Rouget Plouer – apple variety
A native of the town namesake, grown in the northeast of Cotes d’Armor and the surrounding communities of Ille-et-Vilaine The
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Fruit and Nut growing experiences (trials and tribulations)
Berlepsch – apple variety
Raised in about 1880 in Grevenbroich, Rheinland, Germany by Diedrich Uhlhorn junior. Fruits have crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.
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Twenty Ounce (20 oz) apple variety
This variety is being grown as a bit of a novelty. It is at present only part way through its
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Coeur-de-Boeuf apple variety
A Culinary apple that we are now growing – Coeur de Boeuf (Ox heart) because of its appearance. An apple
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How can I tell if my Fig tree produces 2 crops ??
Two crops of figs are potentially produced each year, on certain varieties. Not all varieties are able to do this.
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First ripe pear 31 July 2014
This pear was a real treat, as I did not expect it to be ripe. We have had a lot
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Opal – 1st of the English Plums to be harvested
Not far behind the early Japanese plums, here is Opal the 1st of the English plums. Nice and juicy and
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Japanese plum Shiro – Yellow skinned and yellow flesh
Just a few weeks after the red skinned and red fleshed Methley, we have the yellow skinned and yellow fleshed
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Japanese plum Methley – Red Flesh
Many people have asked whats the flesh like, as it is described as blood red. So I have taken a
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The first Japanese Plum is ripe today 20th July 2014
Methley is the first of our Japanese plums that is ripe today. Many more to come in the next week.
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