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Reviving the Old Apple and Pear Varieties in the Welsh Marches

Adfywio’r Hen Fathau o Afalau a Gellyg yng Ngororau Cymru

 

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Others’ Fruit News and Updates

These are news stories and YouTube videos about apples, pears and other tree fruits that may be of interest to you.

 

Nick Dunn from Frank P Matthews video on rootstock bed creation:

Nick Dunn of Frank P Matthews nursery shares his decades of experience.

FP Matthews Rootstock Video

FP Matthews Rootstock Video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cardiff: Heritage apples to be reintroduced to honour family - BBC News

Photo credit: Cardiff Council

 

BBC News article:

Gabalfa apple could return to city after 100-year absence

A rare type of apple for which Cardiff was once famed is to be reintroduced in the Welsh capital after a century-long absence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article: How the National Fruit Collection is working to save rare apple species from extinction            MAN gets a mention in this update from the University of Reading. Read the article here.

Photo by Rob Wicks on Unsplash

 

 

Recent US Apple identification video
See the new apple identification video featuring John Bunker from Maine, USA John Bunker Apple ID. This will be available on our website in the longer term on our Identification page (click ‘Research’ above – then ‘Identification’ from the drop-down menu – under ‘YouTube videos on apple identification’).

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