date:Sep 11, 2012
, a uniquely British variety of culinary apple, is much sought after by manufacturers for heritage brands. It first began appearing on supermarket own-label products in the 90s as a guarantee of provenance.
Production, which is almost exclusively for home consumption, has steadily increased, leading to downward pressure on prices.
A contraction in volumes following this years harvest would be no bad thing, said Acock.
We are probably going to see a few years when the crop will be on the tight