SC - RE: Rice

[Oughton, Karin (GEIS, Tirlan)]

I have the perfect answer for you, AND it keeps it in the family ; ) My
father in law was the director for the Brogdale Trust ( a charity) , which
hold the UK gene banks for apples, pears, plums, cherries, vines etc etc
etc....

Gerry said he had something like 4500 different varieties of apple trees on
site. They can provide information, seminars, root stock - you name it. They
have a web site at http://www.brogdale.org.uk/  - they run a mail order
service etc. I don't know about the legalities of importing stock into
Australia, but I'm sure they can help. I recommend just browsing through
their mail order service .......

And as an aside - if any one is looking for an interesting plum to plant,
the "transparent gage" gets my vote for the most bizarre fruit ( hopeless
for storage though ) - it forms this beautiful huge fruit which is
transparent - when the sun shines through you can see the stone in it etc,
and when you bite, it just bursts in your mouth with an explosion of
flavour.......have lots of wipes on hand :) 

Karin

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	HICKS, MELISSA [SMTP:HICKS_M at casa.gov.au]
> Sent:	Monday, May 24, 1999 11:02 PM
> To:	'SCA-COOKS at ANSTEORRA.ORG'
> Subject:	SC - Apple breeds?
> 
> Greetings all,
> 
> Some friends of mine have recently bought a property/farm in rural
> Victoria,
> Australia.  They sent the following request for information on "period"
> apple species.  Can anyone here supply further info or suggest some
> avenues
> of research for them?
> 
> Thanks
> Meliora.
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Kim & Ian Stanley-Eyles[SMTP:heathen at tpg.com.au]
> > Sent: 	Saturday, 22 May 1999 21:55
> > To: 	Meliora & Drake
> > Subject: 	Reseach question
> > 
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > In the furtherance of our rural & mediaeval activities, we are thinking
> > of planting some apple trees in the orchard from our period (or
> > thereabouts) and ask if you have any information on these.
> > 
> > Autumn Permain syn Summer Permain late 1500's England
> > Court Pendu Plat syn Wise Apple plus others pre-1500 Europe
> > Devonshire Quarrenden pre-1678 England possibly from France
> > Fenouillet Gris syn Carraway Russet 1608 France
> > Golden Harvey syn Brandy Apple 1600's England (Herts.)
> > Gravenstein possibly Schleswig-Holstein pre-1667 possibly Italy
> > Issac Newton's Tree (original tree unknown) c.1660 England (Lincs.)
> > London Pippin syn Five Crown 1580 England
> > 
> > For your information, we are getting them from a place called Badgers
> > Keep (Prop. C&M Winmill) off North Street Chewton 3451 Ph/Fax 03 5472
> > 3338.  Trees are around $14.50 and they will post them via Aust. Post.
> > Payments are made at collection or by invoice before postage.  Nil
> > credit card facils.  From their 1993 catalogue ($10.00 by post), the
> > above are the only period trees they have although I think they will try
> > and track down other requests.  Anyway, if you think anyone else might
> > be interested, by all means pass these details on.
> > 
> > 
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