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A Dorset granny's apple tree could be a unique variety that is over 200 years old.

Diana Toms has been making pies from an apple tree in her garden all her life.

The crop from the tree was always known as 'Granfer's apples'.

It was named after 83-year-old Diana's great, great grandfather who planted it around 1803 when he bought the house in Beaminster.

Scientists are still trying to identify the apple but say it could be older than the Bramley, which was discovered between 1807 and 1814.

Grandmother Diana is now waiting for the National Fruit Collection to officially name it as Granfer's Apple.

According to the Mirror, Diana said: "It is a wonderful cooking apple. My family have used it in cakes and pies for years.

"I give many apples away because the crop is so big. If you like a sharp and crisp taste, it is equally good for eating."

David Squirrel, of the Symondsbury Apple i Project, said: "A completely new variety is very, very rare. The Bramley is the benchmark because everybody knows it and it is so very old."