A Community Orchard has been created in the western most field of the Millennium Wood Park nearest Moorway Lane.
The Derby City Council Parks Department chose and supplied the trees and FOLPs with local school pupils planted them in the winter of 2011/12. The orchard has many different varieties of Apples, Pears, Damsons, Gages, Plums, Cherries, Hazlenuts and Filberts.
The trees are now producing fruit and is one of the best community orchards in Derbyshire.
The fruit is for everyone to share, so don't take more than you can eat at home, and only pick when it is ripe:
The Derby City Council Parks Department chose and supplied the trees and FOLPs with local school pupils planted them in the winter of 2011/12. The orchard has many different varieties of Apples, Pears, Damsons, Gages, Plums, Cherries, Hazlenuts and Filberts.
The trees are now producing fruit and is one of the best community orchards in Derbyshire.
The fruit is for everyone to share, so don't take more than you can eat at home, and only pick when it is ripe:
- For apples, twist the fruit through half a turn and pull gently, if it is ripe it will come away without too much effort. If the whole branch moves as you pull it isn't ripe and won't be eatable.
- For Pears, press gently at the stem end and if it is soft then it is ready for picking. Pears don't ripen fully on the tree and will need a few days at room temperature before they are ready to eat.
- For plums, gently squeeze the fruit and if ripe it will feel soft.
- For cherries - red is ripe!
SPRING is a beautiful time in the orchard, with the blossom at its best.
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APPLE VARIETIES
1. Arthur Turner 2. Bountiful 3. Bramley’s Seedling 4. Charles Ross 5. Discovery 6. Egremont Russet 7. Falstaff 8. Fiesta 9. Golden Delicious 10. Greensleeves 11. James Grieve 12. Laxton’s Superb 13. Lord Derby 14. Lord Lambourne 15. Newton Wonder 16. Rev.W.Wilks 17. Sunset 18. Winter Gem 19. Worcester Pearmain |
PLUM VARIETIES 21. Damson ‘King Damson’ 22. Damson ‘Merryweather’ 23. Plum ‘Denniston’s Superb’ 24. Plum ‘Marjories Seedling’ 25. Plum ‘Opal’ 26. Plum ‘Oullin’s Golden Gage’ 27. Plum ‘Czar’ 28. Plum ‘Victoria’ PEAR VARIETIES 29. Pear ‘Beth’ 30. Pear ‘Conference’ 31. Pear ‘Doyenne du Comice’ 32. Pear ‘Louise Bonne of Jersey’ 33. Pear ‘William’s Bon Cretian’ |
CHERRY VARIETIES
34. Cherry ‘Bigarreau Napoleon’ (colt) 35. Cherry ‘Cherokee’ (colt) 36. Cherry ‘Colney’ (colt) 37. Cherry ‘Early Rivers’ (colt) 38. Cherry ‘Hannaford’ (colt) 39. Cherry ‘Morello’ (colt) 40. Cherry ‘Penny Malden’ (colt) 41. Cherry ‘Stella’ (colt) 42. Cherry ‘Zoe’ (colt) MEDLAR 43. Medlar Original Bush (on Quince A) NUTS 44. Nut (Filbert) Kentish Cob, (bush) 45. Nut (Cobnut) Pearson’s Prolific,(bush) 46. Nut (Filbert) Red Filbert, (bush) 47. Nut (Filbert) White Filbert, (bush) |
