Posted in Fruit Questions on June 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last November I took on an allotment overlooking the River Don in Hexthorpe, Doncaster. Spent the time clearing the overgrowth and managed to plant over 100 rootstocks and some recently transplanted plum cordons.
June is not usually a time to expect the river to flood, but the allotment is under water. The plot is [...]
Posted in Fruit Questions on June 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Bramley’s Seedling raised by Miss Mary Anne Brailsford in 1809 in Southwell, Nottingham; introduced by nurseryman Henry Merryweather in 1865, when the tree and the cottage belonged to Mr Bramley
May I use the Fruit Forum site to inform apple lovers that 2009 marks the 200th birthday of Bramley’s Seedling.
My professional colleague, Roger Worraker, a devotee [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on June 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Friends of the Brogdale Horticultural Trust must ask themselves some questions in the wake of the BBC Radio 4 ‘Food Programme’ broadcast on 20 and 21 May 2007.
In the course of an interview with Lord Rooker - Minister responsible for Defra, the owner of the National Fruit Collections at Brogdale - Lord Rooker stated [...]
Posted in Brogdale, National Fruit Collections, News on June 8, 2007 | No Comments »
I wrote to my MP Sir Michael Lord, some time ago and to Lord Rooker immediately after the ‘Food Programme’ interviews. I included some eight of the ten reasons which were listed on Fruit Forum and the following notions now come to mind.
1. Every Member of both Houses should be e-mailed and made aware that [...]
Posted in Fruit Questions on June 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Can anyone tell me if there is a simple way to test if the core or the inside of an apple is rotten? I have been told that you can’t really tell because the apple can remain firm on the outside while it is rotting on the inside.
Thank you.
Maita Joy Salazar
Posted in Fruit Questions on June 2, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I am carrying out some research into this subject and would be very grateful for suggestions of fruits and specific varieties likely to do well in shade which are also rated for flavour and disease resistance. I am interested in all types of fruit and all types of shade!
Gillian Pidduck
Posted in Articles on June 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Now that I have used up the last of my 2007 crop of apples and love eating them all the year round, I had to visit my local retailer and came out with a bag of the newish New Zealand variety Jazz.
How I am enjoying them, very crisp, pure white flesh, juicy and with [...]
