Science is slowly catching up with what we can taste and feel: “Older varieties of fruit and veg may be considerably healthier than their modern supermarket equivalents, researchers claim”.

One of our all time favourite apples, Egremont Russet is mentioned in the following article a friend just sent me:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10798607

Pictured are our Egremont Russets, basking in the autumn sun.

This winter we have introduced some delicious new apple varieties to the nursery and the trees are looking excellent.

We have grown many great varieties on the dwarfing M26 rootstock as many people are having great success with this rootstock on small properties and for small espaliers.

We have introduced the M793 rootstock for cider and juice varieties of apples. This will produce a big sturdy tree, producing abundant fruit for pressing into juice.

We also have a limited supply of two year old trees this season, get in quick and put your orchard a year ahead!

I have been busy with some great edible garden and orchard design projects recently, it’s neat to be  helping folk who are enthusiastic about growing food at home.

Check out some of the resulting designs and a description of our other services on the Services page.

We have been really enjoying Belle de Boskoop apples (pictured) recently, when cooked they partially hold their shape and the flesh goes orange and pink! Delicious in apple pie.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or to request help in selecting the best plants for your needs and location.

Regards, Jason

Season’s Greetings. I hope your garden grows well. We got home from early Christmas holidays this year to abundant berry crops, so glad we bet the birds to them! Looks like its going to be a second excellent apple season, the apple ‘Discovery’ is ripening before our eyes and should be ready in a few weeks. It’s always a treat to eat those first early apples and then look foward to the succession of flavours and types that follow as they come ripe in their own time. I am taking early orders from keen folk that dont want to miss out on certain varieties this winter. Stock take is done in March and our 2012 winter catalogue will be published online then. Do get in touch if I can help you select the best trees for your property. I look foward to hearing from you. (Photo: ‘Wilson’s Early’ Plum nearly ripe).