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Merry Christmas.

The team at AC Goatham & Son would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a prosperous…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 24.

Countdown to Christmas Day 24 – In danger of showing our age here…. but hands up who remembers as a…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 23.

As we countdown to Christmas Day you may be entertaining family and friends, so why not serve your guests this…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 22.

Countdown to Christmas Day 22 – our full-time team here at Flanders Farm and our 27 other farms numbers around…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 21.

Countdown to Christmas Day 21 – In 1997 an apple in Kent, variety Howgate Wonder, was grown with a circumference of…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 20.

Countdown to Christmas Day 20 – There are over 20 recognised species of pears around the world and over 3,000…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 19.

The 1990’s saw huge changes for apple growing here in Britain, as the decade started with around 1,400 English apple…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 18.

Countdown to Christmas Day 18 – Eighteen years ago, Britain’s favourite apple was the humble Cox’s Orange Pippin, however newer…

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220,000 new trees planted.

Our production team have been busy planting trees this year, in fact lots of them…..220,000 so far in our orchards in…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 17.

Countdown to Christmas Day 17 – The coldest temperature recorded in the UK was -17.0°F in 1992 and cold weather…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 16.

Countdown to Christmas Day 16 – We have our own fleet of 23 HGV’s which carry our delicious apples and…

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Countdown to Christmas Day 15.

Countdown to Christmas day 15 – If you measure the average length of a pear (8cm) and the average circumference…

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