On the NAFEX (North American Fruit Explorers) mailing list, a poster from Germany reports that: ‘East Malling Research to Fingerprint UK National Fruit Collection Detection of duplicates and incorrectly named accessions will enable streamlining of the UK’s National Fruit Collection, help to reduce costs….’
Details on: http://www.innovationsreport.com/html/reports/agricultural_sciences/report-84733.html
Has anyone heard anything about this?
Clifford Cain
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Keen [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Defra – Economical with the Facts
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on May 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The Rooker Interview
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on May 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On the BBC Radio 4 ‘Food Programme’ broadcast 20 and 21 May, Lord Rooker made the astonishing statement that a decision to move the National Fruit Collections had been taken a year ago. For those reaaders who have not had a chance to listen to the broadcast we print a transcript of the [...]
Should we entrust the National Fruit Collections to Brogdale Horticultural Trust?
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on May 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Friends of Brogdale, who include many well respected fruit experts and enthusiasts, were alarmed by the notion, publicly signalled by the Chief Executive, that the Trust seemed set on moving the National Fruit Collections. This action would form part of a bid, with other partners, for the new Defra contract to maintain [...]
Decision to move Collections from Brogdale taken in 2006 says Lord Rooker
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on May 22, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In the ‘Food Programme’ on 20 May 2007 Lord Rooker justification for the decision to move the National Fruit Collections from Brogdale was that ‘there was a need to relocate them simply because of the lease and access to the particular site’ and ‘because the lease (at Brogdale) runs out in 2016.’
As Lord Rooker [...]
Extra Good Winter Apples
Posted in Articles on May 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
When I read Howard Stringer’s article about his experiments with growing very late maturing apples, it reminded me of the selection Howard had sent over for us to taste at the beginning of February at home in Belgium.
From the early 1980s a group of 20 organic fruit enthusiasts have been gathering together to [...]
What is the Future of the National Fruit Collections?
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Do Defra papers reveal that under ‘Treaty and Best Value’ obligations the National Fruit Collections may be reduced to a single collection, apples, and that either none or as little as 10-20% of this apple collection may be held in a form suitable for public visits? Is there any guarantee for the long-term security [...]
Let’s write to the Minister for Horticulture about the Collections
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The National Fruit Collections are the world’s largest collection of temperate fruits growing on one site. Established at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent, in the early 1950s they have been growing there ever since. Now there is a threat that they be moved elsewhere, but there is no good reason to do this. [...]
Brogdale – the landlord’s plans
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on May 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Friends of Brogdale attending their annual Blossom Walk of the National Fruit Collections on 6 May were later given a brief account of the refurbishments already underway at Brogdale by Tony Hillier of Hillreed, the owners of the site. Hillier explained that Hillreed are developers and investors in Kent. They became involved with [...]
Can I grow an Ugli Fruit?
Posted in Fruit Questions on May 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My wife wants to know whether it is possible to grow Ugli fruit. She has planted a seed and we have a plant about a foot high, but we are a little clueless about where it’s going from here.
Phil Boswell
Tasmanian Cox – help please!
Posted in Fruit Questions on May 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We bought a property in Northern Tasmania, Australia about 4 years ago and inherited a number of fruit trees. Among them is a Cox’s Orange apple tree. We are not sure of its age but it looks to have been around for many years. It produces abundant fruit every year, even under our [...]
