Food Programme - Northern Apples
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In celebration of the Northern Pomona - Simon Parkes visits the orchards, and meets the people, trying to preserve and regenerate the unique apple culture of Yorkshire.
Scagglethorpe Queening, Ribston Pippin, the Wass - Simon Parkes meets those restoring the orcharding tradition of the north, from the walled community garden at Helmsley to the orchard village of Husthwaite, and samples some of the commercial fruits of these orchards including a new cider brandy from the orchards of Ampleforth Abbey.
Dr Joan Morgan, apple expert and author of the seminal New Book of Apples, outlined many of the great northern varieties at the RHS London Autumn Harvest Show.
Michael Jack, President of the National Fruit Show, and a BBC Food & Farming Awards judge, samples some of the orchard drinks: Cheshire Apple Juice from Eddisbury Fruit Farm, Husthwaite's cider, and Ampleforth's cider brandy.
Producer: Rebecca Moore.
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 4:00PM Mon, 11 Oct 2010
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 12:32PM Sun, 10 Oct 2010
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- Duration 30 minutes
