D'Arcy Spice

  • Pollination Group: C
  • Picking Time: October
  • Storage Until: April

Description: Has a sweet yet acid taste. Flesh is white with a hint of green. Gains a spicy flavour in hot dry summers. Skin yellow-green with some brown flushing. A variable amount of fine russet. A fine keeper that does not lose its flavour. Produce small 'maiden' trees off the nursery, about 3ft tall.

Feathered or unfeathered: unfeathered.

Suitablity for cordon & espalier : yes

History: An old variety arising in 1785 in Essex.

Price: £14.50