St Laurence Orchard - Southend Scrumping Map (sitios de interés)
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The present day St Laurence`sTraditional Orchard is the remainingfragment of the original Peacock holdingwhich was started 1920-22.
The mature standards seem to date fromthen.These being mostly Bramley withKing of Pippins as pollinator, oneunknown standard imposed because therewas a space during the war 1939-45,Pershore plums, Victoria plum,greengage, a single cox (from theoriginal cox!), and, as part of the wareffort, 6 cherries were planted alongthe northern sector of the existingorchard, where oaks replaced them in the1950`s.
It appears that barrels of windfallswere always placed outside onEastwoodbury Lane by the Peacockfamilly.
- Ron Bates, 'A Background and Historyof St Laurence Orchard'