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An Amish Widow's Promise by Winnie Griggs
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Apricot village: Further reminiscences of the Aynho gardener by Palmer Doris Humphris Ted
Apples of North America: A Celebration of Exceptional Varieties by Tom Burford
Taming Fruit : How Orchards Have Transformed the Land, Offered Sanctuary, and Inspired Creativity by Bernd Brunner
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At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
Murder mysteries include orchards.
Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey
Crime and Cherry Pits by Amanda Flower
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"Bord Bia has launched a campaign to support Irish apple growers, in a bid to reduce the carbon footprint of imports - and improve food security.
Currently, Ireland imports around 95% of all apples sold here.
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"The McCann family has been in the apple business since the 1960s, but it was only four years ago that they scaled up their operation in anticipation of a spike in business.
The father and son team of Oliver and Kevin started planting the 130-acre site in Louth in 2021.
Among the 3,000 tonnes of apples harvested this year are bramley and golden delicious, however, the McCann's main crop is gala, a variety not commercially grown here at scale for over a decade.
Oliver McCann said it's a variety "that's grown all over the world.
"It hadn't been grown in Ireland, people thought it wouldn't grow here. But here we've got it, and it's working."
This is the largest eating-apple orchard in the country, the core of which was multi-million euro investment.
Kevin McCann said the Boyne Valley orchard was "a big gamble getting it up off the ground successfully, but we've achieved that.""
In the US there were there were over 15,000 named apple varieties in the mid-19th century. Today, only about 100 varieties are grown commercially, with the top 10 accounting for over 90% of the crop.
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Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them by Dan Saladino.
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"Isabella Dalla Ragione hunts in abandoned gardens and orchards for forgotten fruits, preserving Italy's agricultural heritage and saving varieties which could help farmers withstand the vagaries of a changing climate.
The 68-year-old's collection of apples, pears, cherries, plums, peaches and almonds, grown using methods of old, are more resilient to the climate shifts and extremes seen increasingly frequently in the southern Mediterranean.
The Italian agronomist-turned-detective seeks descriptions of bygone local fruits in centuries-old diaries or farming documents, and sets out to find them.
Others she identifies by matching them to fruits in Renaissance paintings, where they often appear in depictions of the Madonna and Child."
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Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them (other topics)Crime and Cherry Pits (other topics)
Taming Fruit : How Orchards Have Transformed the Land, Offered Sanctuary, and Inspired Creativity (other topics)
Apples of North America: A Celebration of Exceptional Varieties (other topics)
At the Edge of the Orchard (other topics)
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Dan Saladino (other topics)Amanda Flower (other topics)
Bernd Brunner (other topics)
Tom Burford (other topics)
Tracy Chevalier (other topics)
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A serious tree disease is killing trees in Italy and Spain. Xylella fastidiosa has struck olive trees and almond trees so far, according to the article. While I have not experienced the disease I can add that trees suffering from drought stress get more diseases and are more likely to succumb to them. The southern European countries have been hit by heatwaves bringing the temperature over 40 degrees C this summer.