| Newsletter Spring 2007 | page 1 of 4 | |
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Unlike last year, when we had a slow spring, this year has seen an early one, with our apples now finished flowering. Once again the newsletter is a little late, but I hope that you enjoy it. I hope to do better next time, and get the summer newsletter out before the autumn!
In the past few weeks we have been planting again, and this time it is two
new plum varieties called Jubileum and Voyageur. While I have never tasted
the latter, Jubileum is a plum with excellent flavour. Last year, when John and Sally McKenna of the Bridgestone Guides called in, I gave them
one of the first of these, which had been grown on a trial tree that was
planted on the farm a few years ago, and they were completely amazed by the flavour.
Unfortunately, I can't expect any fruits of Jubileum from the trees planted this spring for a number of years yet, but in the meantime, I am
happy to report that we will have the wonderful Opal and Victoria plums in
abundance from the middle of July onwards.
A new and exciting gardening festival is scheduled to take place in the Phoenix Park in Dublin at the start of June. We plan to take a stand at it, so if you are visiting the show, please try to make it to our stand in
the Farmers' Market area. We will have a sample of juice for you, and if the weather is warm, we hope that it will be exactly what you need as an enjoyable refreshment.
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We have just added a new juice to our range, which will be very suitable for people who are intolerant of dairy produce, or who do not consume a lot of milk or milk products.
It is identical to our normal apple juice, but with calcium added. The form of calcium added is called calcium citrate malate and is one of the most absorbable forms of calcium available. This calcium source combines
calcium carbonate (i.e. chalk) with citric acid (from citrus fruits) and malic acid (from apples), all of which help to increase calcium absorption and improve bone density. It is well known that typical western diets are low in calcium, and studies in post-menopausal women over the age of 55 demonstrate that this form of calcium results in 70 percent less bone loss when compared to a diet without calcium supplementation and 40 percent
less bone loss when compared to a diet with ordinary calcium carbonate tablet supplementation.
One 250ml glass of our apple juice with calcium contains as much calcium as milk, and provides about 1/3 of the recommended daily amount of calcium for adults, and up to ½ of the recommended daily amount for children. Why not try a glass next time you are at the farm, or take a bottle home, and improve your calcium intake.
Our apples are now sold out. We currently have apple juice, as well as Strawberry & Apple, Raspberry & Apple and Blackcurrant and Apple mixes.
Also available is the cider vinegar, as usual, and the range of jams made exclusively from fruit grown on our farm. And we have Ann Keating's Bay Lough cheeses, made from pasteurised or unpasteurised milk, and tasting as good as ever.
Strawberries will be available from the beginning of June, and these will be followed by raspberries later in June, with plums and cherries following in July.
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