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| 2009 Vintage |
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After a long cold winter when the trees enjoyed a
proper dormancy, weather conditions in March and early April were calm,
warm (little or no frost) and dry, in sharp contrast to 2008. This
allowed perry pear blossom to show its best and insect pollinators to
help fruit set. We had abundant crops of early (Thorn and Gregg’s Pit),
mid-season (Aylton Red and Blakeney Red) and late perry pear varieties
(Butt and Oldfield), but the Blakeney Red were small and so not popular
with our pickers! Cider apples were scarce in some areas but we had a
plentiful crop of very good quality, especially, Browns Apple, Brown
Snout, Kingston Black and Chisel Jersey.
Harvest time saw a run of warm sunny days from late September
through to mid-October, and thereafter rain set in which made picking
up fairly miserable, especially by mid-November (the wettest month of
the year except July). Fruit sugar levels were average but acceptable.
Our 2009 production was 4740 litres (25% increase on 2008), of which
there are 3510 litres of perry and 1230 litres of cider. As in previous
years, many friends and family helped with all aspects of the cider and
perry making process and hundreds of visitors enjoyed our open days
during the Big Apple harvest time weekend over 10-11 October. |
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| Varieties | Cider/Perry | Pressed | OG | Litres |
Thorn
| Perry | 27.09.09
| 1048 | 800 |
Gregg's Pit, Aylton Red & Blakeney
| Perry | 04 & 10.10.09
| 1060 | 1000 |
Flakey Bark
| Perry | 30.10.09 | 1050 | 300 |
Barnet, Brandy & Winnals Longdon (NM)
| Perry
| 16.10.09 | 1058 | 510
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Blakeney & Butt (NM)
| Perry | 31.10.09 | 1052 | 600 |
Blakeney & Butt (NM)
| Perry | 08.11.09 | 1057 | 300 |
Browns Apple, Ellis Bitter & Kingston Black
| Cider | 13.10.09 | 1060 | 300 |
Kingston Black
| Cider | 25.10.09 | 1062 | 420 |
Brown Snout, Chisel Jersey & Yarlington Mill
| Cider | 14.11.09 | 1064 | 210 |
Brown Snout, Chisel Jersey & Yarlington Mill (NM)
| Cider | 15.11.09 | 1064 | 300 |
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| 4740 |
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(NM) = Normandy Method
A full explanation of our Product Formats and Wholesale Prices 2009/10 HERE...
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