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Old 29-11-2007, 05:37 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Fruit and therefore plant ID, please

On 29/11/07 16:05, in article lid, "Stewart
Robert Hinsley" wrote:

In message , Sacha
writes
On 29/11/07 14:46, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
| On 29/11/07 10:48, in article
, "Janet
| Tweedy" wrote:
|
| What about posting to the RHS?
|
| Could do - good idea. I'll also ask her to knock on the door, though and
to
| take a photo of the whole thing. She describes the bush as looking as if
| it's covered in lots of little pumpkins!

Critical aspects include whether the bush has thorns, and exactly
how the fruit are attached to it (e.g. whether via stems and on
what sort of age of wood).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Duly noted and passed on! Thanks everyone.


Also whether there are the remains of the calyx at the distal end (the
end opposite the stalk) of the fruit.


Will do. Thanks, Stewart. I must say there weren't on the two she gave us.
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