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Apple Map
My father has an amazing ability to be an expert in all fields. His latest line of expertise is that of orchard man and apple variety connoisseur (Cornish varieties a speciality). This year has seen a bumper crop and has led to the first Ruses Mill scrumpy pressing. When asked about the location of each tree in the orchard, a dusty soft back book was produced and inside the front cover a ‘detailed’ topological map produced… See below. Although it lacks a scale, compass and underlined title it serves its purpose perfectly.
Ruses Mill Apple Map
So what about the varieties grown?
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- Orleans Reinette
Orleans Reinette
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- Ribston Pippin
Ribston Pippin
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- Egremont Russet
Egremont Russet
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- May Queen
May Queen
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- Cornish Gillyflower
Cornish Gillyflower
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- Cornish Aromatic
Cornish Aromatic
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- Ribston Pippin
Ribston Pippin
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- Egremont Russet
Egremont Russet
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- Ruses Mill Apple Map
Ruses Mill Apple Map
The Guardian article here is in line with his current thinking on all things apple related.
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The trees were planted about 15 years ago. The intention was to have dessert eating apples from August (Lady Sudeley) through until May (May Queen). On the whole it has worked quite well and so long as we pick the keeping varieties at the correct stage we have home grown apples until well into the New Year.
In selecting the varieties to plant it was important to choose ones which would cross pollinate.
This year there was such a glut of apples that with the windfalls from the dessert orchard and from the much older orchard (unknown single variety – self fertile)by the house we have now got six gallons of cider quietly fermenting for the first time. -
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This demonstrates that the Cartographic Imagination is inherited – no?