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Author: Darren T

Mrs Brian Luck, on Making ‘Gooseberry Cream Without Cream’

This WWI-era Belgian dessert recipe could be a useful way to use up a gooseberry glut.

Published June 2, 2023
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C20th, dessert, gooseberry, Mrs Brian Luck, recipe

John French, on Making ‘Water of Fruits’

Please find enclosed 1 (one) instruction leaflet for your C17th home distillation kit; brick furnace, alembic and stave barrel not included.

Published May 27, 2023
Categorised as Quotations Tagged alcoholic drink, C17th, distillation, John French

Free Online Resource – Fruit Books by the Hundred

Can I interest you in a big ol’ list of fruit books, many of them free to access online? Read on if so…

Published May 15, 2023
Categorised as Linking Out Tagged books, growing guide, online resource, pomolibrary, pomona

Thomas Jenner, on the ‘Best Way to Preserve Goose-Berries’

This probably plagiarised mid-C17th recipe seems to be for gooseberry jam, in all but name.

Published May 10, 2023
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, gooseberry, jam, preserved fruit, preserving, recipe, thomas jenner

Martha Pritchard Stanford, on Making ‘Apple Farcie’

Apple scoops at the ready for this dish of fresh fruit stuffed full of nutty, citrusy, creamy, boozy goodness.

Published April 24, 2023
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple, C20th, dessert, Martha Pritchard Stanford, recipe

Hügelkultur in the Orchard Nursery

I grew my newly-grafted apple trees in a mature Hügelkultur bed last year and was quite impressed with the results.

Published April 13, 2023
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Planting Tagged apples, Hügelkultur

Adelaide Keen, on Making German ‘Apple Balls’

This early C20th recipe from a lady of… quite strongly-held views, is for a fried morsel that sounds like a tasty treat to me.

Published April 6, 2023
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged Adelaide Keen, apple, C20th, dessert, fried balls, German, recipe

Jeanette C. Van Duyn on Making ‘Fig Preserve Dainty’

Here are the building blocks of a quick, easy and apparently improvised dessert to help you use up some of your stored fruit preserves.

Published March 31, 2023
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C20th, dessert, fig, Jeanette C Van Duyn, preserved fruit

Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to Fruit

Follow the lifecycle of a single apple bud from dormancy to harvest, in this series of 40+ photos.

Published March 28, 2023
Categorised as Feature Articles, Gallery, Top Fruit Morphology Tagged apple, bud, development, fruiting, herefordshire russet, morphology

M. Chomel (and Richard Bradley) on ‘Boiling of Cyder’

Why on earth would you want to boil cyder? Here’s a suggestion from the C18th, courtesy of Messrs. Chomel and Bradley.

Published March 25, 2023
Categorised as Cider, Quotations Tagged C18th, cider, cyder, M Chomel, Richard Bradley

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  1. Darren T on Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to FruitJune 4, 2023

    You're welcome! :)

  2. Camille on Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to FruitJune 3, 2023

    Sorry for the delayed response, but thank you very much for all this information. I will keep it to refer…

  3. Darren T on How To: Thin Out Apple and Pear FruitletsJune 3, 2023

    Thank you Oltice, I'm very glad it was helpful. Thinning really is one of the most useful and important things…

  4. Oltice on How To: Thin Out Apple and Pear FruitletsJune 2, 2023

    This was absolutely brilliant. I know now why my apple tree doesn't produce any fruits this year, after having millions…

  5. Darren T on Dealing With Pear Midge Problems the Organic WayJune 2, 2023

    I'm sorry Ruth, but I don't have much experience with spraying, so I wouldn't know what to advise there. I…

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