| Tree Details | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | L2 |
| Tree Type | Apple |
| Variety | Reverend Wilks |
| Rootstock | M25 |
| Date Planted | 23 January 2011 |
| Tree Description | A large creamy-white apple, tender and cooking to a pale yellow froth. Excellent for baking, hardly needs sugar. Crops heavily, but often biennial. A small tree with short shoots. Disease resistant. A summer and autumn cooking apple. |
| Comments | Chosen by JH. Following enthusiastic advice from a friend a few years ago JH planted a Reverend Wilks in his garden. It cropped well, and when cooked was delicious in all apple dishes. The friend had said that it was different to any other cooking apple. 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)