Conrad Heresbach (and Barnaby Googe) on ‘Graffing’
A few words of reasonable wisdom on ‘graffing’ from a learned C16th gentleman… plus a whole lot of apparent nonsense.
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David Brossard, on Cherishing Apple Trees in Winter
What a lovely idea. I’m sure we all want to cherish our trees properly in winter, don’t we? Buckets at the ready, folks.
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Brigitte Webster Makes ‘Spiced Pear Pie’ (via Thomas Dawson)
This modern take on Thomas Dawson’s C16th recipe is a delicious combination of pears, candied orange, sugar and spice.
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‘Apple Porridge’, from The Science of Cooking
Here’s a courtly recipe from sixteenth century Transylvania; an apple porridge fit for a Prince.
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Leonard Mascall, on Cleanliness in Sixteenth Century Cyder-Making
“Keepe cleane your vessels, and the places wheras your fruite doth lye” are wise words to make cyder by in any century.
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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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Thomas Tusser, on Gathering Fruit Not Too Timely
Here are a few words of sixteenth century wisdom on the subject of managing your fruit harvest.
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Thomas Dawson’s 1594 Recipe for ‘Apple Pescods’
Fried fruity things, with apples, figs, dates, currants and spices? What’s not to like?
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A Mid-C16th Recipe for ‘Applemoyse’
This anonymously-authored 16th century apple dessert recipe could be a good one for anyone with a butter surplus to shift.
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A. W. ‘s 1591 Recipe for ‘Pomages’
Here’s a 16th century recipe for a sweet, spice, apple and bread sauce (or dessert?) that sounds rather intriguing.
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Arnold’s Chronicle on Greffing Family Trees
Another 16th century mention for multiple-variety fruit tree grafting suggests it was quite a common practice for the time.
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Brossard (Mascall), on Graffyng Family Trees
As this 16th century quotation shows, the concept of the multi-variety ‘family’ fruit tree is not a new one.
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John Gerard (and Others), on the Vertues of Apples
Hot stomake? Pissing in drops? Dry skin? Gonnhorrhaea? Smallpox scars? John Gerard has a remedy for that, and it’s cheaper than you might think…
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Master Fitzherbert, on When to Graffe your Fruit Trees
Not sure when to graffe your peares, wardens or apples? Here’s Master F. to set you straight.
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Rembert Dodoens and Henry Lyte, on Apples
Hoate stomacke? Take a sowrish apple for that. But watch out for blastinges in the belly…
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Thomas Tusser, on Fruit to Plant in January
Looking for a handy checklist of fruit to plant before the month is out? Look no further.
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Leonard Mascall, on Graffing good Pepins
An intro to Genetic diversity and clonal propagation, sixteenth century style.
