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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


Bramley’s Seedling

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September 27, 2009 by admin 1 Comment
Bramley's Seedling

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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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: 1865, Acid Flavour, Acorn, Adams Apples, Brailsford, Bramley, Caption, Class Certificate, Merryweather, Natural Storage, Nottinghamshire England, Orchards, Royal Horticultural Society, Seedling, Southwell, Supermarket Shelves, Temple Sowerby, Triploid, Unknown Flowers, Vigorous Grower


Apple – Charles Ross

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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 Lord Lambourne

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Lord Lambourne Apple

Raised in 1907 by Laxton Bros. Ltd, Bedford, England and introduced by them in 1923. Received the Bunyard Cup from The Royal Horticultural …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Apple, Caption, Desert, England, Flowers, Fruits, Grinders, James Grieve, Natural Storage, Parents, Royal Horticultural Society, Skins, Strawberry, Texture


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