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W. M. on Preserving Quinces

If you’ve got a glut of quinces and have run out of recipes, this C17th method for keeping them “all the yeare” might just be useful.

Published October 8, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, preserved fruit, preserving, quince, quince recipe, W.M.

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

How To: Make Medlar Cheese and Medlar Jelly

Making medlar cheese and medlar jelly are great ways to get the best out of this unusual and tasty Autumn fruit. Here’s how.

Published December 11, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Cookery Tagged medlar, medlar cheese, medlar jelly, preserved fruit, preserving

Gervase Markham, on Preserving Quinces in Cider

Here’s an idea for preserving your quince harvest, and maybe making quince flavoured cider at the same time.

Published November 15, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, cider, Gervase Markham, preserved fruit, quince

Mary Smith, on Drying ‘Green Gage Plumbs’

This eighteenth century method for drying greengages calls for candying your plum(b)s in syrup before setting them to dry.

Published September 29, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C18th, drying, greengage, Mary Smith, plum, preserved fruit, sugar syrup

‘A Lady’, on Making Paste of Plumbs

The anonymous author of this 18th century tract takes time our from moralising to make something jammy.

Published March 26, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged A Lady, C18th, plum, plum recipe, preserved fruit

J. C. Loudon, on Making Raisiné Composé

Here’s a C19th recipe for a grape-and-apple jam that seems to be good with all sorts of things.

Published February 15, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple, C19th, orchard cookery, preserved fruit, raisiné composé

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26 Jan

Bit o Apple grafting, I’m a bit of a Ebernezer Scrooge when in comes to the apple collection growing my own rootstocks, I don’t use grafting tape or grafting wax anymore just cut up freezer bags , if I’m feeling rich lll get some scions from the NFC

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26 Jan

Beautiful illustration showing impact of manure application on the roots & shoot development of Golden Winter Parmen #Apples tree (1957) in “The Root System of Fruit Plants” by Venedikt Kolesnikov!

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26 Jan

Windfall apples have been strung together in the autumn for bird food during the winter months.

Photo: © Christopher Preece 2023 for Apples & People @preecer

'In 1600, Herefordshire was one continuous orchard. Now, only precious remnants stand tall.

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