By Jonathan White
The annual Reaseheath Apple Festival has been attracting hundreds of visitors to the Nantwich college.
This weekend was the 21st holding of the festival and featured scores of types of our favourite fruit.
The free event took place in the college’s “Crop Shop” and apples on display were sourced from around the United Kingdom and Reaseheath College itself.
Visitors had the opportunity to taste and buy several varieties of apple, and could also buy or bring their own apples and take part in using the scratcher apple milling machine and press, which form the initial stages of the cider-making process.
Retired Reaseheath lecturer Derek Jones was on hand to identify different apple varieties and Reaseheath lecturer Harry Delaney (pictured below) offered fruit growing advice.
There was a variety of plants for sale.
Numerous information leaflets and display boards advertised the wide variety of courses available at Reaseheath College.
Cheshire Wildlife Trust had a stand and invited new members to join.
Reaseheath’s fruit garden was also open to allow visitors to view fruit trees on a variety of root stocks grown under different systems.
There was a cheese tasting table and cheeses for sale in the ‘Reaseheath Farm Shop’.
Refreshments were available in the ‘Bootzone’ restaurant/cafe.
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