Orchard Links, February 2024
Here’s this month’s round-up of links out to fruit-related articles of note and interest.
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Orchard Links, January 2024
Here are a few articles of fruity interest that I’ve spotted over the course of the month.
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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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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…
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Max Miller’s History of ‘Lamb’s Wool’ for Wassailing
Max’s latest episode takes a look at the tradition of wassailing and shows us how to make one of the classic wassail beverages.
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FruitWatch: Citizen Science in the Orchard
A new project at the University of Reading needs UK fruit tree owners’ help to record changing blossom patterns.
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More Fruit Stories from Atlas Obscura
Here’s another selection of fruit-related stories from the Atlas Obscura archives.
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Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine Makes Quince ‘Connate’
A quick shout out for Christopher Monk’s take on a late fourteenth century quince recipe from The Forme of Cury.
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Heirloom Fruit Recipe Radio Chat with Susan Poizner
I had a great time on Susan’s Urban Foresty Radio Show, talking heirloom fruit recipes with Brigitte Webster and Paul Couchman.
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Support The Orchard Project’s Big Give Fundraiser
This festive season, give the gift of fruit trees to help enhance the environment for six urban communities ion the UK.
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Tasting History Makes a C16th Apple and Cheese Tart
Plus a potted history of the apple pie, from the fourteenth century to its ‘As American As…’ heyday.
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Spoilt for Choice at Village Greens, Prestwich
Here’s why VGs is absolutely the best place in north Manchester / south Bury for fresh, seasonal, organic apples, bar none.
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Shout Out for The Virtual Apple Parer Museum
Check out Mike Viney’s online collection of antique apple peeling / coring / slicing machinery.
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Tasting History on Sour Cherry Jelly by Nostradamus
My favourite YouTube channel, Tasting History, takes a look at one of the Renaissance prophet’s kitchen favourites.
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Navajo Peaches, Russian Pastila, and Antique Apple Scoops
Atlas Obscura is a website of the world’s weird and wonderful stuff, and some of it is distinctly orchard flavoured.
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Barry Masterson talks Perry, Pomonas and Pomology
My twitter-buddy Barry’s article on the history of Pomonas and their origins in cider and perry production is well worth a read.
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Grafting Advice and New Cultivars from SkillCult
A shout out for Steven Edholm’s superb SkillCult blog, where he’s been offering grafting advice and talking about his apple breeding project.
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Fruit Tree Grafting Advice From the Experts
If you’re looking for expert advice on grafting apple and pear trees, look no further.
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Scion Gathering – Advice From the Experts
Another round up of videos, this time explaining the best way to cut and store scion wood for grafting.
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Darlene Hayes is Speaking of Cider Apples
A rather interesting new series on cider apple varieties has just started on the ‘Turn Them All Into Cider’ blog.
