Posted in Articles on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some time back there was mention of a pomegranate tree in Golders Hill Park, London. Last week, on my weekly visit with a group of friends, I finally found someone in the park to ask: there is a substantial tree and I was told it fruited well last year, but the fruit is only [...]
Posted in Fruit Questions on February 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have not been able to spray my apple trees unfortunately this year. Is it now too late to use a tar oil spray? If so what can be used? My apples were inedible last year with codling moth, scab, sawflies etc.
In response to Adrian Baggaley’s post ‘The Year of the Slug’, I [...]
Posted in News on February 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »
There are sloes just coming into blossom in the hedges in Kent, the ornamental pear, Pyrus calleryana has a few flowers, I have daffodils out and primroses, yet it is only the first week in February. It looks as if it will be an early year for fruit blossom. The myrobalan or cherry plum is [...]
Posted in News on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
According to an article in the Sunday Times (3 February), researchers in New Zealand claim that the production of antipodean apples uses less energy – even after being transported 12,000 miles – than the same amount of apples grown in Britain. A study by Lincoln University in New Zealand calculated that ‘a ton of New [...]
Posted in Fruit Questions on February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am in Tasmania, Australia. My grandparents had an old apple tree on their property about 30 years ago. It had fruit that was really bright green, small and smooth. The flesh was white and very sweet. The pips were white until the fruit was quite ripe, when they went brown. The area is very [...]
