With over 52 varieties, you are sure to find your favourite
Most of our apple varieties were popular in the late 18th and early 19th-centuries and would have been used by the Mander’s cook to create seasonal favourites. There are not only eating apples, you can find cooking and cider apples too.
Not just apples
Fruit trees were important in a garden such as Wightwick and were meant to support the whole household including servants. The fruit could be stored or preserved to provide food throughout the Winter.
In our three orchards we have a wide range of fruiting trees including Pear, Quince, Plum, Damson, Cherry and Mulberry in the Kitchen Garden. Pear, Plum, Crab apple, Medlar and Apple in the Small Orchard. Apples (eaters, cookers and cider) can be found in the Large Orchard.