
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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Celebrating and remembering old fruit and vegetable varieties
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is creating a new fruit orchard using 60 local variety apple, pear
Once common across southern England, meadow clary, a rare blue wild flower, had almost disappeared
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