Apple Day tells food story at Great Yorkshire Showground

The story of apple production was the main event for schoolchildren visiting the Great Yorkshire Show this year, exploring how the fruit goes from the tree to the lunch box

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Primary School pupils enjoying a visit to the Great Yorkshire Showground's orchard
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Primary School pupils enjoying a visit to the Great Yorkshire Showground's orchard

Taking part in the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's Apple Day celebrations, schoolchildren picked Yorkshire heritage variety apples at the Showground's orchard and enjoyed tastings of varieties with unusual...

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