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COMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
APPLE DAY AT ST LAURENCE ORCHARD
Join Trust Links and celebrate national Apple Day at Southend's
community orchard in Eastwoodbury Lane!
October 17th 2009
10.30 to 3pm,
No 9 bus, parking available
Download
poster (PDF format)
Map
WHAT IS APPLE DAY?
Apple day is a celebration of the
diversity of our fruit heritage.
Only a handful of apple varieties are available in the shops, yet over
6000 varieties have been grown in the past. Nearly 2000 apples are
grown at the national collection at the Brogdale Horticultural Trust in
Kent.
Common Ground,
a national charity that encourages people to recognise the
distinctivenes of 'the place', instigated Apple Day in 1990. It is now
an established date in the festive calendar and is celebrated annually
on or near 21st October. The apple was chosen as an iconic symbol for
all the fruit and nuts that are grown in this country.
- Bradford
Apple Group web site
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