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Top 10 most popular apples

Top 10 most popular apples

Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Jim C.

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A top ten of apples! Orange Pippin have listed the 10 most popular apple varieties pages voted by their community. If you want to know what apples are the most popular or to discover what make each apple unique then this news article is for you. To learn more, click on the individual links for [...]

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The Lost Orchards of Dorset

The Lost Orchards of Dorset

Posted on 01. Nov, 2009 by Jim C..

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In 1938, PTH Pickford, Cider Orcharding Advisor to the National Fruit and Cider Institute [Long Ashton Research Station] wrote in an article: According to many farmers, Dorset was the first county in England to make cider. It is claimed that the art of cider-making was first introduced into this county by monks from northern France who settled in [...]

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How to Create a Better Apple Crop

How to Create a Better Apple Crop

Posted on 21. Aug, 2009 by Jim C..

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Stephen Hayes gives us a growing fruit trees tutorial, this video will show you how to create a better apple crop.

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History of Cider

History of Cider

Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Jim C.

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Thanks to a natural hybridisation between two fruits, thousand of years ago edible apples developed, and the discovery of a refreshing glass of cider began. Travelling through the Middle East, to Turkey, and then across to what would become Britain, neolithic people were familiar with planting and working with the wild apple Malus syvelstris. 1204 [...]

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