What’s that? Five apple trees? For a dollar?
A whole dollar?
Yeah, I’ll have to think about that and get back to you…
(In today’s money, a 1930 dollar is worth around $14.94 – still a damn good price for five apple trees. The same brochure has a 10c offer: buy one tree – around 30c – and get a second of the same variety for 10c, if you want to be more selective. They just need the name of your local railway operator so they can arrange delivery.)
This 1873 advertisement for a local firm of engineers who once built vast glasshouse ranges caught my eye the other day.
Here’s another recipe from Mrs Mackay’s early C20th apple recipe collection, this time for a rather super-sounding cider sorbet.
This rice- and apple-based alternative to the classic Yuletide pud sounds rather delicious, but does it really scream “Christmas”?
Here’s another apple-y side-dish to accompany your Christmas dinner, from Gertrude’s collection of 209 apple recipes.
Here’s a not-so-quick, but definitely easy, recipe for a thickened apple sauce with ginger and lemon, to accompany your Christmas roast.
Here’s a light, tasty apple dish that sounds perfect for a summer dessert, or an aperitif, if you hold to the author’s serving suggestion.
