D'
Arcy Spice |
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An
old dessert apple. The flavour is richly aromatic, sweet,
though it needs a hot summer to gain the spicy flavour
after which it was named. The skin is a bright yellow with
russetting. Found at Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex in about
1785. |
Maiden |
£14.50 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£18.50 |
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Standard |
£30.00 |
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Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
October |
Devonshire Crimson Queen |
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A good looking apple with deep pink red skin with pink extending into the flesh, taste soft and sweet. An apple best picked straight from the tree in late summer. |
Maiden |
£17.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£21.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.50 |
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Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
August |
Devonshire Quarrenden |
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A very old apple from about 1685. A real delight when picked straight from the tree, an apple with a verydistinctive flavour. |
Maiden |
£17.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£21.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.50 |
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|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
August |
Discovery |
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One
of the best of the early dessert apples. Medium sized with
a very good flavour for an early variety Crisp white flesh
tinged pink. Needs to be eaten from the tree as it does
not keep well. Essex. C.1949 |
Maiden |
£14.50 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£18.50 |
|
Standard |
£30.00 |
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|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
August |
Doctor
Hogg |
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A
most impressive very large culinary apple, greenish yellow
with prominent ribs from top to bottom and cooks to a
beautiful aromatic fluff. Sussex C.1880 |
Maiden |
£17.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£21.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.50 |
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|
Use |
Culinary |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
September |
Doctor
Harvey |
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A
high quality large Norfolk cooking apple with greenish
yellow skin and a firm crisp flesh. Traditionally used in
mincemeat. Norfolk C.1629 |
Maiden |
£17.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£21.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.50 |
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|
Use |
Culinary |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
September |
Downtown
Pippin |
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Small
to medium sized, round fruit with a deep cream flesh.
Crisp and juicy with an intense flavour it also cooks
well, keeping its strong flavour. Shropshire C.1806 |
Maiden |
£17.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£21.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.50 |
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|
Use |
Dual |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
September |
Dumelows
Seedling |
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Large,
rounded, pale greenish yellow fruit with a pink blush and
stripes. Widely grown in Victorian times. A very good
culinary apple producing a good flavoured pale cream
puree. Keeps well. Leicestershire Late 18th Century |
Maiden |
£17.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£21.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.50 |
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|
Use |
Culinary |
Pollination |
3 |
Harvest |
October |
Ducks
Bill |
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Thought
to be a very old variety. Its unusual name is derived from
its ribbed, flat-sided shape, resembling a ducks bill.
Sweet flavoured. Sussex C.1937 |
Maiden |
£17.00 |
Feathered
Maiden |
£21.00 |
|
Standard |
£32.50 |
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|
Use |
Dessert |
Pollination |
2 |
Harvest |
October |
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