New wholesale fruit tree discount for members – Members’ Area
MAN now has a commercial arrangement with Frank P Matthews tree nursery that all members can benefit from and obtain substantial discounts.
Details are on the Frank P Matthews Wholesale Agreement page.
To take advantage of this and to be able to see the details, you need to become a member of MAN: Join Us.
Publications including Apples & Pears magazine – Members’ Area
To see MAN’s previous editions of Apples & Pears newsletter magazine, our comprehensive annual round-up of appley going’s on going back to 2006, as well as MAN’s Spring News Sheets going back to 1995, you need to become a member of MAN: Join Us.
Then visit our Publications – Members’ Area area for a full list of all our previous publications with countless fascinating articles on everything apple-related.
Library – Members’ Area
We maintain a small library of books, especially those providing historical accounts, inventories and descriptions of traditional varieties. These are useful for identification work, and are available to borrow…
To see MAN’s library list, you need to become a member of MAN: Join Us.
Nurseries
Traditional varieties of Apples and Pears are obtainable from specialist nurseries. As demand is, unfortunately, low you may need to have particular varieties grafted to order (and accept the time delay that this means). We have prepared an updated list of suppliers of varieties of apples and pears (including cider apples and perry pears) traditional to the Welsh Marches and some beyond. Other fruits are not ignored either.
Orchards and Biodiversity
The importance of orchards goes beyond just apples…
Leaflets
English and Welsh versions of orcharding leaflets
Books
A list of recommended books, for further knowledge!
Sister Organisations
There are many Orchard Groups throughout the UK with objects similar to ours, and more local groups.