We’re celebrating all things apple on Saturday 12 October 2024!
This wonderful fruit is such a symbol of autumn abundance that we’re giving it some extra love this weekend. And if you don’t like apple, perhaps you like apple cake, apple juice, cider or even cider vinegar? There’s poetry in the names of the apple varieties that have been developed in the UK and western Europe over the past few hundred years: Peasgood Nonsuch, Mrs Lakeman’s Seedling, Newton Wonder, Bloody Ploughman and Court du Pendu Plat are all apple varieties that you might find in a garden but very, very rarely available in a shop.
On Saturday we’ll have apple juicing by Transition Tynedale, an apple display, apple identification by Ros and all the usual great local producers. Bex from Grow Hexham is bringing apple cake to try and she shares her recipe with us here.