Northern Apples

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2010

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:55.6	why do we need so many different kinds of apple? Because there are so many different kinds of folks.
0:58.4	A person has a right to gratify his legitimate tastes.
1:01.6	If he wants 20 or 40 kinds of apples for his personal use, you should be afforded the privilege.
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1:23.0	As the days shorten and we get the first whiff of garden bonfires, it's hard to miss the new
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