I have a extremely weak-growing cherry that has rarely produced any fruit. This year it has produced a ‘good’ crop of about about a dozen very sweet fruits of a yellow, flushed red colour when fully ripe. However, it is now very clear that it is not the variety I originally ordered, Sunburst. This variety, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Wrong Variety- can I claim a replacement?
Posted in Fruit Questions on June 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Foxwhelp Cider Apple – what is origin of its name?
Posted in Fruit Questions on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What is known of the origin of the name ‘Foxwhelp’, the cider apple? The question is part of a discussion on the Cider Workshop. In The New Book of Apples it says merely ‘Believed to have arisen near a
fox’s earth.’ Is there background or reference on this? One reader pointed out that the word ‘whelp’ [...]
Leicestershire Apples – help us find them?
Posted in Fruit Questions on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Leicestershire Heritage Apple Project is hoping to promote interest in apples originating and related to Leicestershire.
We are looking for scion wood of French Codlin/Leicester-Burton Pippin and Langton’s Nonsuch. I wondered if any readers can help any please? I’m also personally looking for Api Etoillé, I can only find suppliers in the US thus far [...]
Fruiting Loquats?
Posted in Fruit Questions on June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The reports of loquats flowering and fruiting in Britain seem to reflect the milder winters we have had – until the last one! I have assumed that these are seedlings of fruit imported from the Mediterranean regions where there are a number of varieties selected for their fruits. It would be interesting to try [...]
Apple Orchard wanted for Film Location
Posted in Fruit Questions on June 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I am a filmmaker and am in the early stages of researching a film about the story of the English apple. In the film I want to follow a Kent apple orchard/farm through the seasons and weave into this the history of the apple and the myths, traditions and events associated with it. [...]
