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Biodynamic Tree paste

We are no longer offering the biodynamic tree paste for sale, mainly as it is a cheap and easy preparation to make, but costs a fortune to send through the post, so for those who want to have [...]

Planting an Orchard-REPS 4 Supplementary Measure Traditional Irish Orchards

The Irish Seed Savers Association (ISSA) is at the moment, the only outlet for the purchasing of Native Irish Apple trees. The main objective of ISSA is to halt the depletion of our native agricultural biodiversity, and to [...]

Summer Apples by Kevin Dudley

You don’t have to go back that far in time to find that the apple was a seasonal fruit. When the last of the apples that stored well had been eaten and the preserves of bottled fruit and [...]

Apple Folk Customs

There are many myths, legends and folk customs associated with apples. Here is a small selection extracted from The Irish Apple: History and Myth…
Apples were saved for the last night in January, St Brigid’s Eve, and a griddle [...]

Antique Apple Names by Max Robinson

The following definitions of some old pomological terms come from the Oxford English Dictionary, but I have put them in my own words. The dates are the first use of that word for which the dictionary has a [...]

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