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Home What is SLOG? Membership Benefits Join SLOG SLOG Events Trees for Sale Apple Press Hire Volunteer Hub Apples of the North West SLOG Varieties Register Photo Gallery Useful Web Links Contact Us	August News! SLOG Autumn 2010 Newsletter now out. Click here Once again, Andy has put together a storming edition! --oo00oo-- Our apple presses will soon be seeing action at various Apple Days. But we are keen that members should hire them for their own use. See our webpage for more details. Book them now to avoid disappointment. For the small apple press call Andy Gilchrist on 01539 727772 or e: andyjgilchrist@hotmail.co.uk. For the large press phone Dick Palmer on 01229 716724 or 07799 615750.	North Cumbria Orchard Group The inaugural meeting to establish the group will be held on Wednesday Sept 22nd 7.00-10.00pm at Dalemain Mansion, nr Penrith Andy Gilchrist will be talking about his experiences in establishing a new orchard in Lakeland. For more information phone 016974 73360 For directions click here	Rootstock Orders If you wish to order rootstock, SLOG are happy to help. See page 7 of the new newsletter for more details. Call Brian Fereday on 015395 61681, or emial Fulmus@aol.com to place your orders. Deadline is 20th September. Delivery early 2011. --oo00oo-- SLOG Local Variety Apple Trees for Sale SLOG and SLOG members have a wide selection of young apple trees in varieties which we have found to be appropriate for the wet conditions in the North West. For more details click here
SLOG was in the Westmorland Gazette this week: SLOG's Budding Workshop at Growing Well on August 21st Once again Hilary and Phil led a successful and interesting workshop in which over 20 new trees were born! --oo00oo-- Andy Gilchrist is our new Chair Andy is keen on fruit crops and apples in particular because these were the first crops he worked on as an agronomist 40yrs ago. Retirement and return to Cumbria provided an opportunity to plant his own orchard which is now in its fourth year. Because of space constraints a wide range of varieties are grown on dwarf rootstocks and managed as spindles. The tree illustrated is Pinova on M9 which is a dessert apple with excellent flavour, proving it is possible to grow quality dessert fruit in Cumbria.
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August News!

SLOG Autumn 2010 Newsletter now out. Click here

Once again, Andy has put together a storming edition!

--oo00oo--

Our apple presses will soon be seeing action at various Apple Days. But we are keen that members should hire them for their own use. See our webpage for more details.

Book them now to avoid disappointment. For the small apple press call Andy Gilchrist on 01539 727772 or e: andyjgilchrist@hotmail.co.uk.

For the large press phone Dick Palmer on 01229 716724 or 07799 615750.

North Cumbria Orchard Group
The inaugural meeting to establish the group will be held on

Wednesday Sept 22nd
7.00-10.00pm
at Dalemain Mansion, nr Penrith

Andy Gilchrist will be talking about his experiences in establishing a new orchard in Lakeland.

For more information phone 016974 73360

For directions click here

Rootstock Orders

If you wish to order rootstock, SLOG are happy to help.

See page 7 of the new newsletter for more details.

Call Brian Fereday on 015395 61681, or emial Fulmus@aol.com to place your orders. Deadline is 20th September. Delivery early 2011.
--oo00oo--

SLOG Local Variety Apple Trees for Sale

SLOG and SLOG members have a wide selection of young apple trees in varieties which we have found to be appropriate for the wet conditions in the North West.

For more details click here

SLOG was in the Westmorland Gazette this week:

SLOG's Budding Workshop at Growing Well on August 21st

Once again Hilary and Phil led a successful and interesting workshop in which over 20 new trees were born!

--oo00oo--

Andy Gilchrist is our new Chair

Andy is keen on fruit crops and apples in particular because these were the first crops he worked on as an agronomist 40yrs ago.
Retirement and return to Cumbria provided an opportunity to plant his own orchard which is now in its fourth year.
Because of space constraints a wide range of varieties are grown on dwarf rootstocks and managed as spindles.
The tree illustrated is Pinova on M9 which is a dessert apple with excellent flavour, proving it is possible to grow quality dessert fruit in Cumbria.

Last updated: 27-Aug-2010