Two cider-making weekends, the first a Hamptonne Farm ‘Faîs’sie d’Cidre’, the second a Samarès Manor ‘Faîs’sie d’Cidre’. Jersey, Channel Islands.

Jersey Cider Orchard Trust - Jersey Evening Post press coverage dated 27 October 2025

Cider apples– varieties Gras Binet (large red), Têtard (large green), and an unnamed type (small greenish).

Pitmaston Duchess pears enjoying the rain

James Grieve blossom. Raised in Edinburgh 1893 it is a lovely dual purpose apple. 🌱

Collecting poor-quality graftwood from an apple variety known as Musé d’Boeu in Jèrriais. This could same as the English variety Sheep’s Nose (ref. p209 Hogg, 1884; p111 Copas, 2013) or Pig’s Nose (p104 Copas, 2013).

In the cut graftwood, I found a golden-eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus).

Bon dimanche les Blueskies !
Une petite balade dans la forêt de l'imaginaire pour des sensations rafraîchissantes.

#art #dimanche #LeDouanierRousseau

Sethée d’Greffage à Sanmathès

Cider tasting and grafting night on Friday (ft. apple cake and pear tart), orchard visit on Saturday, another grafting day Sunday (apples and pears).

The cider made in November at Samarès was absolutely scrumptious, perfect blend of old Jersey bittersweet varieties.

Mèrcie bein des fais! Glad you enjoyed it!

co - rooster
g'linne - hen (also eune poule)
mêle - blackbird

An apple tree that has ‘aerial roots’ (known as ‘broussins’ in French) is called a Burr-Knot or a Pitcher in English. It can be propagated by cuttings.

This local variety with ‘broussins’ is called ‘Rogneux’, first noted in Jersey in 1815 by Quayle (ref. Bulletin de la Société Jersiaise, 1970). 1/2