Orchard Network

Yorkshire is the home of many fine varieties of apple - such as Flowery Town, Yorkshire Greening and the Ribston Pippin, which was discovered in the gardens of Ribston Hall near Knaresborough and which contains the highest vitamin C content of any apple.

Apples that kept well - such as Hunt House - were used by the fleet at Whitby to ward off scurvy.

There was a custom in Yorkshire that when a woman got married and moved to her husband's home, she took with her grafts of her favourite fruit trees with her to grow in their new orchard. For more Apple Games and Customs see our newly reprinted book.