Category Archives: Fruit Growing in South Cambridgeshire
Fruit Growing in Shepreth
Extract from my forthcoming book on Fruit Growing in South Cambs: from chapter five, ‘The Geography of Fruit Growing’. (Copyright J Spain, 2016). Notes on Shepreth: Shepreth is a low-lying parish, with a more clay subsoil, liable to flooding, alleviated … Continue reading
Fruit Stealing in South Cambs
Extract from my forthcoming book on fruit farming in South Cambs., from chapter six, ‘Fruit Growing and Village Life’. (Copyright J. Spain, 2016). A problem which growers faced at this stage of the season was that of petty larceny – … Continue reading
Old Orchards in South Cambridgeshire
Where ever you go in South Cambs. it’s possible to see the remnants and relics of a once thriving fruit growing industry. Most of the commercial orchards were grubbed up in the 1970s so it’s a question of looking for … Continue reading
