Latest Feature Articles
- Book Notes: The Orchard Book, by Wade Muggleton
This new book on orchard planning, establishment and management covers all the essential bases. - Orchard Visit: Two at Phillips Park, PrestwichA winter walk leads to the discovery of not one but two new orchards, one on the site of a former kitchen garden.
- How To: Make Medlar Cheese and Medlar JellyMaking medlar cheese and medlar jelly are great ways to get the best out of this unusual and tasty Autumn fruit. Here’s how.
- Heirloom Fruit Recipe Radio Chat with Susan PoiznerI had a great time on Susan’s Urban Foresty Radio Show, talking heirloom fruit recipes with Brigitte Webster and Paul Couchman.
- Plot #79 Orchard Year in Review, 2021 EditionWe’ve had a mixed year on our allotment plot orchard. Here’s a round-up of the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
- Brigitte Webster Makes ‘Spiced Pear Pie’ (via Thomas Dawson)This modern take on Thomas Dawson’s C16th recipe is a delicious combination of pears, candied orange, sugar and spice.
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- William B. Page, on C19th Apple Tree Pest ControlThe whole race of apple-trees is threatened with extirpation? Quick, to the chemicals cupboard!
- Prof. R. W. Lazenby, on the Perfect AppleHere’s one late nineteenth century Professor’s criteria for apple perfection. Do you agree?
- More Fruit Stories from Atlas ObscuraHere’s another selection of fruit-related stories from the Atlas Obscura archives.
- Book Notes: The Orchard Book, by Wade MuggletonThis new book on orchard planning, establishment and management covers all the essential bases.
- Amelia Simmons, on Grafting a ‘Family Tree’Words of wisdom here on how to keep youngsters out of mischief by teaching them the art of apple tree grafting.
- Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine Makes Quince ‘Connate’A quick shout out for Christopher Monk’s take on a late fourteenth century quince recipe from The Forme of Cury.
- Orchard Visit: Two at Phillips Park, PrestwichA winter walk leads to the discovery of not one but two new orchards, one on the site of a former kitchen garden.
- Season’s Greetings!A very happy {insert holiday season of choice here} to Orchard Notes readers and fellow orchardists everywhere.
- William Verral, on Making ‘Pears Portuguese Fashion, with Currants’Here’s an eighteenth century twist on a seasonal classic, involving good winter pears and a pint of port.
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