| Tree Details | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | T2 |
| Tree Type | Sorbus |
| Variety | Sorbus Domestica |
| Rootstock | |
| Date Planted | 15 March 2010 |
| Tree Description | The "Service Tree". Fruits pear-shaped or apple-shaped, green tinged red on the sunny side, edible when bletted. A medium-sized tree, with open spreading branches. Long cultivated in South and East Europe. |
| Comments | Suggested by EK. |
| Orchard Map | |
The greatest apple experience of my life was a Queen Cox apple: when we bit into it we knew we were eating something extraordinary: its perfume, the balance of sweet and acid, the juice, the texture. My God, it was simply divine. (Raymond Blanc, Le Manoir aux Quatre Saisons)