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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


Apple – Edward VII

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October 1, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Edward VII

The first record of the Edward VII apple was in 1902.  Introduced by Rowe of Worcester in 1908. The apple received the RHS Award of Merit …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acid Flavour, Acorn, April, Blenheim Orange, Caption, Coarse Texture, Cooking Apple, Culinary, Cumbria, Edward Vii, Flowers, Fruits, Natural Storage, Orchards, Parents, Temple Sowerby


Apple – Lancashire Pippin

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September 29, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
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


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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September 27, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
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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September 27, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
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 – Charles Ross

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September 27, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Charles Ross

The Apple Charles Ross was raised by it's namesake, a gardener at Welford Park Gardens, Newbury, Berkshire. First exhibited in 1890 as Thomas …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Andrew Knight, Caption, Carstairs, Charles Ross, Class Certificate, Cumbria, Dual Purpose, Flavour, Gardener, Namesake, Natural Storage, Newbury Berkshire, Orchards, Park Gardens, Pippin, Royal Horticultural Society, Temple Sowerby, Thomas Andrew, Welford Park


Apple – Norfolk Beefing

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September 26, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Norfolk Beefing (Biffin) apple

The Norfolk Beefing or Norfolk Biffin apple was raised in Norfolk, England and first recorded in 1807. Fruits are very firm, round and slightly …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acidic, Acorn, apples, Bakers, Biffin, Bread Oven, Caption, Cms, Crisp Flesh, Cumbria, Delicacy, Desert, Flesh, Maroon Colour, Natural Storage, Norfolk England, Norwich, Red Streaks, Temple Sowerby, Texture, Unknown Flowers


Are Your Bluebells Native?

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April 10, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Bluebell wood at Muncaster Castle

A few woodland areas in the UK will soon be carpeted in blue from the end of April to Mid May. Our native British Bluebell is considered an …
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Filed Under: Featured, Flowers Tagged With: Beautiful Flower, Bluebell Woods, Central Scotland Forest, Cheshire, Chilterns, Cumbria, East Sussex, Endangered Species, Forest Trust, Further Study, Genetic Makeup, Grow Bulbs, Growing Concern, Hybridisation, Karin, Native Species, Natural History Museum, Nurseries, Plant Species, True Status, Wigton Cumbria, Wildlife Trust, Woodland Areas


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