Orchards, Trees & Orchard Produce

Some Suffolk Fruit

St Edmund's Pippin

Dessert Apples
Clopton Red, a seedling raised by Justin Brooke of Clopton Hall, Wickhambrook in 1946. Honey Pippin raised by Justin Brook of Clopton Hall, Wickhambrook, before 1981. Maclean’s Favourite raised by Dr Allan Maclean of Sudbury around 1820, although Joan Morgan suggests he was from Colchester, Essex. Maxton found in orchard at Assington in 1939 by R Heseltine. St Edmund’s Pippin / St Edmund’s Russet, the best flavoured of all October apples, raised by Mr R Harvey at Bury St Edmunds and first recorded in 1875. Suffolk Pink found in orchards at Braiseworth near Eye around 1990.

Cooking Apples
Catherine from the garden of the pub, Live and Let Live at Combs near Stowmarket before 1900, the variety from the old tree was known in the village as Catherine. Lord Stradbroke / Fenn’s Wonder / Fenn’s Seedling raised, or found around 1900 by Lord Stradbrooke’s Head Gardener Mr Fenn at Henham Hall, near Wangford.

Dual Purpose Apples
Lady Henniker from seedling found in cider must at Thornham Hall near Eye, in the 1840s, introduced by John Perkins, gardener to Lord Henniker in 1873.

Plums
Coe’s Golden Drop raised in 1800 by Jervaise Coe, gardener at Bury St Edmunds. Coe’s Late Violet raised by Jervaise Coe at Bury St Edmunds. Green Gage in the 18th century Thomas Gage of Bury St Edmunds took a shipment of the gage Reine-Claude probably from Armenia, renamed Green Gage by his gardener.

This list was compiled using many sources including the East of England Apples and Orchards Project county gazetteers, and The New Book of Apples by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards (Ebury Press 2002).

Contact the East of England Apples and Orchards Project for more information and names of Suffolk’s ‘lost’ varieties - call +44(0)1328 838403 or visit their web-site.

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