A one-time lost variety of the county until it was rediscovered in the 1990s by local farmer Peter Weekes. An apple of the Ombersley / Chatley parish, Peter followed up stories his father told about the village apple, eventually finding four remaining old trees, from which graft wood was taken and so re-establishing the variety.
A dessert / dual purpose apple, it stores well and eaten fresh has a crisp, juicy and slightly sub acid flavour. From observation it seems to have a biennial cropping tendency producing a huge crop one year and very little the next.
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Rediscovered
1990s
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Area
Worcestershire
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Flavour
crisp, juicy & slightly sub acid
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