As visitors to Fruit Forum will know Defra has decided that the National Fruit Collections will remain at Brogdale. Defra awarded the management contract for the Collections from April 2008 to the University of Reading, who will work in partnership with FAST (Farm Advisory Service Team) now based at Brogdale and Brogdale Collections, the [...]
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Posted in Fruit Questions on January 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Having purchased a bag of Royal Gala French apples from my local supermarket about 10 days ago, I was surprised to find what appears to be a double variety apple otherwise known as a chimera. The apple is half flushed and half striped, a perfect half as though it had been dipped in dye, truly [...]
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Posted in Articles, Fruit Questions on January 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
During the late winter last year, I planted a bare rooted tree of a new variety of apple, Herefordshire Russet. The tree that came from Frank Matthew’s Nursery was the perfect shape for training as a pyramid and this was my plan. The ground around the tree was mulched and the tree watered during the [...]
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Friends of the Brogdale Horticultural Trust may be interested to read the article in today’s issue of the Daily Telegraph - Saturday 12 January - in the Gardening Section. You can read it on line at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/main.jhtml;jsessionid=J13GGA0IPTVOHQFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?xml=/gardening/2008/01/11/garden-fruit-collection111.xml&page=1
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Posted in Fruit Questions on January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
A few years ago I needed a fruit tree for my small front garden in a market town in Suffollk. The garden is south facing and the soil dry and stony, but most plants grow well. I chose a tree that I hoped would fruit and was self fertile. My Sobu quince tree fulfilled [...]
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