Archive for July, 2008

Arkwright Arms Ciders and Perries

The Arkwright Arms in Derbyshire  has managed to secure a regular supplier of ciders and perries. I understand that the owners have had a very frustrating time in securing regular deliveries of real cider and real perry, especially produce from a wider range of smaller producers.

List of current stock is below.

Cheers,

  

Ray

http://hucknallciderco.blogspot.com/

 
Ciders

-Broadoak Moonshine 8.4% (Med)

-Broadoak KB 8.4% (Med Sweet)

-Dan y Graig 5.8% (Medium)

-Gwynt y Ddraig  Medium 6.5% (Med)

-Gwynt y Ddraig Dancing Dog 6.5% (dry)

-Gwynt y Ddraig Fiery Fox 6.5% (Med)

-Oakwood Organic 6.5% (Dry)

-Ross on Wye Rioja Cask Finish 6.5% (Med)

-Westons Old Rosie 7.3% (Med Dry)

-Wilkins Medium 6.5% (Med)

-Woodthorpe Roobie Suzi 10.5% (Med Dry)

-Woodthorpe Owd Barker 10.5% (Dry)

Perries

-Ross-on-Wye Perry (Sweet)

-Troggi Earlswood Perry 6.1% (Sweet)

-Watkins Perry 6.3% (Sweet)

-Westons Country Perry 4.5% (Med Sweet)

Lyne Down Cider

Thanks to Mark Shirley for sending in a link to this short video which provides a nice tour of the Lyne Down Cider and Perry Limited products and organic orchard.

Apple varieties mentioned are Stoke Red, Kingston Black, Yarlington Mill, Dabinet and Katy.

Also a view of the twin screw press.

Summer pruning in the apple orchard

Are you keeping up to date with Stephen Hayes’ Fruitwise apple tree pruning Videos?

This latest one is all about summer pruning.

Summer pruning is a discretionary activity for orchard keepers, so you have to decide if it’s needed or not. Where a tree puts on a lot of new growth, then it’s worth thinning it out a bit but this will vary from season to season and from tree to tree. The best time is July or August, before the apples ripen to reduce apple scab  damage and increase the light levels.

Only the smaller manageable trees can be pruned in this way, not the giants.



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