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FIVE ORCHARDS TO VISIT<\/span><\/p>\n

With 5 orchards to visit, the Wildlife Group is often asked which varieties can be found. A list follows below. Many of the varieties are duplicated so the total number of trees are well in excess of this.<\/p>\n

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COMMUNITY ORCHARD <\/strong><\/td>\nGOLDSLAND FARM ORCHARD <\/strong><\/td>\nWELSH ORCHARD <\/strong><\/td>\nELIZABETHAN ORCHARD <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bardsey apple<\/td>\nPen Caled apple<\/td>\nBardsey apple<\/td>\nDr Hervey apple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bakers Delicious apple<\/td>\nKenneth apple<\/td>\nAfal Wern apple<\/td>\nWorcester Pearmain apple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morgan Sweet apple<\/td>\nGabalva apple<\/td>\nSt Cecilia apple<\/td>\nCatshead apple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ribston Pippin apple<\/td>\nCadwallader apple<\/td>\nPig Aderyn apple<\/td>\nJargonelle pear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashmeads Kernel apple<\/td>\nBlakeney Red perry pear<\/td>\nChannel Beauty apple<\/td>\nBlack Worcester pear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grenadier apple<\/td>\nAshmeads Kernel apple<\/td>\nMorgan Sweet apple<\/td>\nMorello cherry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Claygate Pearmain apple<\/td>\nHolstein apple<\/td>\nCissy apple<\/td>\nEarly Transparent greengage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Putt apple<\/td>\nGwehelog perry pear<\/td>\nNant Gwrtheryn apple<\/td>\nMedlar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Victoria plum<\/td>\nGwehelog Red perry pear<\/td>\nMachen apple<\/td>\nQuince<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mirabelle plum<\/td>\nQuince – Meechams Prolific<\/td>\nLeathercoat apple<\/td>\nWalnut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greengage<\/td>\nMedlar – Nottingham<\/td>\nLaxtons Superb apple<\/td>\nFilbert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cambridge gage<\/td>\nSt Cecilia apple<\/td>\nHerefordshire Russet apple<\/td>\nCrabapple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conference pear<\/td>\nCummy Norman apple<\/td>\nAfal Prenglas apple<\/td>\nFig – Brown Turkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doyenne Du Comice pear<\/td>\nPerthyre apple<\/td>\nAfal Coch Cynnar<\/td>\nWILD ORCHARD <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winter Nells pear<\/td>\nTwyn y Sherrif apple<\/td>\nTalgarth apple<\/td>\nBullace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morello cherry<\/td>\nBreakwells Seedling apple<\/td>\nPenrhyn pear<\/td>\nCrabapple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mulberry – King James 1st<\/td>\nAdams Pearmain apple<\/td>\nSnowdon Queen pear<\/td>\nWild Pear (Pyrus pyraster)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quince<\/td>\nPig Aderyn Apple<\/td>\nDenbigh plum<\/td>\nWild Cherry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medlar<\/td>\nVictoria Plum<\/td>\nVictoria Plum<\/td>\nBird Cherry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crabapple<\/td>\nDenbigh Plum<\/td>\nAbergwyngregyn damson<\/td>\nHazel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Filbert<\/td>\nDamsons various (inc. Farleigh)<\/td>\nCrabapple<\/td>\nCherry Plum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nShepherds Bullace<\/td>\nQuince – Meechams Prolific<\/td>\nCheckers Tree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCherry Sunburst<\/td>\nMedlar – Nottingham<\/td>\nWild Plum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCherry Cariad<\/td>\nHazel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBullace Yellow Apricot<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several trees already have ripe fruit so are worth sampling. You can help yourself but please follow the simple rule of not taking more than half the fruit on any one tree<\/p>\n

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FIVE ORCHARDS TO VISIT With 5 orchards to visit, the Wildlife Group is often asked which varieties can be found. A list follows below. Many of the varieties are duplicated so the total number of trees are well in excess of this. COMMUNITY ORCHARD GOLDSLAND FARM ORCHARD WELSH ORCHARD ELIZABETHAN ORCHARD Bardsey apple Pen Caled apple Bardsey apple Dr Hervey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[49,439],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-4xB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17434,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=17434","url_meta":{"origin":17459,"position":0},"title":"Bug Hotels in the School Wildlife Patch","author":"Alan Williams","date":"26th September 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Wenvoe Wildlife Group Bug Hotels in the School Wildlife Patch We are indebted to Mike and Glenys for raising \u00a31,256 for WWG through the Village Show. 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