This year, again, we are very grateful to Lorinda Jewsbury for the flowering dates for the apples, pears, cherries and plums growing in the National Fruit Collections at Brogdale in Kent, UK 27th April 2023 The cool spring weather has produced a bit of a slow start to the flowering at Brogdale this year, with […]
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Fruit Blossom at the National Fruit Collection
Posted in Articles, Brogdale, tagged apple, Brogdale, cherry, fruit blossom, pear, plum on June 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Fruit Blossom at the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent
Posted in Articles, tagged apple blossom, Brogdale, cherry blossom, fruit blossom, National Fruit Collection, pear blossom, plum blossom on April 25, 2022| 3 Comments »
21 April 2020 The warm weather over the past couple of weeks has made walks through the orchards very enjoyable and it has encouraged flowering a week to 10 days earlier than in 2021. However, the level of flowering this year appears patchy across the orchards, with light flowering particularly noticeable in the pears and […]
Fruit Blossom at National Fruit Collection Brogdale
Posted in Articles, Brogdale, tagged apple blossom 2021, Brogdale, cherry blossom 2021, fruit blossom 2021, National Fruit Collection, pear blossom 2021, plum blossom 2021 on May 19, 2021| 2 Comments »
Following the exceptional developments of the past year, and a necessary break from recording in 2020, it’s good to be back in the orchards recording the blossom once again. However, the weather this year hasn’t been too kind and, walking through, it was obvious the late frosts had taken their toll on the blossom. The […]
National Fruit Collections: new contract for curation and maintenance
Posted in National Fruit Collections, News on October 3, 2013| 1 Comment »
The National Fruit Collection at Brogdale Farm in Kent is the largest collection of temperate fruit varieties growing on one site in the world. It is also the oldest fruit collection in the world, for which collecting has been on-going since 1922 – for more than 90 years. The Collection is owned by Defra (Department […]
The Other Diamond Jubilee: establishment of the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale
Posted in Articles, Book reviews, National Fruit Collections, News on June 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
On our main web-site we have a review of ‘Orchard Archive: the National Fruit Collection’ by Joan Morgan published in Occasion Papers from The RHS Lindley Library, volume 7. Sixty years ago the Collection was established at Brogdale Farm near Faversham Kent, a Diamond Jubilee now highlighted by Tom La Dell, joint director of Brogdale […]
National Fruit Collections: the new management arrangements
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on April 1, 2008| 1 Comment »
Taynton Squash perry pear blossom in the National Fruit Collections The new arrangements for the management of the National Fruit Collections at Brogdale came into operation today. On 1 April the curatorship of the National Fruit Collections under the Defra contract passed to the University of Reading and responsibility for their day to day husbandry […]
National Fruit Collections: listen on-line to comments on the decision
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on January 29, 2008| Leave a Comment »
As visitors to Fruit Forum will know Defra has decided that the National Fruit Collections will remain at Brogdale. Defra awarded the management contract for the Collections from April 2008 to the University of Reading, who will work in partnership with FAST (Farm Advisory Service Team) now based at Brogdale and Brogdale Collections, the social […]
The National Fruit Collections and Brogdale: thank you for your support!
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections on December 23, 2007| 1 Comment »
It is very good news indeed that the National Fruit Collections are to remain at Brogdale. Thank you all so much for your support in the campaign to keep the Collections in their established home. Thank you for the letters you wrote to Defra, to your MPs and to Lord Rooker, your signatures to our […]
National Fruit Collections to Remain at Brogdale
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections on December 19, 2007| 3 Comments »
Defra announced today, 19 December, that the National Fruit Collections will remain at Brogdale for the foreseeable future. The contract for their management has been awarded to the University of Reading, which will take over their maintenance and curation from April 2008. In the press release from Defra, Lord Rooker has said ‘The long term […]
Kent County Council Committee Agrees to Support Retaining National Fruit Collections at Brogdale
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections on December 13, 2007| 1 Comment »
Yesterday, 12 December, Kent County Council Scrutiny Committee unanimously agreed that they would write to the Defra Minister in support of retaining the National Fruit Collections at Brogdale. They also agreed to refer the matter back to KCC Cabinet as a matter of urgency in the hope that Cabinet would also support the retention of […]
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