Waitrose has announced the start of the English apple season, as the first crop of Discovery apples hit branches this week.
David Mitchell, buyer at Waitrose, said: “Our Discovery apples have looked good for the last couple of weeks but we like to wait until the sugars have developed allowing Waitrose customers the best tasting apples.
“We think they taste better than last year and some of our growers agree – they put this down to the very cold winter which has made for an intense flavour”.
This autumn, Waitrose will also be introducing some new varieties of apples that have yet to be offered as UK grown before, including Kanzi – an attractive red apple with white lenticels.
Waitrose will be supporting more traditional heritage varieties too, including some of Britain’s oldest and most traditional varieties such as Lord Lambourne, Kidd’s Orange and Red Pippin’ planned for later in the season.
Source: Waitrose
