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The following is a list of articles from previous editions which may help you if you are looking for a specific topic.

Fruit related articles

History of Apples
History of strawberries
Strawberry Stories
Bramley's Seedling apple
James Grieve apple
Cox's Orange Pippin apple
Fruit tree pollination
Sir Isaac Newton and the apple
Johnny Appleseed
Apple growers open day 2002
"An apple a day" Apples and your health
How can I have a small apple tree?
Bag-in-box juice
Karmine Apple Juice available online
Cider Vinegar
Cider-making the traditional way
Irish Mustard
Protecting plants from frost
Biological control of red Spider mite
Biological control of Silver Leaf in plums
Biological control of Vine Weevil in strawberries
Apples in Italy
Raspberry Beret
Weather and Apples
UCD trials on storage of apples
Apples for Schools
The Orchard County
Our new Orchard 2005 including some old Irish varieties
Plums and related stone fruits
Orchard Removal
Celtic Orchards apples
Gideon's Apple
Apple Frost Protecton
June Drop
Cherries
Elstar apple variety
Charles Ross old apple variety
The Brogdale Fruit Collection
Apple Juice and Calcium
Apple Tree Pruning
Fizzy apple juice
Irish American apples
Codling Moths
Apple Thinning
Apples may stop ulcers from aspirin
A new plum orchard

Recipes

Apple cheesecake
Karmine Diced Pork
Strawberry jam
Apple Upside-Down Cake
Easy Apple Cake
Strawberry smoothee
Apple Muffins
Royal Apple Pies
Islands in the Cream
Meringues with poached apple
Strawberry-Philadelphia-Crush
Toffee or Caramel Apple
Strawberry Shortcake
Baked Strawberries
Apple Clafoutis
Raspberry Cake
Mulled Apple Juice

Garden advice

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Apple Scab and Pruning

Children's pages by Willem Traas

Early days in Ireland
Grass-seeds and peas
Our Camping (poem)
Farm Machinery
Old Strawberries
Chickens and Hens
St. Nicholas’s Day in Holland
Bird life on The Apple Farm
Animal life on The Apple Farm
Dutch language
What Holland is known for
Our dogs
Strawberry time
Cycling
Education
War and Peace
Religion
Soccer
Music
Old Age
Picking Apples

Awards

Ireland's No. 1 Fruit Farm
Camping and caravan park award 2000
Bridgestone award for Karmine Apple Juice
2003 Bord Glas award
Bridgestone Guide 2005
EuroToques 2009
Bord Bia Top Fruit Grower 2010

Environment

Environmental energy projects
The Dublin/Cork motorway
Argus (N24 Appropriate Roads Group)
An incinerator for South Tipperary
Bulldozing history and landscape
Food Miles
Boring for Water
Genetically Modified Organisms
Peak Oil
Solar Grants
Bee story
Planting Elephant Grass
The Weather

Our Bees

Miscellaneous articles

RTÉ at the Apple Farm
September 11th. 2001
Charity event for Moldovan orphanage
Johnny Jump Up cider
Cahir Farmers Market
Our local castle
George Ing
Vinegar
Cider Vinegar for cows
Drought in Australia
Another Election
Book Review
Walking on Sliabh na mBan
Slow Food
Gregor Mendel
Irrigation
Ireland's Food Trade
The Apple Farm on TV3