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St James Village Orchard

Details of the Tree at Grid Ref H1

Tree Details   
Grid Ref
H1
Tree Type Gage
Variety Coe's Golden Drop
Rootstock St Julien A
Date Planted 15 March 2010
Tree Description Large drop-shaped amber-yellow fruit, sweet and rich when ripe, somewhat like an apricot in texture and deliciously free from acidity. Can be a shy cropper. A late September and October fruit.
Comments Suggested by EK.
Orchard Map
In an orchard there should be enough to eat, enough to lay up, enough to be stolen, and enough to rot on the ground.   (James Boswell (1807). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.)