Strange Apple ? A red eye – Longkeeper
Strange Apple ? A red eye – Longkeeper As the name implies this variety can be kept well into June
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Fruit and Nut growing experiences (trials and tribulations)
A really nice looking apple – Scott Winter
A really nice looking apple – Originated in 1796 at Westfield, Connecticut. First introduced by Dr. Hoskins of the Scott
Continue readingWhite (Albino) Squirrel
Many people do not believe that there are white albino squirrels about. So here is the video proof. I am
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After 8 years, its finally fruited – Hawthorn – Golden Star
After 8 years, its finally fruited – Hawthorn – Golden Star. It had only started flowering 2 years ago, but
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The first Mulberries of the year 2014
This year is not a bumper crop, and they are not very big. But the flavour of this Illinois Everbearing
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Long hot dry spell, and then rain – Plums splitting
I cannot remember this ever happening. But this year, it has been quite hot and dry, followed by a sudden
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First Figs of 2014 – Bayern Brown Fig
This is one of many figs that have ripened over this last week. There are many other varieties following up.
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Zhigulevskoe – apple variety
This variety from Pavlovsk Experiment Station, Vavilov Institute, St Petersburg, Russia in 1976. A high yielding variety that is resistant
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Golden Russet (USA) – apple variety
This variety is not to be confused with the English ‘Golden Russet’ this is the the US variety. It comes
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Pear Apple – Update
From a previous post https://www.gb-online.co.uk/gb-wordpress/?p=900 We were perplexed as to what variety we had actually got. It started off looking
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