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Darren Turpin (@darrenturpin.bsky.social) #Orchard enthusiast & amateur pomologist Based in Manchester, UK Pro Gardener / Horticulturist @ National Trust Quarry Bank #orchardist, #allotmenteer and fruit grower Website: https://orchardnotes.com

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · Jan 19

Orchard Notes Resources Info-Dump...

Main website: orchardnotes.com
#Pomolibrary book list: bit.ly/on-books
Full pomology bibliography: bit.ly/on-bibli
Historical fruit recipes archive: bit.ly/on-recip
My amateur research projects: bit.ly/on-respr
Norfolk Biffins & 'Beefing' apples: bit.ly/on-biffi

Orchard Notes - Fruit Tree Care, Management, History and More

Orchard Notes by Darren Turpin, orchardist and horticulturist based in Manchester, UK. Exploring and investigating modern orchard management methods as well as orchard history, tradition and culture.

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 16h

The best I’ve seen in the flesh, a serious botanical art talent. If I didn’t already have this signed print by Elizabeth Cameron my head may well have been turned.

Print of Medlar Fruit, signed by the artist Elizabeth Cameron.

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 16h

That's rather lovely. Reminds me of the great Victorian pomonas.

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Adam 🍎 @adapples.bsky.social · 19h

These are a few of my favorite things #apples
adamapples.blogspot.com/2025/10/scen...

Scenes from an autumn

A few visual takes on the best time of the year.

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 21h

Well, this is one of the most utterly fabulous things I've seen in a very long time 😍

(Immediately goes into heavy-duty-tunnel-acquisition planning mode 🤔)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxH...

He Grew a 40m (130ft) Edible Tunnel - Pumpkins, Pears & More!

YouTube video by Huw Richards

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Fruit Works Co-operative @fruitworkscoop.bsky.social · 23h

We'll be at Shipley Harvest Market this Saturday with a fine selection of 🍏🍎, some of our magnificent trees and make lots of juice for free fun.

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 1d

I have to admit I've always found meditation tricky. I get easily distracted, then I get frustrated by my own distraction. Which rather defeats the object... 🙄

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Adam 🍎 @adapples.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @applebluesky, can anyone fill me in on an apple sold to me as "Tipp Pippin"? It looks like a redder Cripps Pink and has dense breaking-crisp flesh. On the sweet side.

It is Irish.

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New photo · Tuesday, Oct 7 📸

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 1d

Heard some useful tips & info from a sleep specialist - sleep hygiene, regularity of habits, minimising stimulus etc. - in a podcast I listened to recently:

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Transcript here: zoe.com/learn/sleep-...

I hope some of it helps. Poor sleep can be a real kick in the everything.

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TeePee Cider @teepeecider.bsky.social · 1d

At last! -the Tom Putt apples (our first apples to blossom) are about to bud burst. The leaves opened first last week revealing these gorgeous deep crimson flower buds. A late but bountiful Spring. #cider #apples #orchard #Wairarapa #NewZealand

A close up of Tom Putt apple flower bud.

A cluster of 5 apple lower buds. Deep red and tightly closed.

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 2d

Unsurprisingly, Storm Amy has brought another couple of bags of cider apples down, probably as much still on the trees, another couple of weeks before pressing I think… 🌱

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Ray Blockley @huck-cider.bsky.social · 3d

Good to see Rob in the news. 🙂👍
Another East Midlands cider maker who's goodies are on the Cider Bar at the Nottingham Robin Hood Beer & Cider Festival which opens on Wednesday. 👌
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Warmer weather has made my cider stronger' - Charnwood Cider owner

A cider maker says the weather has caused more sugary fruit, which makes his cider more alcoholic.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Fruit Works Co-operative @fruitworkscoop.bsky.social · 2d

Another lovely Apple Day this Sunday, organised by the fantastic Back to Front Harehills group.

At Fruit Works we love Apple Days for their ability to connect people and land, and getting people out into the orchards that are all around us, having fun and meeting each other.

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Bowling Community Orchard @bowlingparkorchard.bsky.social · 3d

Only six days to go till Apple Day! #appleday #bradford25 #communityorchards

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 3d

Yes, but you'd need to start with a cooking variety rather than anything too soft and ripe, otherwise the pears would dissolve and you'd end up with what the Ancient Romans called 'Liquamen ex Piris' : orchardnotes.com/2025/09/03/p...

A Few Notes on Palladius’s c.420 Recipe for ‘Liquamen Ex Piris’ – Orchard Notes

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 3d

Ah, thank you! Fascinating stuff, I'll be downloading those papers shortly. Much appreciated 🙂

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Cider Review @ciderreview.bsky.social · 5d

Malvern Autumn Show 2025
Jack reports on last weekend's Malvern Autumn Show, which was a showcase of perry pears and perry, with the first @3ccpa.bsky.social championship dedicated to our favourite drink.

Malvern Autumn Show 2025

Jack reports on last weekend’s Malvern Autumn Show, which was a showcase of perry pears and perry, with the first championship dedicated to our favourite drink.

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 3d

Um... just wondering where you're getting the parentage info from? National Fruit Collection (UK) doesn't list anything, and Cummins website says 'unknown'.

Hogg (1851) said he thought Lindley (1831) was right in thinking one parent might be 'Nonpareil', which is a very old apple indeed... 🤔

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 3d

Oh, I do have a glass weight on top of the plums to hopefully keep them submerged. The book suggests you can use a zip-lock bag of water as a substitute if you don't have fermentation weights to hand.

Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 3d

In this case it's just plums cut into eighths, plus 2% of their weight in salt, well mixed together and then put into a fermentation jar with a suitably ventilated lid. The plums become submerged in their own juices as the salt draws out the moisture. Method via 'The Noma Guide to Fermentation' 👍

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 3d

Ah! Fritters! I see. I do love "handpies" though, that's a great name for them 🙂

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You're welcome 🙂

Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 4d

Sack is a term for a few different fortified wines, usually sweetish ones, which morphed over time into sherry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_(w...

Sack (wine) - Wikipedia

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 4d

They do sound quite tasty 😋

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Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social · 4d

It's been horrible, stormy weather here in Manchester UK, so I need a delicious #medieval treat:

The original apple pie; well, apple, pear & fig tart, 14th-cent style but with #glutenfree pastry.

Free recipe during October. Tip if you wish.

#LoveMedievalFood

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Recipe, Tart of Applis (apple tart), c.1381 (gluten-free)

A wonderful apple, pear, fig and raisin pastry, spiced with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Perfect for a winter's day when all you want to do is snuggle up in front of the fire.The original 14th-century

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 4d

'Blenheim Pippin' was of course a synonym for 'Blenheim Orange', as were 'Ward's Pippin' and 'Woodstock Pippin', 'Perle d'Angleterre' and the rather pleasant-sounding 'Beauty of Dumbleton' 🙂

(per NFC record: www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id...)

old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 4d

blenheim pippin apples, painted by bertha heiges, 1901

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