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St James Village Orchard

Details of the Tree at Grid Ref R1

Tree Details   
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Tree Type Quince
Variety Meecher's Prolific
Rootstock Quince A
Date Planted 18 March 2010
Tree Description Large golden pear shaped fruit. Slow growing, and often only cropping when three years old.
Comments Also known as Meech's Prolific, Meacher's Prolific, Meach's Prolific.
Orchard Map
'a circling row of goodliest trees loaden with fairest fruit, blossoms and fruits at once of golden hue appeared, with gay enamel'd colors mixed...   (John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV 146)