Where can I find a website (or book) that is a definitive guide to distinguishing wild fruit you can eat from stuff you should not eat.
I am particularly interested in plums, sloes etc as where I live I pass a number of trees which have plum like looking fruit on them but I would like [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Edible Wild Fruits – a definitive guide please?
Posted in Fruit Questions on September 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Orchard Advice Needed Please?
Posted in Fruit Questions on September 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We have just purchased 2 hectares of North Shropshire grass land and wish to plant 1 hectare of apple trees and have been looking at a mixed bag of culinary, dessert and cider apples, expecting to be able to sell to the cider market.
We would like trees that are around 10-12 ft and are also [...]
Red Spider Mite Problem and a Pruning Question
Posted in Fruit Questions on September 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have a serious red spider mite problem in polytunnels containing about 4000 maiden fruit trees. Has anyone experience using sulphur vapourizers and can anyone recommend a systemic acaricide ?
And a further question: why do commercial apple growers use the replacement method of pruning?
Ian Sturrock
Growing Apples in Southern California
Posted in Articles, News on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kevin Hauser, a pioneer in growing apples in a warm climate – Riverside, near Los Angeles – recounted his experiences on our main web-site some time ago. Many of the varieties he grows originated in England; he even grows Bramley’s Seedling! Click here to read his article. Now he brings us up-to-date with the [...]
