Llanyrafon Manor Size:Pyrodwarf Sweet and astringent with white

Sweet and astringent with white flesh sometimes reddening below the skin

A cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Caville Blanc

lovely green with a pink flush

Found growing out of a wall at a mill at Yarlington

The farm was once owned by the Duke of Beaufort and the fruit would once have been supplied to Raglan Castle

Llanyrafon Manor Size:Pyrodwarf Sweet and astringent with whiteA Welsh perry pear from Monmouthshire. Round pale green skin with some dark russet. Found in the grounds of Llanyrafon Manor in Cwmbran, it is thought that the cider and perry orchards there were to provide for the farm labourers once housed there, especially during hay making season. A sweet and pleasant perry. Can also be used as an eater. Permission to use photograph by the Welsh Perry and Cider Society is gratefully acknowledged.