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d'arcy spice

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Description

Found in the garden of The Hall, Tolleshunt d'Arcy, Essex in about 1785, but may have earlier origins. It was introduced by John Harris, a nurseryman of Broomfield, as Baddow Pippin in 1848. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a characteristic aromatic flavour.
Latin name: Malus domestica 'D'Arcy Spice'
Type: dessert
Uses: eat fresh, cooking, juice
Flavour: Good, sweeter has a unique spice-like flavour
Pollination group: 4
Flowering time: 9 May (start) 14 May (full) 23 May (over)
Picking time:  late october
Eating/storing time:  3 months or more
Size:  medium
Rootstock:   M25
Year planted: 2012

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