D’Arcy Spice
£17.00
An old Essex variety dating back to the 1700s. Sweet yet acid taste. Gains a spicy flavour in hot dry summers. Apples appear flattened at either end and have quite distinct broad ribs from top to bottom. A russet with yellow-green skin and some brown flushing. Though the trees are of moderate vigour they are only small trees on the nursery.
Pollination Group – C Picking time – Late October Storage until – April
An old Essex variety dating back to the 1700s. Sweet yet acid taste. Gains a spicy flavour in hot dry summers. Apples appear flattened at either end and have quite distinct broad ribs from top to bottom. A russet with yellow-green skin and some brown flushing. Though the trees are of moderate vigour they are only small trees on the nursery.
Pollination Group – C Picking time – Late October Storage until – April
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Pollination group – C Picking time – mid September Storage until – October
