National Orchard Forum – Newsletter Index

Contents

Newsletter 1 Winter 2002
Newsletter 2 Summer 2003
Newsletter 3 Winter 2003
Newsletter 4 Summer 2004
Newsletter 5 Winter 2004
Newsletter 6 Summer 2005
Newsletter 7 Winter 2005
Newsletter 8 Summer 2006
Newsletter 9 Winter 2006
Newsletter 10 Summer 2007
Newsletter 11 Winter 2007
Newsletter 12 Summer 2008

Newsletter 1 Winter 2002

Tree Kits

Orchard-related Book Reviews

Gartmore School apple activities (Scotland)

Spotlight on a Variety: Bloody Ploughman Apple

Common Ground

Central Core Network (Scotland)

Shropshire Apple Trust/Twin-Screw Apple Press

Kentish Cobnuts including Quarantine and Hazelnut Stock

Origin of the Apple

Newsletter 2 Summer 2003

Global Warming

Orchard-related Book Reviews

Orchard-related Websites

Cheshire Orchard Project/Schools/Conference

Gartmore School, Scotland

International Festival of Gardens Exhibition

Spotlight on a Variety:

• Ponsford Apple
• Toadback Pear
• Blaisdon Red Plum

Profiles of Groups:

• Hazelnut Club
• Orchards Live (N. Devon)
• Westmoreland Damson Association
• BTCV (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)

Tips from Groups

Articles:

• HDRA – Organic Fruit Production and Research
• Orchards and Countryside Stewardship (DEFRA)
• Bramley Apple Facts and Figures
• Girton College orchard, Cambridge
• Agroforestry Research Trust
• Appeal for Sleeping Beauty apple
• Red Wine improves fruit storage
• Yorkshire Orchards
• Summer Pruning

Newsletter 3 Winter 2003

Plant Breeders’ Rights

Orchard Book Titles and Websites

Spotlight on a Variety:

• Sainted Apple
• Mazzard Cherry

Spotlight on a Nursery:

• Frank P. Matthews Ltd.

News from the Groups:

• Marcher Apple Network
• Northern Fruit Group (including trees in pots, tree-friendly plant tie, hawthorn rootstocks)
• Westmoreland Damson Association
• Central Core Network, Scotland
• Newburgh Orchard Group, Scotland
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group (native Glos. Plums)
• Cheshire Orchard Project conference
• Chichester District Council community orchards
• Cornwall County Council Orchard Group
• Somerset apples for Somerset schools (Growing to Win)
• Taunton Deane Heritage and Landscape Team (on Frieze Hill
• Community orchard)
• Walworth Garden Farm, London

Tips from the Groups

Articles:

• Biodiversity Action Plans
• HDRA Pear Advice Factsheet
• Mulberry Collection at Buckingham Palace
• Apple Pip Show (Nutmeg Puppet Company)
• Chemical defence releases by plants
• DDT
• Avoiding Silver Leaf
• Fireblight Risk in Australia

Newsletter 4 Summer 2004

Fruit Trees, Orchards and the Tree Preservation Legislation

Orchard Book Titles and Websites

Spotlight on Varieties:

• Taynton Codlin Apple

Spotlight on Nurseries:

• Thornhayes Nursery

News from the Groups:

• Cumbria and Lancashire
• Central Core Network, Scotland/Newburgh Orchard Group
• Cheshire Orchard Project
• East of England Apples & Orchard Project
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group
• Marcher Apple Network
• Northern Fruit Group
• North Somerset Orchard Project
• Orchard Link (South Devon)
• Orchards Live (North Devon)
• Somerset County Council Countryside Group
• Symondsbury Apple Project, Dorset
• Taunton Deane Heritage & Landscape Team
• Westmorland Damson Association
• Worcester Orchard Workers

Tips from the Groups

Articles:

• Natural Pest Control – Biodiversity Knows Best!
• Fruitwoods in Wind Instruments
• Soundwood – Working to Save the Endangered Tonewood Trees used to Make Musical Instruments
• Leaving Your Genes in Apple DNA as a Legacy
• Naturally Occurring Salicylates in Fruit and Veg Keeps us Healthy
• Clever Labels (change colour as fruit ripens)
• Cherry-Growing
• Educational Resource for Junior School Children

Newsletter 5 Winter 2004

Common Agricultural Policy Reform-Orchards and the Single Farm Payment

Environmental Stewardship: Land Registration

AppleKey ™ - a System to Enable Non Experts to Become Familiar with Identifying Apple Varieties

Tree Preservation Orders – Scottish Executive News Release and Consultation

Orchard Book Titles and Websites

Spotlight on Varieties:

• Ashmead’s Kernel
• Herefordshire Russet
• Plymouth Pear

Spotlight on Nurseries:

• Bernwode Plants, Buckinghamshire

News from the Groups:

• Central Core Network, Scotland
• Cheshire Orchard Project
• Cornwall County Council Orchard Group
• East of England Apples & Orchards Project
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group
• Kentish Cobnuts Association
• Marcher Apple Network
• Northern Fruit Group
• Orchard Link (South Devon)
• Orchards Live (North Devon)
• Symondsbury Apple Project, Dorset
• Westmorland Damson Association
• Worcester Orchard Workers
• Irish Seed Saver Association

Tips from the Groups

Further News Items:

• Chemical Spray Drift
• Codlin Moth Trial
• Eurosite Conference on Orchard Biodiversity, Czech Republic
• Greengrocers Campaigner
• Roots and Shoots
• Rivers Nursery Orchard, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire
• Crunch Time for Beating Cancer
• Healthier Apple Juice
• Cooks Corner!

Newsletter 6 Summer 2005

Environmental Stewardship (DEFRA)

Ancient Tree Forum Orchard Visit

National Vine Collection Open Day

Feature: Rootstocks by Nick Dunn of Frank Matthews Ltd

Books

Websites

Spotlight on Varieties:

• Corkscrew Hazel

Spotlight on Nurseries:

• Dolau-Hirion Fruit Tree Nursery, South Wales

News from the Groups:

• Central Core Network, Scotland
• East of England Apples & Orchards Project
• Friends of Rivers Nursery Orchard, Hertfordshire
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group
  Includes article by Dr. Barrie Juniper on The Origin of the Domestic Apple
• Kentish Cobnuts Association
• Marcher Apple Network
• Northern Fruit Group
• Shropshire Apple Trust
• Somerset County Council Countryside Group
• Tidnor Wood Orchard Trust
• Westmorland Damson Association
• Worcester Orchard Workers

Tips from the Groups

Further News Items:

• NuvarR
• Cider as a Biofuel
• Rediscovery of a Predatory Mite in Northern Irish Apple Orchards
• Restoring & Celebrating our Orchard Heritage – The National Trust
• The Henry Doubleday Research Association – fruit-related fact sheets
• Tree Stakes which Grow with the Tree
• Champagne and May Hill, Gloucestershire

Question and Answer Section – Lichens

Snippets – Bonfires in Orchards

Newsletter 7 Winter 2005

East Malling Research

Environmental Stewardship Scheme update

Computerized Apple Keys for Identification

National Quince Day

Pershore Plum Fayre

Fruit Picking Equipment

Cold Store Units

Cider Making Equipment

Hedge Tree Kit

Common Ground – Save Our Orchards gazetteer

Books

Websites

Spotlight on Varieties:

• Bee Bench Apple

Spotlight on Nurseries:

• Butterworths Organic Nursery, Scotland

News from the Groups:

• North East Wales Orchard Initiative
• Central Core Network, Scotland
• Newburgh Orchard Group, Scotland
• Cheshire Orchard Project
• East of England Apples & Orchards Project
• Friends of Rivers Nursery Orchard, Hertfordshire
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group
• Kentish Cobnuts Association
• Marcher Apple Network
• Northern Fruit Group
• Orchards Live (North Devon)
• Somerset County Council Countryside Group
• Staffordshire Orchard Initiative
• Tidnor Wood Orchard Trust
• Westmorland Damson Association

Tips from the Groups

Further News Items:

• Airpots
• The Orchard Doctor
• Tree Warden Scheme in the Scottish Borders
• The Marden Fruit Society
• Sussex House & Orchard to Rent
• Botanical Illustrator
• Silver-Leaf Infection Good Practice
• International Fruit Growers
• Noah’s Ark of Seeds
• Fruit from New Zealand

Question & Answer Section

Newsletter 8 Summer 2006

NEWS:

• Regional Spatial Strategy/Tree Preservation Orders & Planning/biodiversity and historical value
• Traditional Orchard Project/orchard surveys/People’s Trust for Endangered Species
• National Vine Collection open weekend

FEATURE: The National Fruit Collections at Brogdale (by The Curator)

BOOKS

WEBSITES

SPOTLIGHT ON VARIETIES:

• sequel to the Toadback pear saga by Tony Gentil

SPOTLIGHT ON NURSERIES:

• Adams Apples (Exeter)

NEWS FROM THE GROUPS:

• Tree Fruit Society of Wales (this is a new group)
• Central Core Network, Scotland
• Cheshire Orchard Project
• East of England Apples & Orchards Project
• Friends of Rivers Nursery Orchard, Hertfordshire
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group
• Marcher Apple Network
• Northern Fruit Group
• Orchard Link (S. Devon)
• Orchards Live (N. Devon)
• Somerset County Council Countryside Group
• Tidnor Wood Orchard Trust
• Westmorland Damson Association

TIPS FROM THE GROUPS

FURTHER NEWS ITEMS:

• Westonbirt Festival of the Tree
• B&B France/Cider Trail
• The Lightning Worm
• Spiders in some Gloucestershire Orchards
• Norton Priory, Cheshire – Home of Quince Day
• Patulin
• The Grasslands Trust
• Apple Picker Looking for Work

SNIPPETS:

• Red Fleshed Apples
• The Principles of Fruit Growing (1897) by Liberty Hyde Bailey

Newsletter 9 Winter 2006

FEATURE: Planning Issues

BOOKS

WEBSITES

SPOTLIGHT ON NURSERIES:

• Cider Apple Trees (Somerset)

NEWS FROM THE GROUPS:

• Cheshire Orchard Project
• East of England Apples & Orchards Project
• Friends of Rivers Nursery Orchard, Hertfordshire
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group
• Kentish Cobnuts Association
• Marcher Apple Network
• Newburgh Orchard Group, Scotland
• Northern Fruit Group
• Orchard Link (S. Devon)
• Orchards Live (N. Devon)
• Somerset County Council Countryside Group
• Symondsbury Apple Project, Dorset
• Tidnor Wood Orchard Trust
• Tree Fruit Society of Wales
• Westmorland Damson Association
• Worcester Orchard Workers

**European Orchard Groups**

TIPS FROM THE GROUPS
NEWS ITEMS:

• National Fruit Collection at Brogdale Horticultural Trust
• National Council for the Conservation of Plants & Gardens
• The Big Little Fruit Campaign
• Brugnons
• Rediscovered Taste for Cider
• Comfort Me With Apples – UK Touring Play

RECIPE

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (olives)

SNIPPETS

APPENDIX – Sustain Meeting Minutes/Orchard Cooperation Project

Newsletter 10 Summer 2007

FEATURE: Old Orchards: the Essential Issues (Pershore Conference on protection)

BOOKS/CD

WEBSITES
NEWS FROM THE GROUPS:

• South Warwickshire Orchard Group (NEW)
• Central Core Network, Scotland
• Cumbria Fells & Dales Leader+ Programme
• East of England Apples & Orchards Project
• Friends of Rivers Nursery Orchard, Hertfordshire
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group/South Glos/Cotswolds
• Kentish Cobnuts Association
• Marcher Apple Network
• Northern Fruit Group
• Orchards Live (N. Devon)
• Shropshire Apple Trust
• Somerset County Council Countryside Group
• Tidnor Wood Orchard Trust, Herefordshire
• Westmorland Damson Association
• Worcester Orchard Workers
• Vale Landscape Heritage Trust

TIPS FROM THE GROUPS –Peoples Trust for Endangered Species new leaflet
NEWS ITEMS:

• Common Ground
• The Big Little Fruit Campaign
• Leader+ Sustaining England’s Orchards (Ledbury Sustain meeting)
• Polyphenol Grant in UK
• The Tree Council (events summary)
• Biodynamic Training at Emerson College, East Sussex
• Bees Suffer Further Decline
• Equipment
• Box/Crates Wanted
• Looking for Work
• Letter from America – the Home Orchard Society

RECIPE

SNIPPETS

Newsletter 11 Winter 2007

FEATURE: Register for local apple & pear varieties

BOOKS/CDS - a useful list of the main fruit ID books/CDs for orchard groups to share with their members.

NEWS FROM THE GROUPS:

• Central Core Network, Scotland & Tayside Biodiversity Partnership
• Chichester District Council
• Cornwall County Council Orchard Group & Eden Project
• East of England Apples & Orchards Project
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group
• Kentish Cobnuts Association
• Marcher Apple Network
• Northern Fruit Group
• Orchards Live (N. Devon)
• Orchard Link (S. Devon)
• Rivers Nursery Site and Orchard Group, Hertfordshire
• Shropshire Apple Trust
• Somerset County Council Countryside Group
• Symondsbury Apple Project, Dorset
• Tidnor Wood Orchard Trust
• Tree Fruit Society of Wales
• Westmorland Damson Association
• Worcester Orchard Workers

NEW GROUPS:

• Colwall, Herefordshire
• Mid-Shires Orchard Group
• South Warwickshire Orchard Group

EUROPEAN ORCHARD GROUPS

• German Orchard Initiative

NEWS ITEMS:

• Traditional Orchards have National BAP Habitat Status
• The Future of the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale
• Funding Sources
• Technical Advice Notes
• Pests & Diseases
• Single Farm Payment
• Sustains Good Practice Guide for Traditional Orchards
• Professional Fruit Tree Arborists
• Requests from Debbie Bryce (Orchard Protection)
• Mistletoe
• Triple Bottom Line Accounting
• TPO Consultation Paper
• National Moth Night
• Plum, Damson, Gage, Bullace Collectors/Experts
• Schools Orchard Pack
• Peoples Trust for Endangered Species Tradional Orchard Surveys

SNIPPETS

Newsletter 12 Summer 2008

FEATURE – Slow Food UK – Heritage Orchard Campaign

BOOKS

SPOTLIGHT ON A NURSERY :

• Buckingham Nurseries

NEWS FROM THE GROUPS

• Central Core Network, Scotland & Tayside Biodiversity Partnership
• Cheshire Landscape Trust
• Colwall Orchard Project, Herefordshire
• Cornwall Orchard Project
• East of England Apples & Orchards Project
• Gloucestershire Orchard Group
• Kentish Cobnuts Association
• Marcher Apple Network
• Mid-Shires Orchard Group
• Northern Fruit Group
• Orchards Live (N. Devon)
• Rivers Nursery Site and Orchard Group, Hertfordshire
• Somerset County Council Countryside Group
• South Warwickshire Orchard Group
• Tidnor Wood Orchard Trust
• Tree Fruit Society of Wales
• Westmorland Damson Association
• Worcestershire

NEW GROUPS

• South Lakeland Orchard Group
• The Sherwood Forest Trust, Nottinghamshire

NEWS ITEMS

• Funding
• Orchards and Groves Conference
• National Fruit Collections Update
• Three Counties Cider – Perfect Match for Food
• Gloucestershire Nature Map
• The National Vine Collection
• Herefordshire Orchards Community Evaluation Project/Triple Bottom Line
• Accounting
• Produce World
• Sheffield’s Abundance Programme for Orchards
• Cherry Aid – Food Lovers Britain.Com
• Good News for Traditional Orchards/National HAP Group
• Street Trees Receive Better Protection
• Ancient Tree Forum & Other Planning Issues Literature
• Schools Advice Notes

RECIPE – Linzer Torte

SNIPPETS

STOP PRESS – Tree Warden/Orcharding Forum