Sally Nex spoke to the Club on June 11th. She has been before and was very good. Entertaining and informative. It was good to find out that her performance was consistent even on a different topic. She spoke about growing fruit in a small garden and was, dare it be said, inspirational! Training fruit trees and bushes in cordon, espalier, fan or stepover form was explained and examples were shown. A good source of fruit trees and bushes is Adam’s Apples based in Devon. This company stock a huge range of different types at very reasonable prices. No mention was made of ‘The Newt in Somerset’, near Castle Cary, yet spies have infiltrated this estate and brought back information to the effect that if you want to see the different ways in which a tree can be trained then The Newt is the place to go.
The Hall was full, the atmosphere was warm and congenial, and the biscuits reached even higher levels of perfection. Apple crumble cookies had a friendly contest with gooseberry and orange drizzle cake to see which was the most gorgeous. The answer was obviously a tie yet both had to be sampled, perhaps many times, to confirm this decision.
