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First Heritage Apple Crop

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September 6, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
Cockpit apple

Our three year old heritage apple trees have yielded their first fruits this year and the taste is out of this world!. September has arrived and …
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Filed Under: Featured, Fruit & Veg Tagged With: Apple Crop, Apple Orchard, Apple Trees, Apple Varieties, Blemish, Bridget, Devon, Eating Apples, First Fruits, Flavour, Flavours, Freezer, Fungicides, Mulch, Northern Climate, Pesticides, Rootstock, Scotch, Skin Imperfections, Supermarket Varieties


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 – Blenheim Orange

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October 1, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Blenheim Orange

The triploid apple, Blenheim Orange was discvoered by Mr Kempster at Woodstock near Blenheim, England around 1740. Distribution of the apple …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Apple, apples, Aromatic Flavour, Blenheim Orange, Cheese, Desert, Devon, England, Flesh, Fruits, Kempster, Late September, Natural Storage, Orchards, Ornage, Temple Sowerby, Texture, Trees, Triploid, Unknown Flowers, Woodstock


Suppliers of old varieties

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November 6, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

Here you will find a few commercial suppliers of old varieties of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Edwin Tucker & Sons Ltd, Devon (seeds and seed …
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Filed Under: Flowers, Fruit & Veg, Suppliers Tagged With: Amp, Bulbs, Chiltern Seeds, Commercial Suppliers, Devon, Directory, Flowers, Fruit Flowers, Fruit Tree Varieties, Fruit Vegetables, heritage, Heritage Varieties, Local Businesses, Nursery Growers, Old Varieties, Organic Gardening, Rhs Members, Seed Potatoes, Seed Varieties, Seeds, Seedsman, Somerset, Surrey, Thomas Etty


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