After recently discovering American Luther Burbank and some of his creations of European type prunes which he raised about 100 years ago it would be interesting to hear comments from somebody with experience in what they taste like or who have them growing in their garden. I would like to know if they really are [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Luther Burbank’s Prunes – does anyone grow these?
Posted in Fruit Questions on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fruit Blossom: the advance of spring?
Posted in Articles on April 7, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Fruit blossom in East Kent is perhaps a little behind Ian Harrison’s experience in Sussex which he documents on our main web-site. At the National Fruit Collections on 1 April about a dozen or so varieties of plums were in full flower out of the 300 plus growing at Brogdale: the very early myrobalans were [...]
