LL-L "Horticulture" 2010.10.31 (05) [EN]

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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.co.uk>

Subject: LL-L "Horticulture" 2010.10.31 (01) [EN]



On 31/10/2010 22:31, Lowlands-L List wrote:

So I was wondering - do apple trees figure in places names in the
Lowlands? Or even in any extant Markenbeschreibungen? Did the apple
tree figure at all in Anglo-Saxon life?



Perhaps you should not be so swift to dismiss the crab-apple as a
significant tree (but this is only a vague recollection from reading
excavation reports - apples go in, pips come out! - but also finding of
'cores')

There was one find in ?Gloucester where significant numbers of pips were
found (not in a cess pit), and they surmised that cider was being made.

Crab-apples have very high pectin levels, which I imagine would be quite
useful.

The finds from anglo-scandinavian York show crab-apples being found in
association with elderberries, hazelnuts, and rye/oat bran, which suggests
to me as a cook something rather delicious. Especially because one can add
in cream and whisky, which won't show up in that particular bit of
archaeology - something like cranachan? Or a wild boar stew?

On place names: Appledore, Kent?

Cheers,

Pat

Pat Reynolds

It may look messy now ...
    ... but just you come back in 500 years time (T. Pratchett)



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