Further Reading On Orchard Management
Useful Information And Books
Useful Publications From Common Ground
The Common Ground Book of Orchards: community, conservation and culture
Common Ground Orchard Advice Notes; a large selection of topics covered to help in the
management and conservation of orchards.
Contact: www.commonground.org.uk
The Apple Broadcast, a 16 page newspaper full of examples of orchard conservation, community orchards & Apple Day events, £2.00 inc p&p.
The Apple Source Book, particular recipes for diverse apples, £5.70 inc p&p.
Apple Games and Customs, £6.95 inc p&p.
The Apple Map - Al full colour poster which shows hundreds of varieties by county with their stories. £6.00 inc p&p.
Community Orchards pamphlet, £1.00 inc p&p.
Apple Day News and Apple Day Events List, please send (A4) s.a.e. to Common Ground.
General Reference
Apple's A Fielde Guide - Michael Clark. published by Whittet Books in association with the Brogdale Horticultural Trust ISBN 873580 57 6.
The Fruit Garden Displayed - Harry Baker. Royal Horticultural Society/Cassell. 1986.
Guide to Real Cider - Ted Bruning.CAMRA Books.
The Grafters Handbook - R J Garner. Cassell/RlIS.
Jane Grigson's Fruit Book - Jane Grigson. Penguin.
The Good Fruit Guide - Lawrence D Lulls, HDRA.
The Book of Apples - Joan Morgan & Alison Richards. Ebury Press.
Cultivated Fruits of Britain -FA Roach. Basil Blackwell.
The English Apple - Rosanne Sanders, Phaidon Press. A Harvest of Apples - Ruth Ward. Penguin Books.
A Harvest of Apples - Ruth Ward, Penquib Books
School Orchard Pack - compiled by Learning through Landscapes with Common Ground. Information for Primary Schools on establishing an orchard in school grounds, from choosing and planting trees to curriculum activities, games, customs and ideas of how to celebrate your schools fruit and nut trees. £9.50 + £1.25 p&p (cheques made payable to Biblios PDS Ltd), from Biblios PDS Ltd, Star Road, Partridge Green, West Sussex, RH 13 8LD.
Books On Cider And Juice Making
Basic Cider and Juice Making From Vigo Vineyard Supplies, Hemyock, Devon, EX 15 3SE. Send 2x 1st class stamps.
Cider making: using and enjoying sweet and hard cider. An American book of interest to all cider and apple juice makers. Recommended by and available from Vigo Vineyard Supplies, (as above). £11.99+ £1.50 p&p.
Completely Touched by Human Hand - real cidermaking on a small scale by Michael Pooley and John Lomax. Available from: Michael Pooley, 1 Cherry Tree Hill, Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shrops, TF8 7EQ. £4.95 + £1 p&p. Cheques payable to Michael Pooley.
Orchards of Cheshire, Edited by Cheshire Federation of Women's Institutes. Publ. Alfresco Books, 1995)
Cider Making: The Forgotten Miracle by James Crowden, 1999. Available from Common Ground, £ 11.95 +£3.00 p&p.
Cider's Story - Rough and Smooth by Mark Foot, 1999. Available from Mark for £9.99 plus postage. Mention Common Ground in order to get free postage and earn them a 75p donation. Contact Mark Foot, S Kingston Drive, Nailsea, Somerset BS48 4KB. Tel: 01275 853612.
Apples Berkshire Cider by Duncan Mackay, 1996. Available from Two Rivers Press, 145 Liverpool Road, Reading RG1 3PN. £6.00 inc.
Specialist Nurseries
The nurseries below are considered by the Hertfordshire Orchard Initiative to offer a wide range of fruit varieties, including many from Hertfordshire. All produce good catalogues which can be sent on request.
Bernwode Fruit Trees is a specialist nursery with a wide range of historic fruit varieties. Their container grown trees and bushes can be planted at any time of year. In December and January, and in the Summer months. They grow several hundred rare and traditional varieties of fruit, including apples, pears, plums, gages, cherries, vines, medlars, quinces, mulberries and some soft fruit.
Contact: www.bernwodeplants.co.uk/
Deacon's Nursery, Godshill, Isle of Wight, P038 3HW. Tel: (01983) 840750/522243 - info@deacon'snurseryfruits.co.uk Over 200 varieties of apple including several Scottish varieties + some cider, pears, plums, cherries, etc., grafting stock available.
Keepers Nursery, Gallants Court, East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent, ME 15 OLE. Tel/Fax: 01622 726465.
East of England Apples and Orchards Project (EEOP) - Provides grafting scions and trees. Contact: School House, Rougham, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE32 2SE. Tel: 01328 838403. info@applesandorchards.org.uk
Juicing Equipment
VIGO, Dunkeswell, Honiton, Devon, EX14 4LF
Tel: 01404 892 101 Email: presses@vigoltd.comn
Web: www.vigopresses.co.uk
