The end of the plum season is rapidly approaching here at Walsgrove. Although we have a wide range of plums available today, there are few left to pick, with only croppers and burbanks to come on.
Apples – Only Katy (an eater) and Grenadier (a cooker) are ready at present but we are hoping that Worcesters and Lambournes will be ripe by about the 8th September, with a range of other varieties following..
We have a lot of ripe, juicy blackberries just waiting to be picked! At 50p/lb PYO or £1.50 ready picked, you can’t go wrong. If you do want them ready picked, ring us on 01905 345371 to ensure there are some ready and waiting for you.
This is proving to be a poor season for plums as pollination rates were low at blossom time – too cool and windy for the bees to get busy. However, we still have purple and yellow pershores and the Victorias are just ready. The fruit is good quality, just not much of it. Consequently, you won’t see us at the Plum Festival this year. If you are passing though, do call in and PYO.
We still have purple and yellow pershore plums. The Victorias are just ready for picking but there will be few this year. We will not be going to the Pershore Plum Festival because the harvest has been so disappointing – still enough for PYO though!
It is the Pershore Plum Fayre on Monday ( 29th August). If you are going, please pop in to see us on your way there or back.
Plums at present –
Burbank
Marjorie Seedling
Merton Gem
Cropper
Damsons
Eating apples –
Worcesters,
Katy
Epicure
Fortune
Red Miller
James Grieve
Discovery
Cooking apples –
Bramley
Grenadier
Blackberries
Potatoes
Weather permitting, afternoon teas will be served from 1.30pm on Sunday and Monday.
Plums – Victorias (coming to an end), Burbanks, Kirke’s Blue, Marjorie Seedling, Merton Gem
Damsons
Eating apples – Worcester Pearmain, Worcester Tydeman, Katy, Discovery, Epicure, James Grieve.
Cooking apples – Bramley
Blackberries
Potatoes
Pears
Plums – Victorias, Burbank, Yellow Pershores
Eating apples – Katy, Epicure, James Grieve, Worcesters
Cooking apples – Bramley
Pears
Blackberries
Potatoes
Damsons will be ready by midweek
Plums – Victorias, Belles, Excalibur, Yellow Pershores, Purple Pershores (coming to an end)
Apples – Eaters – Discovery (coming to an end), Katy. More varieties will be ready as the week progresses and this info will be posted here on the website.
Cookers – Grenadier
Blackberries
Potatoes – Charlotte
Plums – Purple Pershore, Yellow Pershore, Belles, Excalibur, Swans.
Eating Apples – Discovery, Beauty of Bath, Epicure
Cooking Apples – Grenadier
Also blackberries
Victoria plums are likely to be ready mid August.
Well, we survived the snow!!
The orchard looked beautiful with temperatures dropping to -13 degrees and a seasonal covering of snow, but we are not sorry to see it looking green again.
Pruning has started on the apple trees and we look forward to see what the year brings!