Mellow Fruitfulness

n April 2001, after 40 years spent working as a research biologist, Duncan Gates took a part-time job in the newly restored organic kitchen garden at Audley End in Essex. As the orchard trees grew, he became interested in the variety of fruit they produced – apples and pears in particular, of which there is now a collection of 130 and 50 heritage varieties respectively. by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards (Ebury).