The ORCHARD
| Name | English names | Turner's English names | Turner's comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malus domestica | Apple | Appel tre | Apples are harde of digestion
Varieties: 'Catshead' - an English apple, known before 1629 and "popular for apple dumplings" 'White Joaneting' - an ancient variety, known before 1600 'Court Pendu Plat' - first documented 1613 but much older, widely known throughout Europe 'London or Five Crowned Pippin' - known to have been grown in Somerset since before 1580, so Turner himself might have seen this apple. |
| Mespilus germanica | Medlar | Medler tre, Mespil | It hath a plesant fruite |
| Morus nigra | Mulberry | Mulbery tre | Turner is said to have planted Mulberry trees at Syon Park which still bear fruit. |
| Pyrus communis | Pear | Pear tre | Turner recognised several kinds of garden pear, and writes that Favonia are red peares. Variety:'Red pear' - a perry pear grown at only 20 other places in Britain. |