Wednesday, 5 February 2014

ABC Wednesday - D

Discovery


Discovery is the name of a delightful apple tree in my orchard.  I found it a few years ago whilst looking for heritage fruit trees.  I wanted the old varieties as they are much more disease resistant than modern ones, and are often much more delicious to eat.


Discovery originates from the United Kingdom and dates back to 1900-1949.  This one has never needed any spraying or pest management, and is a healthy, care free tree for the domestic orchard.


The Blackbirds are finding them very delectable at the moment, but we are still getting our share to eat and freeze.


An apple tree I would definitely recommend!
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9 comments:

  1. photowannabe5 February 2014 at 08:35

    Yummm, this one sounds Delicious.
    Glad you found a resistant strain.

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  2. Leslie:5 February 2014 at 11:04

    Oh wow! Those apples look so healthy and I bet are really delicious!

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  3. eileeninmd5 February 2014 at 11:22

    Your apples look delicious, one of my favorite fruits! Have a happy week ahead!

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  4. Stephanie5 February 2014 at 12:28

    They do look enough to eat, one of my favorite fruits. I recently discovered Russet Apples.

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  5. Roger Owen Green5 February 2014 at 15:36

    Apples are my favorites!

    ROG, ABCW

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  6. Lea5 February 2014 at 17:06

    Beautiful apples!
    Lea

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  7. Joy6 February 2014 at 10:27

    Always two joys from an apple tree, the blossom and the fruit. Your photos show a perfect day to pluck one off the tree. I'm munching my way through some cox apples at the moment, my personal favourite
    Joy - ABC Team

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  8. Unknown7 February 2014 at 02:08

    Such a healthy looking tree Jocee. I haven't heard of that variety before, will need to discover it when I next go to NZ

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  9. Nevin7 February 2014 at 14:10

    wow! looks great!

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