Posted in News on October 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Some visitors to this website may have seen the item in the news today (30 October) about the 116-year-old dried up orange which has been donated to the Potteries Museum. It had formed part of the lunch intended for miner Joseph Roberts who was fatally injured in an explosion at the Racecourse Colliery in Etruria, [...]
Posted in Fruit Questions on October 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I am in Jersey, Channel Islands and loaded with apples for the first time and thought of juicing them; is there a guide somewhere? What equipment do I need - e.g. processor or hand press? Any varieties which are definitely not good for juicing? In addition, ever the optimist and thinking ahead to next year, [...]
Posted in Fruit Questions on October 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know anything about cider apples, but I have some apples that may be suitable for cider production. The problem is that I have no idea how to find out if they will make a palatable cider. Is there a way of telling from the taste of the fruit or somebody or some place [...]
Posted in Fruit Questions on October 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A week or so ago I tasted some Black Hamburg grapes grown in a Ground or Curate’s Vinery. They were sweet and good. The berries were not as large as those grown in a glasshouse, but nevertheless a credit to the Curate’s Vinery and the fruit department of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens at Wisley. [...]
Posted in Fruit Questions on October 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Brogdale and the National Fruit Collections are ‘the subject of a bitter-tug-of-war between the the site owner, HillReed and the Brogdale Horticultural Trust’ claims Trevor Sturgess in the October issue of ‘Kent Business’, a supplement published not only in Faversham News but county wide in all the Kent Messenger Group newspapers - see ‘Split [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections on October 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Bids for the future management of the National Fruit Collections were received by Defra for the second revised tender on 21 September 2007.
Rumour has it that another bidder has emerged and that there are now five competing for the new contract. It is also rumoured that three of these five bidders wish to keep the [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections on October 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Many column feet have been written of late in regard to Defra’s decision to invite tenders for maintenance of the National Fruit Collections, but one point, which I feel is vital and has not been mentioned by any of the illustrious contributors, is that the Tender Document states only that the Apple Collection must be [...]
