SEPTEMBER is here — the season when apples fall from trees and give scientists ideas that make their name famous.

It is also the time for the next push towards the arrival of Launceston Refugee Support Group’s (LRSG) first resettled refugee family in Launceston, hopefully before Christmas.

But as the charity still needs more funds, its vice-chair and trustee Roger Creagh-Osborne came up with an idea.

Four years ago Roger planted a batch of Cornish apple trees as maidens to form the basis of an orchard, and this year they have started to produce some fruit.

Roger said: “Not a massive amount yet — but 20 trees with between one and 30 apples set on each at the beginning of August. Of course the birds and wasps will take their share but I may have enough left to provide a basket of local apples to greet our first family.

“This is where you come in — how about sponsoring the apple picking? Five pounds to start with and then a penny (or more) for each apple that makes it from orchard to table.

“Get over to my MyDonatepage now and give a fiver https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/rogerco — and then you can come along to the October LRSG meeting, 7.30pm in the Bell Inn in Launceston on Thursday, October 25, to taste and compare whatever varieties have made it that far.

“Sidney Strake, Werrington Wonder, Lady Henniker, Pigs Snout, Cottage Colloggett, Snell’s Glass, Sops-in-Wine, Saw Pit, Callington Gilliflower, Mylor Pike and Bloddy Butcher (aka Cornish Breadfruit) are some of the names to conjure with.

“Give us a fiver now and come to the tasting in October — I don’t promise how many or what varieties I’ll have there (some are earlies that don’t keep well), but there should be some. You’ll probably not have tasted apples like them for many years — and you’ll be helping house our first refugee family as well.”

For more information on the charity, visit https://lrsg.org.uk/