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Harvest 2022 – Top Fruit from the Allotment Orchard

Here are the extended highlights of this year’s harvest of apples, pears, quinces, plums and damsons. Top fruit galore!

Published October 23, 2022
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Harvesting Tagged apple, cordon, damson, harvest, medlar, pear, plum, quince, stepover, top fruit

Sir Hugh Plat, on Making ‘Marmelade of Quinces or Damsons’

This C17th recipe is for two types of marmelade – white or ordinary – depending on when you add the sugar to the fruit.

Published September 17, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, damson, marmalade, preserving, quince, Sir Hugh Plat

Frederick Nutt (and Me) on Making ‘Damson Ice Cream’

In which an 18th century recipe for damson ice cream and some advice from Twitter inspires me to make my own delightful damson dessert.

Published September 10, 2022
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Cookery Tagged C18th, damson, Frederick Nutt, ice cream, recipe

Frederick Nutt, on Preserving ‘Damsons, Wet’ and ‘Damsons, Dried’

Here are two methods for preserving the bounty of your damson harvest, from Frederick Nutt’s C18th volume of confectionary cookery.

Published September 3, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C18th, damson, Frederick Nutt, preserved fruit, preserving

Book Notes: Damsons, by Sarah Conrad Gothie

A short but hugely informative book packed with juicy recipes and damson facts; a must-read for any damson fan.

Published October 16, 2021
Categorised as Book Notes, Feature Articles Tagged book review, damson, damson recipe, Sarah Conrad Gothie

Now Collecting Historical Orchard Recipes

I’ve started putting together an index page of the archive recipes that I’m posting on the site.

Published April 25, 2021
Categorised as Site Updates Tagged apple, bullace, cherry, damson, fig, medlar, nectarine, orchard cookery, orchard history, peach, pear, plum, pluot, quince, research project, warden

Au Revoir to Pear, Plum and Damson Blossom?

Two nights of bad weather after early blossom has bloomed is bad news, but hopefully not the end of this year’s crop.

Published April 11, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Science Tagged blossom, damson, frost, pear, plum, severe weather
  1. Darren T on Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to FruitJune 4, 2023

    You're welcome! :)

  2. Camille on Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to FruitJune 3, 2023

    Sorry for the delayed response, but thank you very much for all this information. I will keep it to refer…

  3. Darren T on How To: Thin Out Apple and Pear FruitletsJune 3, 2023

    Thank you Oltice, I'm very glad it was helpful. Thinning really is one of the most useful and important things…

  4. Oltice on How To: Thin Out Apple and Pear FruitletsJune 2, 2023

    This was absolutely brilliant. I know now why my apple tree doesn't produce any fruits this year, after having millions…

  5. Darren T on Dealing With Pear Midge Problems the Organic WayJune 2, 2023

    I'm sorry Ruth, but I don't have much experience with spraying, so I wouldn't know what to advise there. I…

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