WHAT'S NEW AT YORKSHIRE ORCHARDS: Farmer's Markets Apple Weekend - October 23rd and 24th October 2010

Visit our sister site The Little Apple Tree for quality gift baskets for all occasions.

A single apple equals one of your recommended 5 portions of fruit and veg per day.

Irish Peach Click to Zoom Irish Peach blossom Click to Zoom

£1.60 per kilo

Ready M August
Season August

Thought to originate from Sligo in Ireland, of unknown parentage.
Introduced in England around 1820 by Mr John Darby of Addiscombe, and Mr Robertson of Kilkenny.
The fruits are medium in size, round and slightly flat in shape. The skin is yellow with an earthy orange flush over painted with broken red stripes, and lightly speckled.
The flesh is a creamy ''apple white'', sweet and juicy and highly aromatic.

AVAILABILITY Irish Peach apple is currently out of season and/or unavailable to purchase.