Greensleeves Apple

The Greensleeves apple,  introduced in 1966, was developed by East Malling Research Station as a cross between Golden Delicious and James Grieve. It has the sweetness of the Golden Delicious with a touch of acidity from James Grieves and is very popular with children. Perfect for school lunch boxes.

Greensleeves apples are grown here in our orchard and are available to buy from the farm shop at ~The Orchard Tea Room, Redmoor Lane, Wisbech, PE14 0RN.
Opening hours currently 8am -4pm Monday to Saturday, 9am - 4pm Sunday.

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Russet Apple

Russet apples are named for their russet skins, rougher than the usual smooth skin variety of apples. The Russet pictured is actually a Herefordshire Russet but we also grow the famous Egremont Russet which was developed in Victorian times.

Why not pop by the Orchard Farm Shop, Redmoor Lane, Wisbech, PE14 0RN and see which you prefer. Opening hours currently 8am -4pm Monday to Saturday, 9am - 4pm Sunday.

(By the way, the Hereford Russet includes Cox's Orange Pippin and Idared apples in it's parentage both of which are grown here in our orchard at Redmoor Lane, Wisbech.)

Cox's Apple

Considered by many to be England's greatest dessert apple Cox's Orange Pippin developed from a chance seedling way back in the 19th Century.

It's a delicious apple with a range of flavours sometimes described as melon, pear, orange juice or even mango. If you've never tried a Cox's apple you are in for a treat.


Grown in our own orchard here at Redmoor Lane just off the A47 at Wisbech.

Available to purchase from our Orchard Farm Shop, Redmoor Lane, Wisbech, PE14 0RN. Opening hours currently 8am -4pm Monday to Saturday, 9am - 4pm Sunday.

Jonagold Apples

The Jonagold apple is a firm favourite with many of our customers, not surprising really considering how good it tastes!

Jonagolds are a nice crisp apple, with sweet white flesh and just the right amount of acidity.

Grown here in our orchard on Redmoor Lane, Wisbech it was actually developed in the USA in the 1940's. Jonagold's parents are an American apple called Jonathan and Golden Delicious.

This is a large apple so it's perfect for sharing.

Available to purchase from our Orchard Farm Shop, Redmoor Lane, Wisbech, PE14 0RN. Opening hours currently 8am -4pm Monday to Saturday, 9am - 4pm Sunday.

Apple Picking

Apple picking is in full swing now, you'll find the following apple varieties for sale in the shop:

Bramleys
Cox
Summer Festival
Summer Red
Worcester
Spartan
Russet
Greensleeves

and there are more to come!

Worcester Pearmain Apples - now picking

We're now picking Worcester Pearmain apples for the shop,

a very popular early season English apple

that some folk say sometimeshas a strawberry like flavour.

Try some at £1.00 a kilo and let us know what you think.

Apple Juice

Did we ever tell you that we are now stocking apple juice?

It's absolutely delicious and the juice tastes just like the apple variety

and the best thing of all is that it's the juice from our own apples grown right here at the orchard in Begdale, Elm.

Pork and Bramley Apple Bake

We still have a few of the 2010 Bramleys for sale in the shop so we thought we'd share a favourite Bramley recipe with you.

Ingredients:

450g/1lb potatoes

4 small onions,

sliced into wedges

2 tbsp olive oil

450g/1lb (approx 3) Bramley apples, cored and sliced into wedges

lean pork steaks

1 tbsp fresh sage leaves or 1 tsp dried sage

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC/Fan 180ºC/400ºF/ Gas Mark 6.

2. Parboil the potatoes

3. Place the potatoes, onion and oil in a large roasting tray or dish. Toss together and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Bake for 15 minutes.

4. Remove from the oven, then stir in the Bramley slices and lay the pork steaks on top. Season and sprinkle over the sage and then return to the oven and bake for a further 20 minutes or until the pork is golden and the Bramleys and vegetables are tender.

5. Serve.

Blossom Time

The apples are in blossom

The Orchard Today 7th April

Our plum trees are a mass of white blossom

The apple trees a mass of green, but upon closer inspection, nestled in those little green leaves are

blossom buds.

If this warm spell continues it won't be long before the whole orchard is a froth of blossom.

The Orchard in March

Above is a photograph of apple tree buds in early March, since then we've had several days of glorious sunshine and unseasonally warm weather

which has brought the leaves out, won't be long before the trees are in blossom.

Bird Apples

We usually have a number of large nets of apples for sale, they aren't perfect, they might be getting a little soft, have a slight bruise or some other mark. We call them bird apples, the birds absolutely love them, especially blackbirds, and lots of our customers buy them for their garden birds. At £1.00 for a large net they are terrific value.

As you can see from the sign their use isn't limited to the birds, we do have customers who make their own cider and of course they make the perfect treat for horses (and iguananas!)

What will you use yours for?

English eating apples still available in March

Cameo

We grow a large variety of apples here at the orchard on Redmoor Lane, some of which are still available this late in the season. Cameo is one of the best keeping apples and should still be available to purchase throughout the country in April. It is a fairly modern apple, delicious and sweet.

Jonagold

Here at the Orchard Farm Shop we often say that Jonagold is for sharing. It's a large , tasty, sweet apple that has become a firm favourite with our customers.

Royal Gala

Royal Gala is known for its' good keeping qualities and its' pleasant, sweet flavour.

Ida Red

Ida Red is another really good keeper, and a stunning looking red apple, as well as eating it can be used for making apple sauce, cook with the skin on and you'll get a pink tinge to the sauce.

So you see if you have a farm shop near you there really is no need to buy apples imported from other countries even in March and April.