For the first time the Royal Horticultural Society’s Summer Fruit Competition, held last week, was staged at their Tatton Park Show in Cheshire, rather than at Hampton Court, outside London. This new location brought the Show within the range of our man from Nottingham, who bagged almost all the firsts!
Adrian Baggaley won eight firsts and [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Tatton Park Summer Fruit Show
Posted in News on July 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Blackberry Growers in Kent, Surrey?
Posted in Fruit Questions on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m trying to find a blackberry grower in Kent or Surrey to talk to for an article in a forthcoming issue of Country Kitchen magazine. Can anyone help?
David Porter
Thinning Apples – questioning the accepted wisdom?
Posted in Fruit Questions on July 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I have been thinning apples and it made me wonder about some of the ‘accepted wisdom’.
I realise that ‘king fruit’ do not keep well and are more inclined to be lumpy, bumpy and generally fail to conform to grading standards. So I guess we feel we need to remove king fruits when thinning.
However, what about [...]
Why are my Grapes Rotting?
Posted in Fruit Questions on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been procrastinating about making wine from the grapes on the vine I have. It has put on so many grapes over the years and now that I have finally made my mind up to make wine the grapes this year are starting to rot. I think it is called ‘black rot’ [...]
What is Wrong with my Sloe Tree?
Posted in Fruit Questions on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have a young sloe tree in my garden and this year a number of the fruits have become distorted and miscoloured. Those fruit that have changed are brown in colour and considerably enlarged, also there appears to be similar growths on parts of some boughs. Can anybody advise me what the problem (and potential [...]
