Scrumptious! ; Their Names Are As Glorious As Their Rosy Cheeks. Now, After Years in the Shadow of Cheap, Tasteless Imports, the Great British Apple Is Taking a Bough Again
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EVEN from 50 yards, you can spot the bumper crop of Bramley apples in Willock Farm orchard, in the heart of the Wisbech fruit belt of north Cambridgeshire.
Like decorations on a Christmas tree, the blushing red apples -- yes, Bramleys do go red -- stand out against the green leaves and silvery-grey boughs of the gnarled, century-old trees.See the full content of this document
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Scrumptious! ; Their Names Are As Glorious As Their Rosy Cheeks. Now, After Years in the Shadow of Cheap, Tasteless Imports, the Great British Apple Is Taking a Bough Again
It is a timeless picture of Britain in autumn -- long, straggling rows of fruit trees stretching off to the wide Fenland horizon, the evening sun glinting off the arrow-straight dykes.
However, this was a sight that, until recently, was under threat. Ever since the Sixties invasion of cheaper South African, New Zealand and Australian apples -- ironically the fruit from trees that we exported across the Commonwealth in the fi...See the full content of this document
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