Apple Phrases
Apple Phrases are common in our language, an important part of our heritage, and provide an interesting source of conversation about all kinds of subjects at...
The Bramley
The world’s oldest Bramley tree is 212 years old. It was planted from a pip by Mary Anne Brailsford in 1809, in the Nottinghamshire town of...
Apple Quotation Quiz
Here's a list of authors who have written about the importance of apples. See if you can match the author to the quote? Solomon Jane Austen...
The Noble Chafer
The Noble Chafer is a rare, metallic-green beetle that can be found in traditional orchards. The larvae live in old, decaying fruit trees, where they take...
Marmalade Hover Fly
The marmalade hoverfly is commonly found in orchards, sunny woodlands, parks and gardens. The larvae eat aphids and the adults feed on nectar on flowers tansy,...
Leominster Orchards
Look at the number of orchards in around Leominster on this map of 1885 Cassey, in 1808, described the area surrounding Leominster as ‘one entire orchard’....
The Crab Spider
The flower crab spider is one of 27 species of crab spider. The female flower crab spider can alter the colour of its body to match...
The Ten Commandments Apple
The Ten Commandments apple is a small dark red flushed apple used for cider making or eaten as a dessert apple. It originated in Herefordshire in...
Simple Apple Muffins
Ingredients 1 tsp ground cinnamon 150g self-raising flour 3 dessert apples, peeled, cored and chopped finely pinch salt 120ml milk 1 egg, beaten 50g melted butter...
Apple Songs
Many of you, of a certain vintage, will know the Andrews Sisters’ ‘Don’t sit under the apple tree’, and the traditional ‘The sweetest girl I ever...