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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


Survey reveals apple identity crisis

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September 17, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Heritage varieties of apples collected in a wooden tray - Credit-NTPL / William-Shaw.

The National Trust has revealed that despite the UK being a nation of apple lovers, the majority of Britons cannot identify home grown …
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apple Blossom, Apple Calendar, Apple Lovers, Autumn, Bramley, Britons, Cox Orange, Crunch, Crunchy Texture, Director General, Eating Apple, Eating Apples, Fiona Reynolds, Food Campaign, Food Glorious Food, Good Juice, Granny Smith, Grown Apples, Heritage Varieties, Hot Spring, Local Flavours, National Trust, Nbsp, Orchards, Pink Lady, Pippin, Survey Showed That, Uk Www, Varieties Of Apples, William Shaw


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


National Trust feature Medlars at Chelsea

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May 16, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Medlar trees for NTGC stand at Cheslea 2011

The National Trust will launch their new Garden Collection at Chelsea 2011 and the stand will feature old varieties, including the ancient …
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Filed Under: Featured, Fruit & Veg, News Tagged With: British Institution, Chelsea Flower Show, Conservation Work, Dream Project, Furniture Oak, Garden Space, Greenhouses, Heritage Varieties, Hot Weather, Lanhydrock, Licensed Designs, London College, Medlar Trees, National Trust Properties, Oak Leaf, Orchards, Outdoor Furniture, Outdoor Structures, Rhs Chelsea Flower Show, Scotts Of Thrapston, Summerhouses, Traditional Crafts


Help available for orchard management

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December 27, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
A red apple

Natural England hope that a new guide will curb the demise of the English fruit orchard. Traditional orchards are a classic feature of the English …
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Filed Under: Featured, Fruit & Veg Tagged With: Advice Guides, Alarming Rate, Bat Species, Biodiversity Action Plan, Bird Species, Bullfinch, Chafer Beetle, English Landscape, Flora And Fauna, Fruit Orchard, Fruit Trees, Information Note, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Orchard Environments, Orchard Management, Orchards, Priority Status, Rich Biodiversity, Tree Selection, Uk Biodiversity Action Plan


Looking for Medlars

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November 28, 2010 by admin 2 Comments
Common Medlar

Medlars are one of our ancient British fruits making a come back. During the middle ages, people would have been very familiar with this strange …
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Filed Under: Featured, Medlars & Quinces Tagged With: Bbc, Bbc Countryfile, Christmas, Christmas Table, Cold Cuts, Comments Section, Commercial Cultivation, Finished Product, Food Producers, Fruits, Handy, Hundred Years, Medlar Jelly, Medlar Trees, Medlars, Middle Ages, Orchards, Pheasant, Turkey, Wiltshire


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


Apple – Carlisle Codlin

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October 13, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
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The Carlisle Codlin apple is thought to have originated in Carlisle in Cumbria and records show evidence of it's presence before 1830. Fruits …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Acorn, Apple, Caption, Carlisle Cumbria, Desert, Flavour, Flesh, Fruits, Habit, heritage, Late September, Natural Storage, Orchards, Parents, Presence, Temple Sowerby, Unknown Flowers


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