Latest Longer-Read Articles
- Winter Pruning to Control Apple Canker
Sometimes a drastic tree health problem like apple canker requires a fairly drastic pruning remedy. - Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning, Year TwoA follow-up to last year’s stepover winter pruning post, with details of re-growth and this year’s pruning.
- Growing a ‘Family’ Apple Tree – Episode 1I’ve been meaning to graft up a multi-variety apple tree for a while; here’s my first attempt.
- Planting Up More Cordon Apple TreesIt’s always a good day when you get to plant new apple trees.
- On The Trail of the ‘Hereford Beefing’A chance glance at a Tweet sparks hours of enjoyable research into old apple varieties and this very long-read piece.
- What Are ‘Chill Hours’ And Why Do They Matter?The recent UK-wide cold-snap will have been really good for our fruit trees – here’s why.
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All Posts and Updates
- The Forme of Cury, on Making ComadoreAnyone for a 14th century recipe for what sounds distinctly like a fried, fruit-filled doughnut?
- Thomas Dawson, on Making Apple PescodsFried fruity things, with apples, figs, dates, currants and spices? What’s not to like?
- Au Revoir to Pear, Plum and Damson Blossom?Two nights of bad weather after early blossom has bloomed is bad news, but hopefully not the end of this year’s crop.
- On Winter-Proofing Apples, 1820s styleWhen winter came in 19th century America, it was out with the thin linen cloths to protect the fruit still on the trees.
- Elizabeth Clelland, on Making Quiddany of Pipins16th and 17th century jam-making recipe, anyone? No jars back then though, so you’ll have to store it in boxes…
- Anon, on Making ApplemoyseThis anonymously-authored 16th century apple dessert recipe could be a good one for anyone with a butter surplus to shift.
- Theodore Francis Garrett on Making Apple BavaroiseAnyone for an apple Bavarian cream? Time to dust off your old bunny mould and whip up a boozy Victorian dessert in time for Easter.
- Frost Warning! Bad News for BlossomIt’s every orchardist’s worse-case scenario: a sharp frost forecast just as the blossom is starting to open…
- Ads of Yore: Hardie Orchard EquipmentAs this 1915 ad shows, when it comes to useful orchard equipment, some ideas and designs never go out of date.
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