Elderflower cordial - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 78826 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 83.01 CAPRIFOLIACEAE Sambucus nigra | Entry Book Number | 3:2005 | |
| Artefact Name | Elderflower cordial | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Elderflower cordial | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Elderflower cordialUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Spirit | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Helen Sanderson | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Bottle Green Drinks Company, Frogmarsh Mill, South Woodchester, Stroud, Glos GL5 5ET | |||
| Collector | Helen Sanderson | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 18/06/2002 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | 20 t (half of the total harvest) is collected from the wild. Wild flowers are picked in May-June by ca. 600 pickers, varying from occasional day-collectors (often holidaymakers) to regular annual collectors. Wild flowers are collected mainly from Gloucest, ershire. The remaining half is organically cultivated on a local farm by Richard Kelley (Thistledown Farm, Tinkley Lane, Nympsfield, Stonehouse, Glos GL10 3UL).x0Dx0ABottle Green use ca. 40 t flowers/year and half of this (20 t) is still obtained from the wil, d (see above). x0Dx0AThe processing plant employs 30 FTE (but other drinks are also processed here). In total, ca. 1 million bottles elderflower cordial are produced each year by the firm. They are sold in most supermarkets and other outlets such as the Natio, nal Trust and various visitor centres. A syrup concentrate is also exported to Canada.x0Dx0APickers paid: ca. £2.60/kgx0Dx0AProduct price (retail): £2.29/500 ml cordialx0Dx0A | ||||