London Sugar Pear variety
London Sugar Pear variety. Fruit Description – Fruit small size 5cm diameter. Skin, pale green, becoming yellow when ripe, with
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Fruit and Nut growing experiences (trials and tribulations)
That grass has just got to be cut around the orchard
Its that time of the year to keep the grass down, before it really gets to difficult. I used to
Continue readingHow to Cross Pollinate and Create your own Fruit Tree Variety
I started having a go at producing my own varieties of apple trees by cross pollinating. So I thought I
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Get them pheromone traps ready, they do work.
Get them pheromone traps ready, they do work. The major cause of maggot damage to apples and pears is the
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The Blackthorn or Sloe blossom is well in flower now.
The Blackthorn or Sloe blossom is well in flower now, in fact some of it is beginning to drop. Unless
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Is this too early for my Almonds to flower
This variety is called ‘Durkenhiemer’ and is in flower today 4th March 2012. They do look so fresh and healthy,
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Whats this all about then ??
Start your guessing from the pictures. Have you sussed it out now. Engine grease mixed with fiery hot chili’s and
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Top damage to newly planted fruit trees
There is always something, a few weeks ago it was mice chewing at the bottoms of the tree. Now I
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Just how small can you graft scions to rootstocks
This year some of my apricots have not produced much growth, so I am having to do the best with
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Unusual red coloured apple tree wood – Merylinn
Its not very often you come across something you have never seen before. But whilst doing some apple tree grafting
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