Strawberries
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Florence
The most exciting introduction in recent years. Florence
combines lateness of season with a high yield of attractive
fruit. Highly recommended!!
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Malling Pegasus
Bred by Horticultural Research Institute, East Malling. The
fruit appearance, shape and skin finish of Pegasus are superior
to its predecessor Elsanta but the flesh is softer and the
variety crops some 5-10 days later. Pegasus has good all round
flavour and is recommended as a delicious and reliable fruit.
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Eros
Also bred at East Malling, Eros combines good fruit quality with
attractive, regular conical berries that are well flavoured with a
bright glossy finish. Skin and flesh firmness are equal to Elsanta, a
variety you may recall we used to keep until Eros appeared on the scene.
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Cambridge Favourite
A vigorous running habit makes this an easily grown variety that
crops very well under a wide range of conditions. The fruit is of
medium size which hangs well on the plant with a superb sweet taste.
The Cambridge Favourite goes back to the '60s and we thought
appropriate to reintroduce it to Stonepitts in our Jubilee year
2006.
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Alice
If you remember Elsanta that we used to grow at Stonepitts, Alice is the
modern equivalent, its fruit being firm, the berries attractive, bright
orange-red colour and with a good shelf life. The average berry size is
larger than Elsanta with a good regular conical shape. It is well liked
for its sweet flavour and juicy texture.
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Hapil
This Belgium variety has been a justifiably popular choice for many
years. It is a large vigorous plant producing a heavy crop of very large
bright mid season fruit of deep and sweet taste. Hapil - welcome back to
Stonepitts!
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Raspberries
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Glen Ample
An exceptional mid season variety producing exceptional yields of firm
fruit and establishing new standard raspberry growing. It produces large
fleshy fruits which are round-conical in shape, attractive and with an
excellent flavour.
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Tulameen
A top raspberry variety for quality in combing outstanding fruit quality
and excellent yield, originally bred in British Columbia from a Glen
Prosen cross. Tulameen produces very attractive, bright, glossy fruit
with a distinct conical shape and excellent flavour plus along shelf
live.
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Malling Leo
A late season variety with a mid pick date around the 1 August, Leo
produces large, firm fruit with a strong red colour and excellent
aromatic flavour. A real old favourite from East Malling which has been
picked in Kent for years.
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Tayberry
The Tayberry was bred from a cross between the blackberry Aurora, a high
quality variety bred in Oregon, USA and an improved Tetraploid
Raspberry. The berries are large, long conical shape and a reddish
purple color with excellent, slightly aromatic flavor. Excellent quality
for freezing, canning, jams, and jellies.
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