Darren T – Notes From The Orchard

145 yr old Wax Models of Apples and Pears

The Museums Victoria Whatmough Collection contains some rather fruity items.

If you’re wondering what to plant in your half-acre plot, Mr Bunyard has a few suggestions.

The site now contains a set of pages of records of the trees we’re growing on our orchard allotment plot.

Looking for a handy checklist of fruit to plant before the month is out? Look no further.

An intro to Genetic diversity and clonal propagation, sixteenth century style.

A few pics, taken in haste before my fingers froze, on a bitterly cold January morning,.

Keith from @Stumpupfortrees has clearly done his homework on using tree guards when planting.

In which a few colour plates from an old plant catalogue leads to an hour’s worth of speculative detective work.

They seemed like such a nice bunch of folks when we met them at the 1921 orchard trade fair…

Here’s a recommended Twitter account for anyone interested in pomological artwork.