I sometimes grow strawberries from seed scraped off the skin of the fruit. The results are variable, fruit comes in all shapes and sizes, and flavour is anything from excellent to wet cardboard; but hitherto the seedlings have always behaved like strawberries. Now, however, I have one that thinks it is a raspberry [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Upwardly Mobile Strawberry
Posted in Fruit Questions on May 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Fruit Trees Subsidence Risk- surely not?
Posted in Fruit Questions on May 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A recent article in the Telegraph newspaper suggested that ‘Families planting fruit trees in pursuit of the “Good Life” are putting their homes at risk of subsidence’. The writer went on to explain that according to figures produced by Sainsbury’s Home Insurance 12% of insurance pay outs for subsidence were caused by trees and [...]
Shillaker’s Seedling?
Posted in Fruit Questions, tagged Add new tag on May 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am interested in a Victorian gardener from Rutland. We have discovered that he may have been responsible for an apple seeding and would like some information about it.
The variety is Shillaker’s Seedling. I have done an internet search and tried our local libraries but so far my searches have been fruitless. I presume it [...]
