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New apple orchard for Gloucestershire

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January 5, 2012 by admin Leave a Comment

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is creating a new fruit orchard using 60 local variety apple, pear and plum trees at the Trust’s Vell Mill nature …
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Filed Under: Apples, News Tagged With: Apple Orchard, Chairmen, Cheltenham, Community Fundraiser, Fruit Orchard, Fruit Tree Varieties, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Jeffries, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Local Community, Mistletoe, Nature Reserve, Newent, Orchards, Pippin, Plum Trees, Ryder, Trickle, Vell, Woodpecker


Over 365 varieties of cider apples grown in UK

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September 8, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Over 365 cidre apples are grown in the UK. - credit NACM

Over 29 new varieties of cider apple have been created following a selection and propagation process that started in 1984. With many being harvested …
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Filed Under: Apples, Featured Tagged With: Apple Juice, Apple Trees, Apple Varieties, Astringency, Cider Apple, Cider Apples, Cider Maker, Cider Makers, Copas, Eleni, Gilly, Juice Quality, Leading Authority, Lizzy, Nacm, Ongoing Research, Orchards, Pomologist, Prince William, Royal Connections, Shamrock, Tannin, Three Counties, Varieties Of Apple, Varieties Of Apples, Vicky


West Dean apple fair 2011

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August 31, 2011 by admin 1 Comment
Over 100 varieties of apples will be on display

Over 100 varieties of apples will be on display at the West Dean College and Gardens Apple Affair in October. Experts will also be available to …
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Filed Under: Apples, Featured, News Tagged With: Apple Experts, Apple Games, Apple Growers, Apple Recipes, Arts Crafts, Assistance Dogs, Bouncy Castle, Chichester West Sussex, Cold Winter, College Specialising, Concessions, cox, Dean, Fruit Group, Good Year, John Nash, Music Room, Nursery Schools, Old Library, Peek, Pollination, Reception Hall, Related Games, Rosemary Moon, Six Miles, Spells, Ticket Holders, Twists, Varieties Of Apples, Walled Kitchen Garden, Warm Periods, West Dean College, West Sussex


Return of the Doddin Apple

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January 26, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Unpruned and unfed Doddin

The small, sweet Doddin (Daddin) apple is a native of  Worcestershire and thanks to a few dedicated people, is set to make a comeback. What is the …
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Filed Under: Apples, Featured Tagged With: Apple Harvest, Apple Tree, Bite Size, Brogdale, Clay Soils, Endeavour, Golf Ball, Pip, Preservation Society, Profit Organisation, Quot, Rootstock, Specimen Numbers, Specimens, Sweet Apples, Sweet Fruits, Virtues, Wartime England, Worcestershire England, World War Ii


Scotland’s New Heritage Orchard

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June 30, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
Elmwood college, Fife

Elmwood College, in partnership with The Forestry Commission have recently unveiled plans for a new orchard. Elmwood and The Forestry …
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Filed Under: Apples, News Tagged With: Agriculture Department, Agriculture Students, Blackthorn Sloe, Bumper Crop, Cider Apples, Cover Crop, Elmwood College, First Fruit, Forestry Commission, Fruit Production, Heritage Orchard, Heritage Varieties, Initial Set, National Economy, Orchard Area, Production Horticulture, Rabbit Proof Fence, Rootstocks, Scottish Executive, Section Leader, Soil Association


Apple Varieties for Shropshire

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June 13, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
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Karen from Shropshire contacted us requesting details of traditional apple varieties for the region. Her school is taking part in the Learning …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Apple Varieties, Comments Section, Curriculum, Exercise, Genuine Participation, Happier Place, Improving Health, Informal Opportunities, Learning Through Landscapes, Motivation, Orchard, Physical Activity, Physical Changes, Shropshire, Traditional Apple, Varieties Of Apples


Berkshire Apples Sought

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October 21, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
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We have had a request from a gentleman looking for pictures of and maybe ultimately suppliers of two varieties of apple from Berkshire: "Guelph" a …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: apples, Berkshire, Cooking Apple, Dessert Apple, Frogmore, Gentleman, Guelph, Varieties Of Apple, Windsor


Apple – Duke of Devonshire

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October 13, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Duke of Devonshire apple

The Duke of Devonshire apple was raised in 1835 by Wilson, gardener to the Duke of Devonshire at Holker Hall, Cumbria. Introduced around …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Apple, apples, Desert, Devon, Duke Of Devonshire, Flesh, Fruits, Gardener, Natural Storage, Nutty Flavour, Orchards, Parents, Temple Sowerby, Texture, Trees, Unknown Flowers


Apple – Cockpit

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October 13, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Cockpit apple

Originating from Yorkshire, the Cockpit apple was first discovered in 1831. Fruits have coarse flesh with a slight acid and almost …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Apple, Caption, Cockpit, Flesh, Fruits, Natural Storage, Orchards, Parents, Temple Sowerby, Unknown Flowers, Yorkshire


Apple – Golden Spire

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October 13, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Golden Spire apple

The Golden Spire apple was reported to have been discovered in 1850 by Richard Smith of Worcester. Fruits have a dense, crisp flesh with an …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Caption, Crisp Flesh, Cumbria, Early September, Flavour, Fruits, Golden Apple, Golden Spire, Natural Storage, Orchards, Parents, Richard Smith, Temple Sowerby, Unknown Flowers


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