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Rochester Peach variety now harvested 29th Aug 2015

Well there were only 2 peaches on this ‘Rochester’ variety peach tree. I have been watching them for months now,

Plum ‘Avalon’ is described as a mid season, but this year its being harvested now. The taste of this is

Apricot ‘Goldrich’ is almost regarded as a standard variety in apricots. But it has not preformed well this year. The

Plum ‘Herman’ harvested today. Not a particularly large plum, but full of flavour, especially for this time of year for

Apricot ‘Kioto’ partially harvested as massive crops, some are not as ripe as others. Which is ideal, as the dropping

As you can see from the photos we are now harvesting Peach ‘Harnas’ early August. Which is dripping with sweet

Pick – Early August, Store – August Plum Japanese – Beauty (prunus salicina) tends to be smaller than a later

Successful Plant Health inspection – to ship Plum rootstock and scions to Japan. Next step is the physical pre shipping

It looks promising for this year, the crop of Japanese plums ‘Beauty’ They are just beginning to start turning colour.

This year there seems to be a large amount of ‘Prunus Shot Hole’ (Wilsonomyces carpophilus) about. This can affect any