CULTURE OF MEDICINAL HERBS – A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE NEAR EVESHAM

THE HARVEST OF 1914

Fruit trade developments are spoken of in the Vale of Evesham.  Messrs Cadbury Bros Ltd of Bournville have started building a factory near Littleton and Badsey stations, two or three miles from Evesham, and it is understood that many work people will be engaged in the drying of fruit and vegetables, an industry that has developed greatly at Evesham during the war.  Additions to the facilities for fruit pulping in the district during the last year or two have been made.  There are now five pulping stations in the Pershore district, and the Pershore Fruit Growers’ Association h

NEW FACTORY FOR MESSRS CADBURY

Messrs Cadbury Bros Ltd, the well-known cocoa and chocolate firm, of Bournville, are about to erect a large factory close to Littleton and Badsey Station, near Evesham.

A smallholders’ association in Badsey, Bretforton, the Littletons and Offenham, villages close to Evesham, has successfully entered upon the growing of medicinal herbs since the war cut off Continental imports.  It has recently decided to erect a new drying shed equipped with scientific means for drying the herbs expeditiously.  Government permission has been given, as the work is regarded as of national importance, and a sum of about £1,000 is required for the work.

HARVEST REPORTS FOR 1916

ALDINGTON - Wheat, about 75 per cent. Barley, none grown. Beans, plenty of straw, corned fairly well, and free from blight. Roots, looking very well. Hay, good crop; since the weather has taken up hay has been gathered in good condition and a heavy crop. Fruit: Apples and pears very scarce, also damascenes; about half crop of Victorias; plenty of egg plums. Great scarcity of labour on account of the war. – A.H.B.

MORE WAR INCREASES

A REVIEW OF THE HARVEST 1915

GARDENERS AND RAILWAY TRANSIT

THE EVESHAM CENTRAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE