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Celebrating and remembering old fruit and vegetable varieties

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Oct 05 2010

National Tree Week

The Tree Council’s National Tree Week, 27 November – 5 December 2010,  is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, launching the start of the winter tree planting season.

With over 80 National Collections of trees, Plant Heritage works to support Britain’s wonderful historic trees and conserves precious genetic material so that our landscapes and cities can continue to be enhanced by rare, beautiful and useful trees.

Where better to see our native and cultivated trees at their best, than in one of the arboreta sheltering a glorious National Collection?

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire.
Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire.
Wakehurst Place, West Sussex.
Newby Hall Gardens, North Yorkshire.
Bodnant Garden, Conwy.
Crarae Garden, Argyll.

The Tree Council

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Oct 13 2009

Apple – Cockpit

Originating from Yorkshire, the Cockpit apple was first discovered in 1831.

Cockpit apple
Cockpit apple

Fruits have coarse flesh with a slight acid and almost astringent flavour.

A famous Yorkshire apple which grows well in Cumbria.

Uses: Culinary
Parents: Unknown
Flowers: Early to Mid May
Picking: Early October
Natural Storage: October – December


The Cockpit apple can be found growing in the orchards of Acorn Bank House, Temple Sowerby, Cumbria.

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Sep 29 2009

Apple – Ribston Pippin

The Ribston Pippin was raised at Ribston Hall in Yorkshire, England, from seed brought from Rouen in France.  It is thought to have been planted around 1707, receiving it’s first RHS Award of Merit in 1962.

Ribston Pippin
Ribston Pippin

Fruits have a red/yellow flush and the flesh a fine, firm, crisp texture which is juicy with a rich, sweet aromatic flavour.

Uses: Desert
Parents: Unknown
Flowers: Early to Mid May
Picking: Late September
Natural Storage: October – January


The Ribston Pippin apple can be found growing in the orchards of Acorn Bank House, Temple Sowerby, Cumbria.
Young trees available from Adams Apples




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