Photocopies of some press cuttings written by R W Sidwell for The Evesham Journal, 1960-1968, comb-bound. Contains 19 articles: (1) Monks at the Abbey – were they the original Evesham growers? (2) The Soils of the Vale – some important physical factors; (3) Richard Varden, of Seaford Grange; (4) Mid-19th century developments and experiments at Evesham; (5) Joseph Masters and his family; (6) The effects of new ideas on the ‘real’ Evesham gardeners; (7) The Influence of George Byrd; (8) The coming of commercial glass to a modern Vale; (9) Diaries of James Hall; (10) The Diaries of James Hall 2, Badsey grower of 90 years ago; (11) James Hall’s diaries; (12) History of Vale horticulture, Back to Bernardi; (13) More about the 18th century; (14) Spread to the villages of the Vale; (15) The rise of Badsey; (16) Origins of asparagus; (17) Evesham asparagus in the 18th and 19th centuries; (18) Asparagus in the Vale of Evesham in the 20th century; (19) The Laurels, home of James Myatt.