I am planning to plant a quince tree, mainly for its fruit but also for ornamental value (blossom, leaves and fruit). I wonder whether anyone would be able to offer advice on which variety to choose.
The situation I have in mind is fairly sheltered on three sides but facing an open field on the fourth [...]
Archive for October, 2008
What is the Best Quince to Grow?
Posted in Fruit Questions on October 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fruit Prizes and Awards Galore!
Posted in News on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Major prize-winner at today’s Royal Horticultural Society Great Autumn Show was our own, Adrian Baggaley. Adrian is well known to visitors to this web-site for his down to earth practical advice on fruit growing and today we saw the results with a clean sweep of the prizes. Adrian won 22 firsts and all the special [...]
An Apple at the Sea Side!
Posted in News on October 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Look at the Suffolk Biological Records Centre’s map of the orchards once present in the county and you might think that the sandy Suffolk coast was a desert, but in fact very close to the sea are a number of almost certainly self-sown fruit trees – if we can call them trees.
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