How the Pershore Plum Won

How the Pershore Plum Won
Author: Maggie Andrews
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2016-07-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0750969083

The First World War was won not just on the battlefields but on the Home Front, by the men, women and children left behind. This book explores the lives of the people of Pershore and the surrounding district in wartime, drawing on their memories, letters, postcards, photographs, leaflets and recipes to demonstrate how their hard work in cultivating and preserving fruit and vegetables helped to win the Great War.Pershore plums were used to make jam for the troops; but ensuring these and other fruits and vegetables were grown and harvested required the labour of land girls, Boy Scouts, schoolchildren, Irish labourers and Belgian refugees. When submarine warfare intensified, food shortages occurred and it became vital for Britain to grow more and eat less food. Housewives faced many challenges in feeding their families and so in 1916 the Pershore Women’s Institute was formed, providing many women with practical help and companionship during some of Britain’s darkest hours in history.

The Plum and Its Cultivation with Information on Soils, Tree Forms, Planting, Pruning, Diseases and Pests, and Varieties - An Article

The Plum and Its Cultivation with Information on Soils, Tree Forms, Planting, Pruning, Diseases and Pests, and Varieties - An Article
Author: N. B. Bagenal
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2013-03-06
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1447489381

This vintage book contains a comprehensive article on the plum, with information on cultivation, soils, tree forms, planting, pruning, diseases, pests, and varieties. This concise yet detailed article contains a wealth of information on growing plums, and will be of considerable interest to both fruit-growers and collectors of antiquarian literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Introduction to Fruit Growing', 'Origin and History', 'Soil and Situation', 'The Plum', 'Insect Pests of the Plum and Damson', 'Diseases of Plums and Damsons', 'Descriptive List of Varieties', 'Cooking Plums', etcetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on fruit growing.

Worcestershire's War

Worcestershire's War
Author: Maggie Andrews
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2014-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 144563452X

Capturing the experiences of the people of Worcestershire in the First World War in their own words, from prisoners of war to those on the Home Front.

Palaeohistoria 53/54 (2011/2012)

Palaeohistoria 53/54 (2011/2012)
Author: P. A. J. Attema
Publisher: Barkhuis
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2012-12-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9491431145

The annual journal Palaeohistoria is edited by the staff of the Groningen Institute of Archaeology, and carries detailed articles on material culture, analysis of radiocarbon data and the results of excavations, surveys and coring campaigns.