The apple day in great britain

День яблока в Англии

Свежесобранные яблочки дожидаются едоков (Фото: D McKenzie, Shutterstock)

21 октября или в ближайшие к этой дате выходные в Англии проводится День яблока (Apple Day) — ежегодное мероприятие, посвященное яблокам, фруктовым садам и местным достопримечательностям, которое устраивается по инициативе благотворительной организации Common Ground с 1990 года.

Организаторы считают, что День яблока — это празднование и демонстрация многообразия и богатства природы, а также стимул и знак к тому, что мы сами способны влиять на изменения, происходящие вокруг. Идея Дня заключается в том, что яблоко — это символ физического, культурного и генетического разнообразия, о котором человек не должен забывать.

В День яблока можно увидеть и попробовать сотни различных сортов яблок, причем, многие из имеющихся сортов не продаются в обычных магазинах. Сотрудники питомников предлагают купить редкие сорта яблонь. Часто в празднике участвует служба идентификации яблок, которая определит, что за яблоко вы принесли из сада. А с «яблочным доктором» можно обсудить все проблемы яблонь вашего сада.

Во время праздника предлагается множество яблочных блюд и напитков — от яблочных пирогов, фруктово-овощной приправы чатни (chutney) и яблочного повидла до яблочного сока и сидра. Часто проходят демонстрации приготовления горячих и холодных блюд из яблок. Иногда специалисты дают уроки обрезки и формирования кроны, а также прививания яблонь. Весьма популярны на празднике различные игры, стрельба из лука по яблокам и «яблочные» рассказы.

Самая длинная яблочная кожура занесена в Книгу рекордов Гиннеса. Запись о мировом рекорде гласит: рекорд на самую длинную необорвавшуюся яблочную кожуру принадлежит американке Kathy Walfer, которая чистила яблоко в течении 11 часов 30 минут и получила кожуру длиной 52 метра 51 сантиметр. Рекорд был установлен 16 октября 1976 года в Нью-Йорке.

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Crunch time: the 10 best places to celebrate Apple Day in Britain

Pomme tiddly pomme: apple harvest time has arrived. Photograph: Neil Phillips/Alamy

Pomme tiddly pomme: apple harvest time has arrived. Photograph: Neil Phillips/Alamy

As harvest time arrives, here are the top destinations for apple harvests, tastings and other core activities

Last modified on Fri 8 Oct 2021 08.33 BST

The Big Apple Harvest Time, Much Marcle, Herefordshire

Cider capital: Herefordshire’s hills are covered with orchards with the harvest festival celebrated at nine locations around Much Marcle. Photograph: Jeff Morgan 06/Alamy

If there is a cider capital of the UK it’s arguably Herefordshire, where the rolling hills are covered with orchards. The Big Apple is an association of orchards in the region and their harvest festival takes place at nine locations around the town (9-10 October). A free tractor and trailer service, provided by Weston’s Cider, takes visitors between six of the sites, including organic orchards, small-scale cider producers and Hellens Manor – a country estate and gardens offering hands-on pressing activities and morris dancing. Pop into the Much Marcle Memorial Hall for a cup of apple tea, and stay at the Seven Stars in nearby Ledbury, a cosy pub with comfortable rooms.
Doubles from £99 B&B, sevenstarsledbury.co.uk; bigapple.co.uk

Rosemoor Apple Weekend, Devon

Full flavour: apple pressing at the Rosemoor Festival in Devon. Photograph: RHS/Guy Harrop

This is the 30th anniversary of Rosemoor’s Apple Festival, held on 3 October, when the RHS-owned garden brings together tastings, talks, demonstrations and guided walks – all of which are apple-themed. A team of experts will also be on hand to help identify any of your homegrown unknown apple varieties, while the Taste of Autumn Food Fair will ensure there’s no chance of visitors going hungry
rhs.org.uk

Apple Day at Day’s Cottage, Gloucestershire

Day’s Cottage is an award-winning apple juice, cider and perry producer, situated on a family farm. It’s dedicated to making pure juices from unsprayed orchards and rare varieties. Its Apple Day (17 October – please see footnote) is envisaged as a smaller event this year but includes apple displays, live music and homemade cakes to accompany the juices. Finish the day with a stay at the charming Court House Manor, a beautiful 17th-century house in pretty Painswick village.
Doubles from £116 B&B, courthousemanor.co.uk; dayscottage.co.uk

Apple Day Weekend at the Newt, Somerset

Apple products: the Newt in Somerset has 70 varieties of apples. Photograph: The Newt, Somerset grafting workshop/The Newt

Home to 65 acres of legacy orchards, including 70 varieties of apple, the Newt – a working estate with a luxurious hotel in an elegant Georgian farmhouse – celebrates its harvest with an activity-packed Apple Day Weekend (23-24 October). Tractor tours, talks, apple-themed games and menus are all on offer, with live music and DJs to get the party going – and the chance for visitors to bring their own apples to be pressed. Alongside the juices, there will be the chance to try the Newt’s new Ice Cyder, made from dessert apples that have been pressed, frozen and slowly thawed to create a rich, concentrated flavour. Apple Day is free for members of the Newt.
Membership is £48 per year and gives unlimited access to the gardens, woodland and deer park, free entry for children and an annual programme of workshops and events; thenewtinsomerset.com

Apple Tasting Day, Blackmoor Estate, Hampshire

A family-run farm in the heart of the Hampshire countryside, Blackmoor’s Apple Day (10 October) is a celebration of the different varieties grown on the estate’s orchards. Visitors can taste traditional apples, such as Cox’s Orange Pippins and Norfolk Royal Russet, as well as newer varieties. Fruit trees and plants will be on sale, alongside local produce stalls, tea, cake and plenty of cider. Experts will be on hand to offer advice and identify mystery apples, and morris dancing and rural craft stalls create the feel of a classic country fete.
blackmoorestate.co.uk

Harvest Time at Killerton, Devon

Take a stroll: rolling gardens surround the elegant house at Killerton, Devon

Now is the perfect time to visit this glorious Devonshire estate, famous for the rolling gardens that surround the elegant 17th-century house, kept as it would have been in the 1920s and 30s. Outside, visitors can stroll through the orchards – home to more than 100 varieties of apple, including the curiously named Slack-ma-Girdle and Hangy Down – and pick up some of the estate’s own cider in the shop or sample it in the café. Stay at Killerton Park Cottage, a delightful National Trust-owned house on the estate, sleeping up to five.
Three night breaks from £344, nationaltrust.org.uk

Apple Harvest at Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton

There are more than 50 varieties of apple to be found in Wightwick’s orchards, with many dating back to the late 18th and early 19th centuries. On Apple Harvest weekend (23-24 October) visitors can taste and buy freshly picked eaters, cookers and cider apples and take a stroll through the orchard, as well as seeing Wightwick’s extraordinary multi-variety apple tree, created by grafting 12 different varieties on to one tree.
nationaltrust.org.uk

Apple Week, Llanerchaeron, Mid-Wales

Quench your thirst: the Harbourmaster pub in nearby Aberaeron

The graceful Georgian villa in Llanerchaeron is surrounded by walled gardens that are home to ancient espaliered apple trees that burst with fruit from September onwards. Apple Week is held today (3 October, as well as 6-10 October) and is ideal for families. There are trails and self-led activities for children, including the chance to create apple bird feeders, along with displays of the different varieties of apples grown in the orchards. There are also bags of fruit to buy and take home. Combine country pleasures with a stay at the seaside, try the lovely Harbourmaster Cottage in Aberaeron.
Doubles from £280 B&B, harbour- master.com; nationaltrust.org.uk

The Orchard Garden, Newby Hall, North Yorkshire

Newby Hall near Ripon is aThis is a gorgeous Georgian home set in 25 acres of award-winning gardens, dating back to the 20s dating back to the early 1920s. Wander among the apple trees in the unique Orchard Garden, full of quince and apple trees including crab apples too (‘Red Sentinel’), many of which are at their most beautiful in autumn. Make a weekend of it with a night at the nearby Crown Inn, a comfy pub in the village of Roeclfiffe.
Doubles from £99, thecrowninnroecliffe.co.uk; newbyhall.com

Heritage Orchard Days, Brogdale, Kent

Pick your own: Brogdale in Kent has the most diverse apple orchards in the country. Photograph: Brogdale cider festival

Home of the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale boasts the most diverse apple orchards in the country, with varieties from all over the world and from almost every county in the UK. On Heritage Orchard Days (16-17 October) you can pick your own (every ticket includes a 2kg bag), try traditional juice pressing and sample local ciders, or join a tour of the National Collection. Keep the foodie theme going with a stay at Reads Rooms in nearby Faversham, a restaurant with rooms in an elegant Georgian manor house that’s home to some of Kent’s best cooking.
Doubles £210 B&B, reads.com; brogdalecollections.org

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Orchards and ciders for you to get a real taste of apple life

North Perrott Fruit Farm, Crewkerne, Somerset The North Perrott orchards have been tended by three generations of the same family. They produce more than 30 varieties of apple juice and offer personalised juices for special occasions (parrettbrand.co.uk).

Wildpress Wildpress launched this year with a focus on rare and disappearing varieties of apple, and small, traditional orchards. Mixed cases and individual bottles of the Mellow Rebel and the Crab from Kent are available (wildpressjuice.com).

Wobblegate Orchards, Sussex The wonderfully named Wobblegate began in the 1990s as a father and son team on the family farm and now produces award-winning juices and ciders. Juices include apple and raspberry, and apple and pear, with heritage juice also available (wobblegate.co.uk).

Heron Valley, Devon Organic and sustainable, Heron Valley produces artisan apple juices, alongside unpasteurised apple cider vinegar and sulphite-free ciders. Choose from fizzy or still, sharp or sweet apple, or fired up with ginger root (heronvalley.co.uk).

Hallets Real Cider This very fine, lightly sparkling medium cider from Caerphilly in south Wales blends a bit of oak-aged cider with young cider from the latest harvest. It’s aromatically complex, pure, racy (£36 for 12 50cl, 6% abv, halletsrealcider.co.uk).

Welsh Farmhouse Awarded the Royal Warrant in 2015, Welsh Farmhouse produce more than 20 varieties of apple juice, many made from heritage varieties. The farm also presses apples from Highgrove, and sells them as “Royal Juices” (welshfarmhouseltd.co.uk).

Little Pomona Table Cider James and Susanna Forbes both had careers in the wine trade before setting up their natural cider farm in Herefordshire, and that experience informs this fabulously succulent, fragrant, easy-drinking delight. (£9.50 for 75cl, littlepomona.com).

Pilton Cider The parish of Pilton in Somerset may be best known for a certain festival, but few ciders consumed at the Eavis’s event over the years could match up to this gently sweet, but beautifully balanced, racy crisp bottling (£8.49, 75cl, 5% abv, piltoncider.com).

Aspall Imperial Vintage Suffolk Cyder A favourite from longstanding Suffolk cider makers and fruit farmers Aspall’s portfolio, this is a decadently rich cider with flavours of caramelised tarte tatin balanced by a quiver of bright acidity (£2.50, 8.2% abv, aspall.co.uk).

Nightingale Falstaff Bramley A Kentish cider that combines a tangfastic Bramley cooking apple sourness with an almost floral easy sweetness in a superbly drinkable and maximum thirst-quenching package.. (£25 for 12 x 50cl, 5.4% abv, nightingalecider.com).

This article was amended on 8 October 2021. Apple Day at Day’s Cottage in Gloucestershire is taking place on 17 October 2021, not 23 October 2021 as we incorrectly said in an earlier version. Day’s Cottage has also asked us to make clear that their family-run farm is suitable for small numbers of local visitors, particularly this year with Covid considerations, and that parking is limited.

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Braeburn, Discovery, Red Jonagold, Pink Lady, and a million other varieties with a million different evocative names, and each one more delicious than the last!

Here’s to thee, old apple tree,
Whence thou mayst bud
And whence thou mayst blow!
And whence thou mayst bear apples enow!
Hats full! Caps full!
Bushel—bushel—sacks full,
And my pockets full too! Huzza!

South Hams of Devon, 1871

Every year the exquisite orchards spill forth a cavalcade of crimson, gold, and green, and it’s not just the leaves of Autumn. On the heels of this rolling bounty comes the rich smell of apple pies, spicy ciders (both alcoholic and not), and all the tastes and smells of this seasonal treat.

This is the time to celebrate everything that has to do with National Apple Day!

History of National Apple Day

Each year, people in various parts of the world gather for a celebration of the most delicious harvest of the year and come together to share the joy and fun of apples. Events range in size from minor to full-blown fairs in villages all over the country, where enthusiasts come together to share recipes for juice and cider, advice on how to properly grow their apples, and information on all the apple varieties available.

First made an official event in 1990 in Covent Garden, the events for National Apple Day have been celebrated every year since, and it has grown from a local event to one celebrated all over in different parts of the globe. It has grown from a simple celebration of the apple to a recognition of cultural and genetic diversity in food that should not be allowed to pass from the world.

Apples can be eaten and enjoyed not only on National Apple Day but every day. After all, as the old saying goes: “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”.

How to Celebrate National Apple Day

Getting involved in celebrating National Apple Day can be simple and fun! Try out some of these ideas to enjoy the day, whether alone or with a large group of people:

Eat An Apple

A great way to start an National Apple Day celebration is by gobbling down one of any number of delicious apple varieties. Yellow, green, pink or red, a fresh and juicy apple can be eaten cut, sliced, or simply by taking a giant bite out of the center. Eat it alone or dip it in something sweet like peanut butter with granola, Nutella, caramel sauce or a yummy cream-cheese dip.

Slice an apple up and put it on a sandwich, dice and cook it for a couple of hours to make applesauce or apple butter, wrap it in a pastry and bake it, or chop it up and put it in some pancakes. No matter how it is eaten, anyone can find a way to appreciate this delicious fruit on National Apple Day!

Join an National Apple Day Event

Check out which National Apple Day events are going on around the town or in the local area. Join in on various events and take in the unique varieties that grow in orchards near where you live.

Although National Apple Day traditionally falls on October 21, it can be expected that events will go on all throughout the month in celebration of the Apple. Catch an apple orchard tour or go apple picking on most weekends. With hundreds of events happening in the UK alone, and many more throughout the world, there’s sure to be some apple-related fun in October for everyone to enjoy!

Try Some New Apple Recipes

Apples are good for far more than just pies, crisps and crumbles! An extremely versatile fruit, apples can be made into a wide variety of dishes. They can be sweet or savory, used in salads, pastries, and even main dishes. Have fun using apples in all kinds of unique recipes and get started with some of these ideas:

• Sweet Potato and Apple Latkes. Take the potato pancake to a new level by changing it up with healthful sweet potatoes and tasty apples. Plus, add a bit of tang using a tahini sauce drizzled on top.
• Apple Sage Chickpea Veggie Burgers. Forget about needing meat to make a tasty burger–with apples and garbanzo beans, the vegetarians and vegans can be super excited about grilling too!
• Quinoa Apple Cheddar Soup. Apples and cheddar have been a classic pairing for many generations. Adding some quinoa gives more substance to this slightly sweet and tangy, comforting autumn soup.
• Apple Fries with Caramel Cheesecake Dip. Looking for a unique way to make french fries a bit more interesting? Try them with apples! Just after frying apple slices, dip them into a cinnamon sugar combination and serve with caramel and cream cheese dip.

Host an National Apple Day Event

You can also host an National Apple Day event for friends, family, and neighbors, encouraging people to try new recipes and types of apples. Be sure to treat your guests with special ciders brewed at the nearby orchards, and apple-themed treats from nearby bakeries. The heart and soul of National Apple Day are supporting the genetic diversity of Apple Orchards not being consumed by monoculture farming.

Participate in Apple Wassail

Another way to celebrate National Apple Day is to participate in the Apple Wassail, a traditional form of this ancient practice often performed as part of an National Apple Day celebration. As part of the practice, the bread will be laid on the roots of trees which are then doused with apple cider. This practice was said to bless the trees and bring about good harvests.

Get out there and enjoy National Apple Day, and relish the fruits of the season!

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