A taste of history...

...Devonshire Quarrenden apple. According to Muriel Smith's monumental 'National Apple Register of the United Kingdom' published 1971, the apple was recorded 1678. Thought to be a native of Devon, England but may have come originally from France.
It is the first apple to ripen in my garden.Organically grown of course. Always a pleasure to bite into an apple that reaches back over 330 years.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50mm Ex macro lens
Ambient light
ISO 50
M setting
F8
1/4 sec
for each of 8 stacked images
Benbo Mk 2 tripod
Novoflex MagicBall head
Combined using Helicon Focus
Edited in PS Elements 5
Framed with Xara Xtreme Pro

As the son of an ex fruit farmer, i have a soft spot for apples. How did you keep everything still for 8 frames?

Also i like a newer Worcester Pearmain from 1870

Hi Paul, I grow apples, pears and plums ( mostly those not commercially available and have historical interest) purely for pleasure. I also have mistletoe growing on my Classic Blenheim Orange and Oslin apple trees. In 1983 I collected two old cultivars from a farm near Preston which weren't in the National Collection at Brogdale so I sent graft wood to them and here they are

http://www.brogdale.org/image1.php?varietyid=936

http://www.brogdale.org/image1.php?varietyid=541

It is said that Worcester Pearmain has Devonshire Quarrenden in its parentage.

Thanks for commenting,

Cheers

David

PS

I waited for an exceptionally still period in between breezes and took a chance which I think paid off, but it was touch and go, two previous attempts were spoiled by wind movement.


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Hi David,

Very ineresting post and a grand image to boot!!

They certainly look very apetizing.