National Trust reports bumper apple and pumpkin crops at its sites

<p>Near-ideal conditions have led to high yields at some of the country’s best loved orchards and walled gardens</p><p>The nights may be drawing in and the days becoming chillier, but there is cheering news from some of the UK’s best loved orchards and walled gardens: a bumper crop of apples and pumpkins.</p><p>Fruit and squashes have ripened weeks earlier than normal in many places and yields are higher thanks to near-ideal conditions, including 2024’s wet weather followed by a warm and dry spring and plenty of summer sun this year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/23/national-trust-reports-bumper-apple-and-pumpkin-crops-at-its-sites">Continue reading...</a>