are now ready! PYO and ready picked.
We have also now started picking James Grieve (suitable for cooking at this stage) and Epicure (eater) apples.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Opening times and fruit availability w/b 30th August
We will be open:-
Friday 30th September 9am – 6pm
Saturday 31st August 9am – 6pm
Sunday 1st September 9am – 6pm
Monday 2nd September 9am – 7pm
Tuesday 3rd September 9am – 6pm
Wednesday 4th September 9am – 5.30pm
Plums PYO and ready picked –
sweet eaters – Swan, Belle de Louvain, Avalon (a Victoria type plum)
slightly sharper eater – Purple Pershore
suitable for jam / freezing – Yellow Pershore and Purple Pershore
Apples –
Ready picked – Irish Peach, George Cave,
Ready picked and PYO – Katy, Bramley
Also blackberries, mainly for PYO.
There may be other varieties as the week goes by so watch this space!!
Paul's Plum Walk Update
The 3pm walk is now full so we are slotting in a further one at 4pm. There are still some places on the 7pm one.
Paul's Plum Walk
Join us on Monday 2nd September at either 3pm or 7pm for a guided walk round our orchard, with the opportunity to taste up to 7 varieties of plum. Tickets are £5 each to include a cup of tea/coffee and two pounds of plums of your choice. All money goes towards Cancer Research Relay for Life in which our family is participating on 7th September. Please email to reserve your place (margaret@walsgrove.co.uK)
Bank Holiday Monday
If you went to the Pershore Plum Festival today, we hope you had a good day, especially if you said hello at our stall!!
Thanks also if you visited us at Walsgrove today – we have been very busy.
If you intend to visit us tomorrow – Tuesday- please note below our reduced opening hours.
Bramley apples should be ready for PYO by Wednesday this week. They are sizing up nicely.
Opening times and fruit availability w/b 24th August
Opening times –
Saturday 24th August 9am – 6pm
Sunday 25th August 9am – 7pm
Monday 26th August 9am – 6pm
Tuesday 27th August 9am – 10am & 4pm – 7pm
Wednesday 28th August 9am – 6pm
Thursday 29th August 9am – 6pm
Plums PYO and ready picked- Opal, Czar, Swan, Belle de Louvaine (all sweet eaters) ; Purple Pershore (eater and cooker) ,Yellow Pershore (cooking). Ready picked – Avalon (sweet eater ready from Monday).
Apples – ready picked – Beauty of Bath, Irish Peach, Discovery.
We will also be at Pershore Plum Festival on Bank Holiday Monday in St. Andrew’s Gardens which are opposite the Abbey and near St Andrew’s church hall where afternoon teas are being served! For more information click our local link tab.
Blackberries now ready
Variety – Himalayan Giant and they are certainly gigantic this year!!
PYO 60p lb; ready picked £1.50 lb
Put WR7 4QL into your satnav and come and see us.
Plums and apples w/b 17th August
We will be open each day 9am – 6pm except for Wednesday when we will close at 3pm.
Plums avialable this week –
Opals and Czars – sweet eaters
Swans – sweet eater ready from probably Tuesday
Purple Pershores – good for jamming and cooking at this stage. Will mellow as the week goes on.
Yellow Pershores – good for cooking but still green at present
Grenadier apples – good small cookers
Beauty of Bath – sharp crisp eating apple
Plums are either PYO or ready picked. Apples are ready picked at present.
Contacting us and how to find us
Our phone number is 01905 345371 and a map showing our location is on the caravan page (see tab above).
Plums are ready!!!!
We have today started picking Prolifics, Opals and Czar plums.
50p a pound PYO; 80p a pound ready picked.
Opening times for this coming week (w/b 12th August) are:-
Monday 9am – 7pm
Tuesday 12 – 7pm
Wednesday 9am – 1.30pm
Thursday 9am – 6pm
Friday 9am – 6pm
Friday 9am – 6pm
Saturday 9am – 6pm
Sunday 9am – 6pm