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Category: Ads of Yore

Charles D. Young and Co.’s Espalier Training Supports, 1801

You’re looking for an ironwork espalier fruit tree training frame? But of course. We have two models, which would you prefer?

Published February 1, 2022
Categorised as Ads of Yore Tagged C19th, catalogue, Charles D Young, espalier, ironwork, tree training

Ads of Yore: Big Profits in the Cider Business

And what do those big profits require? A big investment in a big juice pressing machine…

Published May 3, 2021
Categorised as Ads of Yore Tagged apple butter, C20th, equipment, juice, juicer, machinery, orchard

Ads of Yore: Hardie Orchard Equipment

As this 1915 ad shows, when it comes to useful orchard equipment, some ideas and designs never go out of date.

Published March 31, 2021
Categorised as Ads of Yore, Orchard Work Tagged C20th, fruit harvesting, orchard equipment, tripod ladder

Tree Planting Made Easy… with Dynamite!

Have a blast at tree planting time with this time- and labour-saving suggestion from 1911.

Published February 4, 2021
Categorised as Ads of Yore, Top Fruit Planting Tagged blasted planting holes, C20th, dupont dynamite

Ads of Yore: The Cutler Fruit Grader

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

Published January 15, 2021
Categorised as Ads of Yore Tagged C20th, orchard equipment, vintage advertising

Ads of Yore: Pomona Tree Collections, 1930

Special offer fruit trees, anyone? Rail delivery as standard, postal service extra.

Published January 12, 2021
Categorised as Ads of Yore Tagged C20th, special offer

Ads of Yore: Canning! Canning!

Perishable fruit crop, you say? We have just the steam-powered thing…

Published January 4, 2021
Categorised as Ads of Yore Tagged ads-of-yore, C20th, canning, orchard equipment, perishable fruit crop, vintage machinery

Ads of Yore: Pond’s Centipede Ladder

Thinking of buying a new orchard ladder? Here’s one to bear in mind.

Published January 2, 2021
Categorised as Ads of Yore Tagged ads-of-yore, C20th, ladder, orchard equipment
  1. Darren T on Time to Check Grafted Trees for Rootstock RegrowthSeptember 12, 2023

    Hi Patti - Yes, I'm afraid it sounds very much as though that's what happened. Sometimes if the graft union…

  2. Patti on Time to Check Grafted Trees for Rootstock RegrowthSeptember 12, 2023

    I have a cherry tree that I bought this year. It was grafted onto a Maximas 14 rootstock. There seems…

  3. Darren T on Stepover Apple Trees: Winter Pruning Year OneAugust 28, 2023

    Quick summary of the info I put in my email reply (thanks for the pics!) for the benefit of anyone…

  4. Darren T on Harvest 2022 – Top Fruit from the Allotment OrchardAugust 28, 2023

    It is a rather superb cultivar, isn't it? Sadly our tree has only produced a few apples this year, but…

  5. John on Harvest 2022 – Top Fruit from the Allotment OrchardAugust 27, 2023

    My Isle of Wight 'Howgate Wonder' grows well in the N. Yorkshire/Co. Durham border. Good Southern apple!! In my youth…

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