Tree Details | |
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Grid Ref | F5 |
Tree Type | Apple |
Variety | Blenheim Orange |
Rootstock | M25 |
Date Planted | 23 January 2011 |
Tree Description | A large orange-yellow fruit, crisp, somewhat acid but distinctly flavoured. An old and much cultivated sort, rather long in cropping. A broad spreading tree. A midwinter dessert apple, ripening in November, keeping till January and February. Picked in October and stored until ripe. |
Comments | Suggested by RP & CS. Fruiting well elsewhere in St. James (RP & CS). Traditionally an apple for Christmas. |
Orchard Map |
A tree without fruit is like life without love. (Variation on a 'Fat Face' label)