Making Miss Beecher’s ‘Apple Lemon Pudding’ from 1848
My long quest to find a properly lemon-flavoured lemon pudding has led me to this nineteenth century recipe.
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Apple Identification Practice – Re-Examining a ‘Rosemary Russet’
These apples aren’t true-to-type, but they’re probably true to something… can I work out the correct variety?
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Operation Cordon Rescue: Remedial Action vs Apple Canker
Three cordon apple trees infected by the dreaded apple canker – time to reach for a clean, sharp, pruning saw and get to work.
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Cordon Apple Tree Update – Late Summer 2024 Edition
Here’s how the 30-odd cordon-grown apple trees on our allotment are doing; the good, the bad and the ugly (apple canker!)
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The Beefing Apples Story, Part Two, is Now Live
The second half of the nineteenth century provides us with Dr. Robert Hogg, Dr. Henry Graves Bull, switching synonyms, pomological pugilism, and a whole lot more.
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Announcing The ‘Beefing’ Apples Story, Part One
The first installment of my history of these fine old apple varieties is finally ready to read.
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Gallery: Early Summer Apple Progress (#NTQBfruit)
The fruit trees at Quarry Bank are producing well this year, too well in some cases. Here’s a quick look at what they’re up to.
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Cordon Down! Minor Disaster Strikes…
In which a routine tree inspection reveals a bad case of die-back and prompts an urgent rescue mission.
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Orchard Visit: Killruddery House and Gardens, Bray, Co. Wicklow
A productive kitchen garden with mature and recently-planted fruit trees makes this Bray estate well worth visiting.
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Orchard Visit: Airfield Estate, Dundrum, Dublin
This 38-acre working farm and education centre offers a great many mature trees, vines and more for the fruit enthusiast to enjoy.
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Orchard Visit: Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow
A visit to this grand old estate garden resulted in an unexpected bonus: a row of handsomely mature, wall-grown fruit trees.
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Essential Orchard Work for Early Summer
Summer can seem like a quiet, peaceful time in the orchard, but there are still plenty of important jobs to be getting on with.
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Stepover Apple Tree Update – Spring 2024 Edition
Time to check in on my allotment grown, winter pruned, stepover trained apple trees, ‘Keswick Codlin’ and ‘Howgate Wonder’.
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Long-Lost Medieval Orchard Manuscripts Rediscovered?
This long-lost, never-before-seen collection of medieval-ish and renaissance-ish orchard imagery is quite the revelation.
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More Cordons! This Year’s New Apple Trees Are In
Eleven new apple trees have been added to the collection of cordon trees growing on our allotment plot.
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Book Notes: Apples and Orchards since the 18th Century, by Joanna Crosby
This new academic study compares and contrasts the economic development of orchards with their artistic representation and imagery.
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New Year, New Beginnings
Welcome to 2024! I’m happy to say that my year has started very well indeed. Here are all the latest updates.
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How To: Make Norfolk Biffins (Maybe…)
In which I finally get to have a go at making this classic baked apple dish, via the traditional C19th method. Sort of.
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Winter Pruning Apple Trees? Watch This.
Before you start in on this year’s winter pruning, check out this sound advice from a 30+ year expert orchardist.
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Fruity Season’s Greetings to One and All!
Here’s wishing everyone a very merry Christmassy holiday season and a happy New Year!
