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J. Williams, on Making ‘Summer Cyder’

This eighteenth century recipe for a quick, lightly fortified, summery cyder drink sounds like an interesting way to use up an early apple glut.

Published June 22, 2023
Categorised as Cider, Orchard Cookery Tagged C18th, cider, cider making, cyder, J Williams

Orchard Visit: Prospect Orchard, Llanidloes, Powys

A summer afternoon in June was the perfect time to visit the home of Welsh Mountain Cider.

Published June 25, 2022
Categorised as Cider, Feature Articles, Orchard Visits Tagged apple, Bill Bleasdale, cider, cider making, heritage orchard, Prospect Orchard, Welsh Mountain Cider

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.

Published October 15, 2021
Categorised as Quotations Tagged C16th, cider making, cyder, Leonard Mascall

John Beale, on Sulphurous Cider Making

This 17th century snippet seems to be a method for making Brimstone-flavoured cider, unless I’ve read it wrong..?

Published February 22, 2021
Categorised as Cider, Quotations Tagged C17th, cider making, John Beale

John Evelyn, on the Use of Wildings for Cider

Sowing apple pips to grow wilding trees? “Facile,” says Mr Evelyn. “Hold my cider”, says Mr Brennan.

Published February 9, 2021
Categorised as Cider, Quotations Tagged Andy Brennan, apple, cider, cider apple, cider making, John Evelyn, wilding
  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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