You can buy bespoke racks for storing
apples and pears which will make it slightly easier but obviously more expensive.
They say in fact, that last year sales of English
apples and pears at Booths accounted for an impressive 0.7 percent of the UK market-and for a retailer that has only 29 stores that is a lot of English
apples and pears.
Stemilt Growers, of Wenatchee, Wash., has been going after the kid market for
apples and pears with gusto.
Apart from
apples and pears, onions are among the country's major export products.
If you have the space, grow both dessert and cooking varieties of
apples and pears. Mix with blackberries for a delicious vitamin-packed crumble or pie.
Bad weather conditions have reduced the quantity of this year's crop to the level of 2008, with about 70,000 tonnes produced so far, according to trade association English
Apples and Pears Ltd.
GROW dessert and cooking varieties of
apples and pears for savoury and sweet dishes.
Packaged in resealable, grab-and-go bags with colorful graphics, the kid-size
apples and pears were selected t flavor profiles that kids enjoy, say company officials.
* SEFTON families are celebrating a welcome windfall after volunteers picked
apples and pears from streets in Churchtown.
GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT STORING
APPLES AND PEARS Fruit is ripe when it comes away from the branch if twisted slightly.
Tree Top processes nearly 300,000 tons of
apples and pears each year, with about one-third of that crop used for premium juices that are marketed primarily in the West and Midwest.
THE price of
apples and pears could soar by as much as 15 per cent over the next year, Britain's fruit lovers were warned yesterday.