Pear orchard at Wren's Hill
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Pear orchard at Wren's Hill
Image: © Jonathan Billinger Taken: 27 Mar 2008
These older trees clearly still pay their way, and are pruned in the shape of a bowl for maximum light interception. The tanks in the background are for filling the tractor-mounted sprayer. The windbreak looks to be heavily-pollarded poplar.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.301626
Longitude
0.816304