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Survey reveals apple identity crisis

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September 17, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Heritage varieties of apples collected in a wooden tray - Credit-NTPL / William-Shaw.

The National Trust has revealed that despite the UK being a nation of apple lovers, the majority of Britons cannot identify home grown …
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apple Blossom, Apple Calendar, Apple Lovers, Autumn, Bramley, Britons, Cox Orange, Crunch, Crunchy Texture, Director General, Eating Apple, Eating Apples, Fiona Reynolds, Food Campaign, Food Glorious Food, Good Juice, Granny Smith, Grown Apples, Heritage Varieties, Hot Spring, Local Flavours, National Trust, Nbsp, Orchards, Pink Lady, Pippin, Survey Showed That, Uk Www, Varieties Of Apples, William Shaw


National Trust feature Medlars at Chelsea

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May 16, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Medlar trees for NTGC stand at Cheslea 2011

The National Trust will launch their new Garden Collection at Chelsea 2011 and the stand will feature old varieties, including the ancient …
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Filed Under: Featured, Fruit & Veg, News Tagged With: British Institution, Chelsea Flower Show, Conservation Work, Dream Project, Furniture Oak, Garden Space, Greenhouses, Heritage Varieties, Hot Weather, Lanhydrock, Licensed Designs, London College, Medlar Trees, National Trust Properties, Oak Leaf, Orchards, Outdoor Furniture, Outdoor Structures, Rhs Chelsea Flower Show, Scotts Of Thrapston, Summerhouses, Traditional Crafts


Organisations

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August 10, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

Rare Breed Organisations Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association Focusing on all aspects of breeding and raising Herdwick sheep Rare Breeds Survival …
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Filed Under: Organisations Tagged With: Flowers, Herdwick Sheep, Heritage Organisations, Heritage Seed Library, Heritage Varieties, Livestock Breeds, Plant Heritage, Plants And Gardens, Rare Breed, Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Sheep Breeders, Vegetables


Scotland’s New Heritage Orchard

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June 30, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
Elmwood college, Fife

Elmwood College, in partnership with The Forestry Commission have recently unveiled plans for a new orchard. Elmwood and The Forestry …
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Filed Under: Apples, News Tagged With: Agriculture Department, Agriculture Students, Blackthorn Sloe, Bumper Crop, Cider Apples, Cover Crop, Elmwood College, First Fruit, Forestry Commission, Fruit Production, Heritage Orchard, Heritage Varieties, Initial Set, National Economy, Orchard Area, Production Horticulture, Rabbit Proof Fence, Rootstocks, Scottish Executive, Section Leader, Soil Association


Carlin Peas

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April 5, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
Heritage Seed Library Carlin Seeds

The Carlin pea is a traditional drying pea which seems to date way back in the English medieval monasteries and was certainly used in Elizabethan …
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Filed Under: Vegetables Tagged With: Caption, Carlin Peas, Civil War, Elizabethan Times, Exchange Websites, Heritage Seed Library, Heritage Seeds, Heritage Varieties, Lilac Flowers, Maple Peas, Medieval Monasteries, North East Of England, Passion Sunday, Plants, Seed Exchange, Starvation, Sun, Sweet Peas, Variety


Events

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April 3, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

All around the UK there are events and shows dedicated to our heritage varieties and rare breeds. We have put together a list of the events we are …
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Filed Under: Events Tagged With: 23rd April, 31st July, Amp, Asparagus Festival, August Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday Monday, Bank Holiday Monday, Bikers, Heritage Varieties, Pershore, Plum, Rare Breeds, Related Events, Vale Of Evesham


Old Varieties v New

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January 10, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
vegetable harvest

Over the last three years we have been growing heritage vegetables as well as more modern varieties and whilst we have not been conducting a …
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Filed Under: Featured, Vegetables Tagged With: Brassicas, Crops, Flavours, French Bean, French Beans, Gardener, Green Tomato Chutney, Heritage Varieties, Mildew, Pantheon, Production Stage, San Marzano, Scientific Experiment, Seedlings, Shallots, Simple Fact, Sunlight Hours, Varieties Of Tomato, Warm Spring, Wet Summer


Suppliers of old varieties

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November 6, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

Here you will find a few commercial suppliers of old varieties of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Edwin Tucker & Sons Ltd, Devon (seeds and seed …
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Filed Under: Flowers, Fruit & Veg, Suppliers Tagged With: Amp, Bulbs, Chiltern Seeds, Commercial Suppliers, Devon, Directory, Flowers, Fruit Flowers, Fruit Tree Varieties, Fruit Vegetables, heritage, Heritage Varieties, Local Businesses, Nursery Growers, Old Varieties, Organic Gardening, Rhs Members, Seed Potatoes, Seed Varieties, Seeds, Seedsman, Somerset, Surrey, Thomas Etty


Heritage Seeds

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November 4, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment
heritage seed library garden

A recent article by Garden Organic focuses on heritage seed and the need to preserve our gardening heritage. In 1973 the Seed (National List of …
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Filed Under: Fruit & Veg Tagged With: Brink, Climate Varieties, Crops, Different Times, Extinction, First Response, Gardeners, Gluts, Growing Library, Herbs, Heritage Seed Library, Heritage Seeds, Heritage Varieties, Human Nature, Kokopelli, Recent Article, Seed Producers, Small Quantities, Textures, Traditional Distribution Methods, Veg


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