The popular Tenbury Applefest made its return over the weekend, and it was quite the event.
The annual festival returned to the Burgage on Saturday, October 5, and brought along over 80 different stalls for expectant visitors. Along with Morris dancers who paraded their way around, and a wide variety of food and drink stalls, there was plenty to see.
Some of the delicious offerings available included the Bridge pub, Sub Shack, Pizza Girls, Mukaase Food, the Apple Box, Lalita's Indian Street Food, Faulkener Pig Roast, The Peaky Grinder, and Rupert Mole Crepes.
One of the apple themed displays at the festival included a generous display provided by Frank P Matthews Ltd, who are regularly involved with the festival.
The team set up a magnificent display of over 250 different varieties of apples for keen Apple Fest visitors to enjoy.
Zach Southwood, business and development manager at Frank P Matthews said the company are "dedicated" to the perseveration of all apple varieties.
"We are dedicated to the preservation of apple varieties old and new, every single apple is picked from a single orchard, our fruit orchard.
An orchard which contains over 1,900 varieties, some dating back to pre-medieval times and some brand-new varieties that are yet to be released to the market.
"The display features over 300 varieties of apples from exceptional examples of well-known varieties such as Cox and Bramley (multiple variations) as well as rare and lesser-known varieties such as the star-shaped Apistar and the earthy, blood red, bloody ploughman.
"The display features apple varieties that we have curated from across the world from places such as Japan, the United States and the Middle East and Europe.
"It will be on display at Tenbury Apple Fest this weekend before moving to the Frank P Matthews Tree Shop where it will remain for a couple of weeks."
A wonderful exhibit from local knitters Knit and Natter was also on display at the event, with a donation box to raise funds towards the Tenbury Christmas lights. The carefully created piece depicted a 'Little town in the orchard' and was lovingly crafted by 30 individuals locally.
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