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Monthly Archives: August 2017
The Illustrated History of Apples in the United States and Canada – 7 volumes
After 2 years being on the waiting list, I finally got my copy of the following set of books. A set of 7 volumes, each 500-600 pages. The Illustrated History of Apples in the United States and Canada by Daniel … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, bussey, Canada, history, Illustrated, jakkaw, United States, varieties, whealy
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2017 Hazel harvest – 4 weeks earlier than 2016
This had caught me by surprise. The 2017 Hazel harvest is 4 weeks earlier than in 2016. I noticed the squirrels starting to gorge themselves on hazels from either end of my row of different hazel varieties. Masses of broken … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, crop, Hazel
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A complex Russian Plum – Kolonovidnaja
Unlike most fruiting trees, this is very columnar. A cross between Prunus domestica, Prunus cerasus and Prunus cerasifera. A relatively small to medium plum, of exquisite taste. The variety is very hardy and has good resistance to fungal diseases. If … Continue reading
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Tagged cerasifera, columnar, domestica cerasus, Kolonovidnaja, plum
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Very unusual large August Apple – Filippa Anka
Filippa Anka is a cross, of Filippa x Transparente blanche. The variety originated in Denmark, where it is still grown, bu on a rare basis. The apple is a dessert/culinary apple. Filippa Anka is mature for harvesting late August to … Continue reading
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Tagged Anka, blanche, Cross, denmark, Filippa, Transparente
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A hauntingly strange but really lovely looking apple – Trumdor
A hauntingly strange but really lovely looking apple – Trumdor. OK its got a lot of days to go before its fully ripe. Also known as Oregon Spur Trumdor’, and a mutant of RedKing.
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Tagged apple-trumdor, mutant, oregon, redking, spur
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