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Apple – Ellison’s Orange

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September 29, 2009 by admin 2 Comments
Ellison's Orange

The Ellison's Orange apple  was raised by the Reverend. C.C. Ellison at Bracebridge and Mr. Wipf, gardener at Hartsholme Hall in Lincolnshire, …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Adams Apples, Aniseed, Bracebridge, Caption, Class Certificate, Ellison, First Class, Gardener, Juicy Flesh, Lincolnshire England, Natural Storage, Nurseries, Orchards, Pippin, Red Skin, Reverend, Rhs, Temple Sowerby, Wipf


Apple – Lancashire Pippin

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Lancashire Pippin

The Lancashire Pippin was received by the national fruit trials in 1950, from Westmorland in Northern England. Fruits have soft, slightly …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Apple, Caption, Cumbria, Flesh, Fruits, Lancashire, National Fruit, Natural Storage, Northern England, Orchards, Parents, Pippin, Temple Sowerby, Unknown Flowers, Westmorland


Apple – Ribston Pippin

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Ribston Pippin

The Ribston Pippin was raised at Ribston Hall in Yorkshire, England, from seed brought from Rouen in France.  It is thought to have been planted …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Adams Apples, Apple, Aromatic Flavour, Bridget, Caption, Crisp Texture, Desert, Flesh, Fruits, Late September, Natural Storage, Orchards, Parents, Rouen, Scotch, Temple Sowerby, Trees, Unknown Flowers, Yorkshire, Yorkshire England


Common Medlar

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September 27, 2009 by admin 1 Comment
Common Medlar

The medlar is an ancient fruit native to Iran and there are records of it's cultivation since the 2nd Century BC, being grown by ancient Greeks and …
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Filed Under: Medlars & Quinces Tagged With: Acorn, Apple Sauce, Bees, Cheese Recipe, Consistency, Cumbria, Fruit Pulp, Greeks And Romans, Late Spring, Lemon Curd, Medlar Fruit, Medlar Trees, Medlars, Pome, Reminiscent, Royal Horticultural Society, Sepals, Shrubs, Slang, Temple Sowerby, White Flowers


Apple Day in Cumbria 2009

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Apple orchard, Acorn Bank, Penrith.

Counties all over the UK are preparing for their Apple Day events to be held throughout the month of October. Britain has the largest apple …
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Filed Under: Apples, Featured Tagged With: 28th September, Aonb, Apple, Apple Games, Apple Orchard, Apple Varieties, Arnside, Beetham Nurseries, Cockermouth, Cold Conditions, Cumbria, Guided Walks, Hilary Wilson, Keswick, penrith, Pippin, Recipe Cards, S Games, Silverdale, Sizergh Castle, Traditional Apple, Wordsworth


Perry Pear – Blakeney Red

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Blakeney Red Perry Pear

The Blakeney Red Perry Pear is named after the village of Blakeney in the Forest of Dean.  Also known as Red Pear, Circus Pear, Painted Lady, Painted …
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Filed Under: Featured, Pears Tagged With: Abundance, Acorn, Blakeney, Circus, Cumbria, Cummins Nursery, Existence, Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, Glows, Khaki Uniforms, Medlar, Neighbouring, Orchards, Pear, Perry Pears, Red Flush, Specimen, Sunny Side, Temple Sowerby, Three Counties


Apple – Scotch Bridget

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Scotch Bridget

The Scotch Bridget Apple also known as White Calville, originated in Scotland in 1851. A culinary apple commonly found in Cumbrian farm …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Adams Apples, Apple, Bridget, Caption, Crops, Culinary, Desert, Fruits, Natural Storage, Orchards, Parents, Rich Flavour, Scotch, Scotland, Soft Flesh, Temple Sowerby, Trees, Unknown Flowers


Apple – Red Ellison’s Orange

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Red Ellison's Orange

The Red Ellison's Orange is a more highly coloured sport of Ellison"s Orange and was discovered in 1948 in H.C. Selby's orchard in Walpole St. peter, …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Adams Apples, Aniseed, Apple Red, Cambridgeshire, Caption, cox, Eating Apple, Ellison, Juicy Flesh, Mid Season, Natural Storage, Orange, Orchard, Orchards, Pippin, Selby, Sport, St Peter, Temple Sowerby, Walpole, Wisbech


Bramley’s Seedling

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Bramley's Seedling

The Bramley's Seedling apple is a triploid, raised around 1809 - 1813 by Mary Ann Brailsford in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. It was …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: 1865, Acid Flavour, Acorn, Adams Apples, Brailsford, Bramley, Caption, Class Certificate, Merryweather, Natural Storage, Nottinghamshire England, Orchards, Royal Horticultural Society, Seedling, Southwell, Supermarket Shelves, Temple Sowerby, Triploid, Unknown Flowers, Vigorous Grower


Apple – Egremont Russet

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Egremont Russet

The Egremont Russet apple is a classic English Victorian variety, originating in England in 1872.  Believed to have been raised by the Earl of …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Adams Apples, Caption, Desert, Egremont, England And Wales, Flesh, Golden Skin, Natural Storage, Orchards, Parents, Petworth, Russet Apple, Sussex, Sussex England, Temple Sowerby, Trees, Unknown Flowers


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