Pocket Plum (Taphrina pruni) fungal pathogen of Blackthorn – June 2023
I was inspecting this years possible crop of sloes, hoping to make some sloe gin in Autumn, and I came
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Update on Ripe Fruit – 17th July 2022
Update on Ripe Fruit – 17th July 2022
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Plum – Black Diamond® (USA) ripe 8th August 2020
Plum – Black Diamond® (USA) ripe 8th August 2020. Our tree is still quite young, and it is not growing
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Plum – Aleksona (Lithuanian) ripe 8th August 2020
Plum – Aleksona (Lithuanian) ripe 8th August 2020. Our tree is still quite young, and it is not growing in
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Plum – Najdena (Russian) ripe 22nd July 2020
Plum – Najdena (Russian) ripe 22nd July 2020. This is the first fruits that we have harvested off this variety.
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Fruit Growing Problems due to the Weather
Apricot dieback, is quite noticeable like the following photos that I took this spring? For me, this effect seems very
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One of the first plums to be ripe – variety GEK – 21st July 2019
The variety GEK is a very complex hybrid of Prunus cerasifera, Prunus salicina, Prunus ussuriensis, Prunus simonii. Breed in Russia
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Plum Tree Pollarded and new shoots
I have a plum tree in my orchard, that is growing on the wrong rootstock. As it is growing massively
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Apricot Plum cross (Biricoccolo) Bolognese harvested 30 July 2018
Apricot Plum cross (Biricoccolo) Bolognese harvested 30 July 2018 The fruit is medium sized, regularly shaped, round or nearly round.
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Plum ‘Biricoccolo Gigante di Budrio’ harvested today 19th Aug 2018
Apricot x Plum ‘Biricoccolo Gigante di Budrio’ harvested today 19th Aug 2018 Not exactly the largest of apricot x plums,
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