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Category: Orchard Visits

Orchard Visit: Two at Phillips Park, Prestwich

A winter walk leads to the discovery of not one but two new orchards, one on the site of a former kitchen garden.

Published December 30, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged apple, Bury, forest garden, greengage, Incredible Edibles, Manchester, new orchard, Phillips Park, plum, Prestwich

Orchard Visit: Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire

The fourth of this year’s Cotswold orchard visits takes in the orchard in the walled garden at the Museum in the Park in Stroud.

Published August 7, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged apple heritage, community orchard, Gloucestershire, Museum in the Park, orchard photography, Stroud

Orchard Visit: Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire

Painswick Rococo Garden is an absolute delight for an orchard enthusiast, as I discovered on a visit in June 2021.

Published August 1, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged apple, espalier, pear, trained form

Orchard Visit: Hidcote, Gloucestershire

A summer’s day in June was the perfect time to visit Hidcote’s orchards of mature, veteran and trained fruit trees.

Published July 20, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged Gloucestershire, Hidcote

Orchard Visit: Snowshill Manor, Gloucestershire

In June 2021 I visited the orchards at Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire and here are my impressions.

Published June 29, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged National Trust, orchard photography, Snowshill Manor

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Astomi in Manière et faitures des hommes d'Orient c1290. Unknown author. Bibliothèque municipal Valenciennes, France. Portail Biblissima. From our latest Apple Story 'The Gangines of the Mappa Mundi' available on the A&P website.

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Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) causing classic bacterial ooze symptoms on apple fruit. This grower had good overall control utilizing Maryblyt to predict infection events & inform pesticide application timings. Controlling this disease during bloom is critical.

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