulturalist, considered one of the United Kingdom's leading amateur apple breeders. He specialised in breeding new apple varieties, especially own root trees, and was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Associate of Honour in 1988 for his contributions to pomology.

Varieties The varieties he propagated at the Brogdale Horticultural Experimental Station include popular British garden apples such as:

Trees developed by Ermen, such as Scrumptious, have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Legacy Ermen worked at the Ministry of Agriculture's National Fruit Trials at Brogdale in Kent until his retirement; this is where he began to advocate the use of own root fruit trees.