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- Claybrooke Water Mill, still working to date, has cogs made from apple wood. Cherry wood has been used for these at other sites. Apple timber is hard, dense and shock resistant so it is ideal for this purpose.
- In Britain 30% of our vitamin C requirement can come from potatoes.
- Settlers in 1780s Ohio were legally obliged to plant at least 50 apple or pear trees within three years of making a settlement – before they erected a permanent dwelling!
- It has been calculated that a large apple tree will contain in its leaves 248gm of nitrogen, 248gm of potassium and nearly 85gm of phosphates every year.
- In 1740 Samuel Thompson discovered an excellent eating apple when he was excavating the Middlesex Canal in Massachusetts, USA. The apple, called Baldwin, is widely grown throughout America and the site of the original tree is marked by a stone apple on a pillar.
- Bullfinches can be a terror in the orchard, eating the buds in late winter when food is scarce. Protect your fruit trees and bushes with netting from late January onwards.
- Although bees do sting, they are also responsible for many good things like pollination of plants and honey making.
- Many apple varieties have been found as chance seedlings on rubbish tips or in hedges. These include Granny Smith, Keswick Codlin, Bloody Ploughman and Claygate Pearmain.
- 1 million people died during the Irish potato famine and a further 1 million emigrated.
- Caterpillars increase their size 1000 times from hatching to become a pupa.
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