Year: 2015

Summer chip budding

Just what do you do with any winter grafted rootstocks that have failed. Well you can either do T budding

This the last of my cherry varieties that have been gathered (apart from Montmorency and Morrelo cooking cherries). Very large

Ripe Apricots ‘OrangeRed’ and ‘SweetRed’. There were not many on these trees, as they are relatively young. The ‘SweetRed’ size

With my previous blog entry for the beginning of June https://www.gb-online.co.uk/gb-wordpress/?p=1248. I thought I had better do an update on

Peach ‘Avalon Pride’ just about ready to pick. There are lots more but they are far from being ripe.

It looks promising for this year, the crop of Japanese plums ‘Beauty’ They are just beginning to start turning colour.

I thought I had better update my previous message with regards to my rabbit problems in my orchard. The rabbit

Montmorency cherries are 2 weeks earlier (7th July) than Morello cherries (21st July). These are cooking cherries also known as

Another lovely looking apricot in the sunshine, a real orange/red glowing colour. Very firm to the touch, but bursting with

Probably more of a typical apricot colouring, but I hope it tastes as good. Very early cropping (June), late flowering