Orchards, Trees & Orchard Produce

Some Warwickshire Fruit

Dessert Apples
Wyken Pippin, an old variety introduced from Holland at beginning of 18th century. Believed to have come from a pip saved from an apple eaten by Lord Craven on his travels from France to the Netherlands in about 1715. Planted at Wyken near Coventry. Greenish skin dotted with russet. Delicious yellow flesh. Juicy, sweet, tender. Best between Christmas and Easter

Other Apples
Shakespeare

Plums
Warwickshire Drooper

This list was compiled using many sources including The New Book of Apples by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards (Ebury Press 2002).

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