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EUL MS 416/PRO/6/5/4/1 - magazine file labelled 'MAFF Fruit & Veg Statistics', containing booklets published by MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) and DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) concerning 'Basic Horticultural Statistics for the United Kingdom' for the years between 1986 to 2002, the 'Apple and Pear Orchard Grubbing Up Grant Scheme' for 1998, 'Conservation Grants for Farmers', and monthly reports on the 'Fruit and Vegetable Crops in England and Wales' for the years 1997-2000. Also contains papers, including correspondence, fruit surveys and press releases (1962-2004);
EUL MS 416/PRO/6/5/4/2 - magazine file labelled 'Orchards A.P.D.C. MAFF A.D.A.S', containing loose papers relating to fruit varieties and the national fruit trials, including press releases, statistics, regulations, censuses, press clippings, notes; annual reports and other publications produced by the Apple & Pear Development Council for the years; publications relating to fruit produced by the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service; publications relating to fruit produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and a report of a working group on Malus/Pyrus in 1997 (1966-1999);
EUL MS 416/PRO/6/5/4/3 - magazine file labelled 'Orchards MAFF', containing publications produced by MAFF and the Apple and Pear Development Council; papers relating to the Common Agricultural Policy reform, including press clippings, correspondence, reports, notes; papers regarding environmental stewardship; papers concerning EU regulations for apples; guidance from MAFF and ADAS regarding orchards; correspondence and papers relating to Apple Day 1990; correspondence concerning the Orchards campaign; press clippings about fruit; and project notes (1971-2006);
EUL MS 416/PRO/6/5/4/4 - a folder of assorted reports, including: 'Proposed EC Fruit Plants Marketing Scheme (The Royal Horticultural Society, 1992), 'Traditional Orchards: A Conservation Resource "Well Worth Preserving"? (Jon Shelton, 1994), 'The pear essentials: A Look at the environmental and social effects of pear production' (Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Environment Alliance, 1999), 'How Green are our apples: A look at the environmental and social effects of apple production' (Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Environment Alliance,1999), 'Urban Forestry in Practice: Community Orchards in Towns (National Urban Forestry Unit, 1999), 'Suggested Fruit Cultivars for the North' (Northern Fruit Group, 2000), and 'The potential for marketing of produce from local orchards in Yorkshire and Humberside (Richard Borrie and Barry Potter, 2005).
EUL MS 416/PRO/6/5/4/5 - magazine file labelled 'Orchards', containing reports, action plans, surveys, handbooks, newsletters, leaflets, press clippings and other publications relating to orchards, environmental projects and environmental issues relating to food, such as pesticides. Also includes a comb-bound copy of CG's 'Orchards Advice Notes' (1993-2011);
EUL MS 416/PRO/6/5/4/6 - ring binder labelled 'LBAPS - Orchards', containing papers relating to local biodiversity action plans involving the conservation orchards, organised within the file by county (2002-2008);
EUL MS 416/PRO/6/5/4/7 - ring binder labelled 'Orchards BAPS, containing papers relating to local biodiversity action plans involving the conservation orchards, organised within the file by county (2002-2009);
EUL MS 416/PRO/6/5/4/8 - ring binder labelled 'Our Partnership with Nature: A Local Biodiversity Action Plan for Powys', containing a biodiversity action plan compiled by Powys County Council (2002).
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