Articles & Press

Press interest has been very strong. Click the links below to read a selection of the stories. Note that some may be quite slow without broadband.

National Coverage

BBC Four 2011 Hunting for rare apples documentary

BBC News Island is home to rarest apple

Times one page

Daily Mail November 6th 2000 one page

Fortean Times one page

Guardian October 6th 2007
page 1 | page 2 | page 3 | page 4

COUNTRY LIVING 2011 one page

Coverage in Wales

Bangor Mail November 6th 2000 one page

Daily Post Autumn 2001 one page

Daily Post 16 Oct 2003
Online version | Paper version

Natur Cymru Rhif/Number 8, Hydref/Autumn 2003:
Ian's article - page 4 | page 5 | page 6

North Wales Chronicle 2006 one page

Daily Post January 5th, 2008 one page

Treasure Island Rural Wales Winter 2008 page1 | page 2

Apple Shows Welsh Dragon - North Wales Chronicle 2009
one page

Radio Documentaries

Open Country Radio 4 Program from November 2007

Radio Wales documentary about the Bardsey Apple

These two links are to Audio files (mp3) which will play on any music player.
Please right-click on the link and select "save link as" to download the file to your computer. Alternatively you may listen to the programs in your internet browser providing you have the correct audio player plugin, such as Apple's Quicktime player, which you can download here. Click on the second option, without iTunes, or the download will take a while!

Television Documentaries

BBC Four 2011 Hunting for rare apples documentary

I. Sturrock & Son Grafting

Gwell Na Mil [Seek No Further] Monmouthshire

I Sturrock Pruning an Abrasive Branch