"Trefor Jones" wrote in message
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: Had a good crop of gooseberries this year despite (or because?) of the
late
: spring. Last year I only had lbs. from the three bushes but this year had
: 12lbs. Many of the berries were smaller than usual though. Did not keep a
: note of previous years but I am sure it was about the 5 to 6lb mark. A
: friend who lives in Alloway, however, said that he had a worse crop this
: year compared to last year.
:

Massive crop here in Plymouth too. In fact this could be the best all round
cropping year in my thirty odd years of allotment gardening. Crops have been
wonderful. Mind you we have no water shortage here and can water daily with
a hose. No blight yet for the first year in recent memory. Pouring down this
afternoon so that is very welcome as long as the blight stays away

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