Posted in Fruit Questions on November 28, 2007 | No Comments »
The village of Frampton (Winterborne) Magnum in South Gloucester used to grow a plum commercially that was considered a seedling of Magnum Bonum, unique to the village, it was characterised by its mass of white blossom, which made it very ornamental in spring. A map of 1935 shows orchards of this plum scattered all over [...]
Posted in Fruit Questions on November 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I have just built conservatory. It has a triple glazed roof and double glazed sides,the concrete slab floor sits on a slab of insulating foam. It faces due south and I intend to keep it frost free. Does anyone have any experience of growing any of the following -
loquat
cherimoya
prickly pear
guyaba
pomegranate
I need to know about rootstocks, [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on November 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Readers of Fruit Forum will know of the legacy of nearly £400,000 received by the Brogdale Horticultural Trust sometime between 1 March 2006 and 28 February 2007 and bequeathed by a Friend (see below).
Today’s Faversham News (15 November) has published the following comments on this legacy made by the Trust’s chief executive:
‘Lady Jane Garrett expressed [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on November 14, 2007 | No Comments »
The Friends of the National Fruit Collections at Brogdale have just sent another 1748 signatures to Defra urging that the Collections be retained at Brogdale. With the 400 plus signatures which were sent in July, this brings the total to over 2000.
Some of these signatures were gathered at events run at Brogdale over the last [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
With great regret it is necessary to report that the Brogdale Horticultural Trust refuse to answer any questions that the Friends have put to them in the form of letters, nor does the Trust make any attempt to take part in any dialogue that would advance the interests of the Friends. As these questions involve [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on November 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Brogdale Horticultural Trust’s conduct continues to astonish. It receives nearly £400,000 as a bequest from a Friend and tells no one. In its accounts, for the year ending 28 February 2007, the Trust says that it ‘will be making arrangements to recognise this generosity appropriately’. So what appropriate memorial to the Friend’s generosity is [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Some people may have been puzzled by the Brogdale Horticultural Trust’s rather cavalier dismissal of the County Court Judgement for non-payment of £36,782 taxes to HM Revenue and Customs that could have been a prelude to the winding up of their trading subsidiary Brogdale Orchards Ltd., (to read reports click on links below). However, information [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on November 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Unable to be in two places at once, I tend each year to alternate my main Apple Day outings between the excellent display customarily put on at Harlow Carr by the Northern Fruit Group or the all singing, all dancing event at the National Fruit Collection’s home at Brogdale. This year it was Brogdale’s turn [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on November 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It is no secret now that East Malling Research is one of the bidders for management of the National Fruit Collections from 2008, in partnership with Brogdale Horticultural Trust and Imperial College at Wye, and if they win they intend to move the Collections to East Malling. The current issue of Horticulture Week reports that [...]
Posted in News on November 2, 2007 | No Comments »
For anyone interested in apples in art, I would highly recommend looking at the online exhibition put together by the Prints and Books department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, to celebrate Apple Day.
Go to the V & A website, www.vam.ac.uk and then find and click on Prints and Books and then ‘A is [...]
