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Produce Link

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November 28, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

Following requests from readers trying to find out what they can do with surplus fruit and veg, we have created an online database linking growers …
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ciders, Comments Section, Commercial Cultivation, Finished Product, Flavour, Food Producers, Fruit & Veg, Juices, Medlar Jelly, Medlars, Pears And Apples, Quinces, Rare Varieties, Recipes, Revival, Shelves, Specialist Food, Wines


Looking for Medlars

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November 28, 2010 by admin 2 Comments
Common Medlar

Medlars are one of our ancient British fruits making a come back. During the middle ages, people would have been very familiar with this strange …
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Filed Under: Featured, Medlars & Quinces Tagged With: Bbc, Bbc Countryfile, Christmas, Christmas Table, Cold Cuts, Comments Section, Commercial Cultivation, Finished Product, Food Producers, Fruits, Handy, Hundred Years, Medlar Jelly, Medlar Trees, Medlars, Middle Ages, Orchards, Pheasant, Turkey, Wiltshire


Apple Varieties for Shropshire

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June 13, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
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Karen from Shropshire contacted us requesting details of traditional apple varieties for the region. Her school is taking part in the Learning …
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Filed Under: Apples Tagged With: Apple Varieties, Comments Section, Curriculum, Exercise, Genuine Participation, Happier Place, Improving Health, Informal Opportunities, Learning Through Landscapes, Motivation, Orchard, Physical Activity, Physical Changes, Shropshire, Traditional Apple, Varieties Of Apples


18th Century Pear

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September 14, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment

We have had a request from Jamie who is trying to transcribe a letter of 1735, in which the writer seems to have given a variety of pear tree to the …
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