Welcome to our Bookshop, where you can order some of our publications. These are mostly part of our Gloucestershire Pomona series, which sets out to document the fruit varieties of our area and the activities associated with those orchards. All prices include UK postage. For orders outside the UK please contact us before ordering.
The current list of available books is
- Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties
- Native Apples of Gloucestershire
- Native Plums of Gloucestershire (new for 2018)
- Orchards – Those Other Industries
- Memories of Life as an Itinerant
- The Shadow Orchard (new for 2018)
- Hartpury Orchard Trail & Perry Pear leaflet
- Traditional Orchards and their wildlife in Gloucestershire
Scroll down to see details of each….
Native Plums of Gloucestershire
by Charles Martell (2018)
Volume 4 in the Gloucestershire Pomona series
ISBN: 978-0-9927394-4-7 (46pp)
The first section of this book describes the stone fruit of Gloucestershire and completes Charles Martell’s trilogy of Gloucestershire fruit manuals (the others being Gloucestershire Apples and The Pears of Gloucestershire Perry Pears of the Three Counties). The three volumes together remind us of the debt owed to Charles who, appreciating the rapid loss of our orchard heritage, undertook the mammoth task of tracking down those fruit varieties that still remained, creating the Gloucestershire collections of apples, pears and plums.
The second section discusses what is meant by the names plum, bullace, pruin and damson and when and how they arrived in our countryside, with a brief comment on identification. Much of this section was inspired by the presentations and discussions at and following the National Stonefruit Conference organised by the Three Counties Traditional Orchard Project at Hartpury in August 2017.
It then considers the Shadow Orchard and the emergence of fruit into the managed orchard. It looks at the uses of the plum and cherry in recent centuries and today. Finally, it describes the stonefruit heritage collection being planted by Gloucestershire Orchard Trust in their orchards at Longney and its purpose.
Part of the Gloucestershire Pomona Series, published by the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust and Hartpury Heritage Trust, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. To buy, click an option below – this will transfer you to our Checkout page where you can pay or return to this page to look at more books.
(Hardback is now out of stock but the softback is available)
The Shadow Orchard
by Jim Chapman (2018)
ISBN: 978-0-9927394-5-4 26 pages
The Shadow Orchard is the name given to the fruit-bearing trees found growing outside the cultivated orchard, in the surrounding hedges, woods and commons. Their origins are either as indigenous trees or as otherwise long-established features of the landscape.
In this booklet Jim Chapman explains and explores the Shadow Orchard, its fruits, uses, origins and its conservation significance and needs.
Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties
by Charles Martell (2013)
Volume 1 of the Gloucestershire Pomona series
ISBN: 978-0-9927394-0-9
Description and colour photographs of the varieties in the National Collection of Perry Pears (209 pages + index)
This book is a by-product of the hunt to track down and propagate the many varieties of ‘lost’ perry pears which are now to be found growing in the National Perry Pear Collections at Hartpury and Malvern.
After many years of painstaking research, Charles has published the most up-to-date and complete reference book on the perry pears of the Three Counties, the main perry growing district of Britain.
It includes pictures, drawings and full botanical descriptions of all the varieties which are still known to exist. It also includes information on many that are thought to be lost or extinct, together with alternative names and history of each variety.
Part of the Gloucestershire Pomona Series, published by the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust and Hartpury Heritage Trust, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. To buy, click an option below – this will transfer you to our Checkout page where you can pay or return to this page to look at more books. .
Native Apples of Gloucestershire
by Charles Martell (2013)
Volume 3 of the Gloucestershire Pomona series
ISBN: 978-0-9927394-0-9
Description and colour photographs of the varieties in the Gloucestershire collection (242 pages + index)
Part of the Gloucestershire Pomona Series, published by the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust and Hartpury Heritage Trust, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
To buy, click an option below – this will transfer you to our Checkout page where you can pay or return to this page to look at more books.
Memories of Life as an Itinerant
by Martin Hayes (2016)
ISBN: 978-0-9927394-2-3
Drawing on his personal experiences as an itinerant, Martin describes life on the road and work in the field, providing a highly colourful description of a rapidly changing countryside (54pp).
“This book is about a part of our rural social history which is rarely documented. Awareness of those known as “itinerants” – often labelled casual workers – in agriculture and horticulture has been present for a great many years. Much of our seasonal food and produce has depended on their role in tending and harvesting a wealth of different crops – from potatoes to hops and cherries to apples. They are, in many ways, one of the unsung heroes of reaping our rich and varied rural largess. Martin Hayes is one of those heroes who has, in today’s parlance, “been there, done that”. He has put together this valuable, highly personal, record of his extended time as an itinerant, criss-crossing the length and breadth of the country. He brings his experiences in this often hidden world of the countryside in recounting the characters, cultures and comedies of this fascinating aspect of rural life. Such first hand and sharply drawn accounts are rare and it provides highly colourful pictures in words of a rapidly changing countryside which must find a place in our national rural archive. Martin is now renowned across the Three Counties as a true expert in the practical management of our remaining traditional orchards, equally at home with apples and pears of all types, not to mention many other kinds of fruit trees. He devotes a great deal of his time and expertise in supporting the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust in both a practical and consultative capacity.”
Keith Turner, Chairman of the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust.
Part of the Gloucestershire Pomona Series, published by the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust and Hartpury Heritage Trust, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. To buy, click ‘Add to Cart’ below – this will transfer you to our Checkout page where you can pay or return to this page to look at more books.
Orchards – Those Other Industries
by Jim Chapman (2016)
ISBN: 978-0-9927394-3-0
Jim briefly considers how the availability of transport and a market, the mill and press and the development of the glass bottle have supported orchards and affected the choice of fruit grown (pp35).
Part of the Gloucestershire Pomona Series, published by the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust and Hartpury Heritage Trust, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
To buy, click ‘Add to Cart’ below – this will transfer you to our Checkout page where you can pay or return to this page to look at more books.
Hartpury Orchard Trail & Perry Pear leaflet
Including a leaflet about Church Orchard. To buy, click ‘Add to Cart’ below – this will transfer you to our Checkout page where you can pay or return to this page to look at more books.
Leaflet £3.00
Traditional Orchards and their wildlife in Gloucestershire
A 16-page pamphlet on many aspects of traditional orchards, including the wildlife that can be found within. A delightful publication by Helen Brent-Smith and Dave Kaspar of Days Cottage Orchard and Rural Skills Centre near Gloucester.
Published by Gloucestershire Orchard Trust with Heritage Lottery Funding. To buy, click ‘Add to Cart’ below – this will transfer you to our Checkout page where you can pay or return to this page to look at more books.
Leaflet £2.00
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