History of Stanmer Pippin The tree was grown from the pip of a supermarket apple by Anne Markwick at Stanmer Park during the 1960s and raised by Plumpton College Horticultural Training Centre, Stanmer Park, Brighton & Hove. Description of fruit The fruit is medium in size with a round conical shape. The skin is flushed…
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History of Sussex Mother The variety was grown around Heathfield in the nineteenth century and described in 1884 by Robert Hogg. It is still found in Sussex gardens. It is currently cultivated as part of Brighton Permaculture Trust’s -:- National Collection in Stanmer Park, Brighton. You can see a Sussex Mother apple tree (planted 2010) in Home…
More information ...Tinsley Quince
History of Tinsley Quince The Tinsley Quince apple variety was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1942 from R. Fairman, Crawley. It is currently cultivated as part of Brighton Permaculture Trust’s -:- National Collection in Stanmer Park, Brighton. You can see a Tinsley Quince apple tree (planted 2009) in Home Farm Orchard, Stanmer Park ( map). Description…
More information ...Wadhurst Pippin
History of Wadhurst Pippin Both Hogg and Bunyard write that the variety was grown early in the nineteenth century at Wadhurst. It is currently cultivated as part of Brighton Permaculture Trust’s -:- National Collection in Stanmer Park, Brighton. You can see a Wadhurst Pippin apple tree (planted 2010) in Home Farm Orchard, Stanmer Park ( map). Description of…
More information ...More orchards planted or expanded last winter
Published ON 14 MARCH 2016. Brighton Permaculture Trust planted 152 fruit trees with local partners at eleven locations last year. Here’s an update on the various projects we’ve been involved with this winter. Brighton & Hove Racehill Community Orchard, Whitehawk This winter we completed planting at Racehill Community Orchard. Sixty six apples, pears, plums & damsons were planted this winter, taking…
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