Apple Day at The Organic Centre

APPLE DAY 2009

Sunday 4^th October 11am – 5pm   Tickets €5 – Children and Friends of the centre are free   Fruit growing can be difficult in the often wet conditions in the Northwest, where diseases such as apple crab and canker are particularly problematic. Nonetheless with careful selection of varieties and rootstock and good orchard management good quality fruit can be produced.   The day is designed to give you as much information as possible to start growing apples and answer your questions.   Phil Wheal the centre’s fruit expert and Cormac Griffith from the Irish Seed Savers in Co. Clare will guide you through the day with demonstrations, tours and talks.     Apple trees will be on sale and The Grass Roof Café will serve inventive apple dishes throughout the day.   The Organic Centre’s orchard contains around 60 apple trees, half of them Irish varieties and the other half selected because of their resistance to diseases.   Provisional Programme of the day   11.30 Tour of the orchard, questions & answer   12.30 Pruning demonstration   14.15 Grafting Techniques   15.00 The work of the Irish Seed Savers with Cormac   15.30 Juicing session   16.15 Tour of the orchard, questions & answers   The Grass Roof Café is open all day with delicious apple dishes.   Apple Trees are for sale.   We also take bookings for the Fruit Autumn/Winter Workshop on November 28^th.   The Fruit Autumn/Winter workshop will take place on 28th November and includes advice on pruning and propagating your own stock, unusual fruiting plants, forest gardens and landscaping with fruiting plants. Cost for the day is €90.   For more information and bookings call 071-9854338, e-mail: info@theorganiccentre.ie Website: www.theorganiccentre.ie