Apple Day 2022

What a spectacular day!

What a wonderful way to celebrate the Apple Harvest.  This was the first time the Orchard Group had hosted their Apple Day at the village recreation ground and it was a great success. Mainly because Paul Chilton had plenty of room for his GIANT display of 120 heritage varieties of apple presented in the traditional exhibition style: you will NEVER see these apples in a supermarket!

There were over 12 different varieties of apple to taste; favourites were Ashmead's Kernel, Adam's Pearmain, Egremont Russet, Sunset, Golden Pippin, Pitmaston Pineapple, and Spartan.

There were tables almost as long as the apple display full of cakes and cookies and pies and flapjacks all made using apples.

The apple press was in action for 5 hours!! At one point they were running out of apples so some of us had to race down to one of the orchards in the village, pick fast and then race back.

Five Little Pigs of Wallingford, provided fabulous food and The Charleston Bar kept us warm with coffee and mulled cider. Jessica's Jars and Cox's Orchards sold delicious jams and preserves and juices and cordials all from within 10 miles locally.

• 500-600 visitors
• 120 apples and pears on display
• 16 apples to taste
• 25-30 pressings
• 300-400 litres of juice produced
• 5 kg of chocolate used for decorated apples
• 30 cakes, cookies, biscuits, pies and tarts all apple of course!

Paul Chilton and his display

Just some of the 120 varieties of apple on display

Paul Chilton's giant display of apple varieties in the village

Just some of the apple varieties in the village

Beautiful pears

The fantastic crusher - kilos in seconds

The left over mash

Fresh juice straight from the press

Cox's Orchard Harwell apple juice

Delicious cake stall - all free!

Delicious jams too!

A great way to eat apples!

Tasting up to 16 varieties of apple

A perfect day for Apple Day

The recreation ground looked really festive

Spartan - a fabulous apple