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St James Village Orchard

Details of the Tree at Grid Ref J2

Tree Details   
Grid Ref
J2
Tree Type Apple
Variety Coeur de Boeuf
Rootstock M25
Date Planted 23 January 2011
Tree Description A large flat round apple, red flush over a green skin. Cooks to a sweet, lemon coloured puree. Keeps well. Vigorous, spreading tree.
Comments Suggested by RP & CS. A very old French variety possibly the same as the 13th. century De Rouviau.

Grafted in situ.
Orchard Map
If you gather not by hand (which is Tedious) Lay a truss of straw beneath the Tree and over that a blanket, discretely shaking them down, not to many at a time   (Cook, The Making of Cider 1678)