{"id":995,"date":"2016-08-14T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walsgrove.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=995"},"modified":"2016-08-14T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T08:50:00","slug":"fruit-update-14th-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walsgrove.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=995","title":{"rendered":"Fruit update 14th August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The plum harvest is now well underway. Yesterday we started picking Swans, Belles and Excaliburs and we still have Purple and Yellow Pershores and Czars. We are planning to start picking Victorias on Friday.<br \/>\nApple varieties are gradually increasing and we currently have &#8211; Beauty of Bath, George Cave, Irish Peach and Ribston Pippin.<br \/>\nWe have a busy week ahead with the BBC coming on Wednesday to pick Paul&#8217;s brain about plums in readiness for an article on Farming Today (Radio 4)<br \/>\nOn Saturday and Sunday 20th and 21st August, is our Plum Weekend. Come and sample our plums! If you wish, join in a plum walk and tasting round the orchard on Saturday at 11am or 2.30pm or Sunday at 1pm. The Woodpecker Cafe will be open on the Saturday with plum based cakes and pies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plum harvest is now well underway. Yesterday we started picking Swans, Belles and Excaliburs and we still have Purple and Yellow Pershores and Czars. We are planning to start picking Victorias on Friday. Apple varieties are gradually increasing and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walsgrove.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=995\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Fgux-g3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":527,"url":"http:\/\/www.walsgrove.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=527","url_meta":{"origin":995,"position":0},"title":"Fruit update 20th August 2015","author":"Margaret","date":"August 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"With this coming weekend being our Plum Weekend (Saturday\/ Sunday 22nd \/ 23rd August) here is an update on fruit availability. 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