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2 unusual facts about Orchards


Sifton, Washington

It is notable for being the terminus of an early electric trolley operated by the Northcoast Power Company that also served nearby Orchards from 1910 until 1926.

William J. Gedney

William J. Gedney (born April 4, 1915 in Orchards, Washington; died November 14, 1999 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was an American linguist and Southeast Asian language specialist.


Alexandria Carmania

If Galashkird is the now lost city it was described by Arab geographer Mukaddasi who described it as a strongly fortified town with a castle Kushah, and lush orchards and fields supported by extensive qanat irrigation.

Apple Day

Chepstow, a town with historical walls and noted for orchards within those walls, celebrates Apple Day

Apple Wassail

The first recorded mention was at Fordwich, Kent, in 1585, by which time groups of young men would go between orchards performing the rite for a reward.

Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum

Over the years, many of Arbor Lodge's apple orchards were demolished, but in the 1990s their restoration began with plantings of Winesaps, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Jonathans, and Jonadels.

Basadingen

Since then agricultural amelioration (mostly, relocation of fruit orchards) and a strong population growth has led to changes in the appearance and character of the village.

Church of St Demetrius, Boboshevo

At that time the monastery owned 694 decares of land in the eastern slopes of the Ruen mountain which included forests, lawns, fields, orchards and wineyards.

Dehradun district

Specifically, Basmati rice, tea and litchi orchards increase its popularity and provide beauty to the city.

Dryden, Washington

Other settlers soon followed with the intent of planting orchards, specifically Apple Trees.

Federal Horticultural Show 2011

In this field, there was a forest of orchids, abandoned vineyards, an arid biotope, old orchards and gardens, rare species of bats and habitats for endangered species at the edges of the slope.

Fruit tree forms

A study on orchard mango trees in Nelspruit, South Africa, compared open vase, closed vase, central leader, palmette and standard pruning systems and recommended a modified pyramid, somewhere between a central leader and a closed vase system, for high-density mango orchards.

Fruitlands

Fruitlands, New Zealand, 19th century gold mining settlement in the Central Otago district of the South Island; picturesque tourist area which takes its name from unsuccessful 1920s orchards

Giorgio Lungarotti

The son of land-owners, after his Agricultural studies at the University of Perugia, he worked alongside his father in managing the family estate, experimenting in the sectors of viticulture, olive-growing, fruit orchards, tree cultivation, and cattle and swine husbandry.

Greek gardens

Aside from vegetable plots and orchards, Ridgway found some literary and a small amount of archaeological evidence for public, or semi-public gardens linked to sanctuaries.

John Muir's Birthplace

In Martinez, California, United States is the John Muir National Historic Site, consisting mainly of John Muir's home, plus a portion of his orchards.

Jon Grunseth

Grunseth now lives in Barnes Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, where he purchased property in 1997 and founded Lennonville Orchards, a large cherry-growing operation.

Lacolle River

The economy of the watershed is primarily agricultural (including orchards) and recreation and tourism including the popular Safari park of Hemmingford which began operating in 1972, the country club golf course and three ciders.

Maxfield, Maine

In the early 1890s Maxfield was within the range of a giant (400 pound) wild black bear named "Old Ranger" who was eventually shot and killed by a local hunting party after a lifetime of raiding orchards, and having survived numerous other attempts to do him in.

Miller v. Schoene

The State entomologist in Virginia acting under the Cedar Rust Act of Virginia ordered the plaintiffs' ornamental red cedar trees growing on the plaintiffs' property to be removed to prevent the spread of rust disease to nearby apple orchards.

Orchard

In Canada, apple and other fruit orchards are widespread on the Niagara Peninsula, south of Lake Ontario.

Orchards Academy

Orchards Academy offers GCSEs, BTECs and City and Guilds courses as programmes of study for pupils.

Pomarolo

Cabernet, Merlot, Sauvignon and Schiava vineyards are prevalent in the surrounding area,as are fruit orchards.

Pomona, New York

Pomona was named after the goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards, for the area's many apple orchards.

Pomone

Prix de Pomone, a French horserace named after Pomona (French name Pomone), the Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards.

Red-capped Parrot

Its natural habitat is Marri (Corymbia calophylla), but has adpated to farmland, orchards and suburban landscapes in Perth.

Simeon S. Pennewill

Pennewill inherited and continued to operate his family's peach orchards in Greenwood and Bridgeville.

South Western Highway

The typical scenery on this part of the highway includes small dairy farms and orchards, jarrah and marri remnant forests and pine plantations.

Stettfurt

Until the 19th Century agriculture in village operated on the Three-field system, along with fruit orchards and (until 1908) vineyards.

Stillwater, Auckland

Stillwater was also used as a secondary landing to transport logs, kauri gum and later fruit produce from orchards established on cleared land at Stillwater, Silverdale and Dairy Flat.

Sturmer, Essex

The village also gives its name to the Sturmer Pippin apple which was bred in the orchards of the village.

Tony Angell

In the early 1940s the Angell family took up residency in the San Fernando Valley, which was still largely undeveloped and surrounded by vegetable farms, citrus and walnut orchards.

Tourism in Assam

Located here, amid orchards is Assam's only hill station, Haflong.

Vinohrady

Havlíčkovy sady (literally Havlíček's Orchards) are the Prague's second-largest park.

Walter M. Walker

The main products of his orchards were prunes and cherries (Salem is still known as the "cherry city") but he also grew apples, strawberries, gooseberries, grapes, pears, holly and hops.

Wardon Abbey

From the orchards at Wardon came the Warden pear, rated the best of English pears, and so distinctive that a pie made from them was a "wardon pie": "I must have Saffron to colour the Warden Pies" (Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale iv.3).

WTOP

Wiltshire Traditional Orchards Project, an organisation that maps, conserves and restores traditional orchards within Wiltshire, United Kingdom


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