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This is for apple cultivars that have originated in Great Britain or the United Kingdom, either if they are old natural cultivars or modern bred, which were developed in England or Britain. Pages in category "British apples"
'Worcester Pearmain' is an early season English cultivar of domesticated apple, that was developed in Worcester, England, by a Mr. Hale of Swanpool in 1874. [2] It was once the most popular cultivar in England for early autumn harvest [3] and is still popular to keep in the garden. [4] It has been extensively used in apple breeding. [1]
In the 1970s and 1980s the EEC gave funding to British farmers for the removal of orchards. The lowest point of the British apple industry was 2003, with 143,900 tonnes produced. [3] Since 2010 British industry advertising could not claim any health benefits of apples, if not approved by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). [4]
Apple scab is spread through fungus growing in old apple leaves on the ground and spreads during warm spring weather to infect the new year's growth. [ 61 ] Among the most serious disease problems is a bacterial disease called fireblight , and three fungal diseases: Gymnosporangium rust, black spot , [ 62 ] and bitter rot . [ 63 ]
Countries by apple production in 2016 A map of apple output in 2005 A map of world apple producing regions in 2000. This is a list of countries by apple production in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database [1] The estimated total world production of apples in 2022 was 95,835,965 metric tonnes, up 2.0% from 93,924,721 ...
After all those years, it has now led to a brand-new patent for new types of apples, able to grow in a warming world. "There were thousands of apple tree seedlings that were planted out here.
An oak apple on a tree in Worcestershire, England. An oak apple or oak gall is a large, round, vaguely apple-like gall commonly found on many species of oak. Oak apples range in size from 2 to 4 centimetres (1 to 2 in) in diameter and are caused by chemicals injected by the larva of certain kinds of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. [1]
The apple was first grown in orchards around the parish of Kingston St Mary in Somerset, whose inhabitants referred to it simply as the "black apple". [1] At Priorwood Garden. Kingston Black is capable of making a distinctive single-variety cider, [2] and its value in cidermaking meant that by the early 19th century it became more well known.