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 Also! A photo of the sea, in case anyone requires any inspiration for October’s exhibition! 

Next calendar for your enjoyment!

 

Bramley Apples

 Thank you Val for telling us about this today!

The Bramley apple originated in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. In 1809, a young girl named Mary Ann Brailsford planted apple pips in a flowerpot, and the surviving seedling was later moved to her garden. Decades later, local butcher Matthew Bramley owned the property and allowed a nurseryman to take cuttings, naming the variety after himself. 

The Discovery and Naming

The Planter: Mary Ann Brailsford planted the original pip as a child, but she moved away and never knew the fame her tree would achieve.
The Butcher: Matthew Bramley bought the cottage with the mature tree in 1846.
The Nurseryman: Henry Merryweather asked for cuttings of the unusual, large fruit in the 1850s.
The Condition: Bramley agreed to share cuttings on the sole condition that the new cultivar bear his name. 

Commercial Success

First Sale: The first Bramley's Seedling trees were sold commercially in 1862.
Awards: The variety won high praise at the Royal Horticultural Society in the late 19th century.
The Mother Tree: The original tree survived a severe storm that blew it over in the early 1900s, re-rooting itself to keep producing fruit more than 200 years later. 

Wednesday 19th August

 

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 This is the week of the cream tea! Woo hoo!

In case you had forgotten, the Plymouth trip is DIY on the bus as we didn’t have enough people to fill a coach!

Important cream tea information!

 Please read and remember! From Tina and Jo: 

At our cream tea next Wednesday (19th), please let us all wear our name badges. Mary H has made badges for our newest members, and it would be nice to get to know their names, and for them to learn a few of ours.

Those attending the Cream Tea at Churston Golf Club, on Wednesday 19th August, please can you arrive just before 2.00pm, to ensure that you get your raffle tickets and are seated for an afternoon of quizzes and a delicious cream tea and a chance of winning a lovely prize in the raffle.  As well as an enjoyable afternoon of getting to know each other.