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Old 21-02-2012, 11:25 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.gardens
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"Willi" wrote

schrieb Bob Hobden:
"Willi" wrote

One of my apple trees. I don't know extact the variety. It is an
aromatic, slightly sweet winter apple. 2 branches I'm using for testing
on-grafted, home-grown seedlings. So there are additionally 5 varieties
on this tree. 1 of them bore already fruit of acceptable taste and
storability.


They sell trees like that over here, called "Family Trees" with three or
more varieties grafted onto one root stock....

http://www.blackmoor.co.uk/index.php?cPath=380


A nice shop and website, and, how interesting, they even offer a
self-fertile apple, 'Queen Cox'. I've never heard of that.


Did you also notice the Gooseberries. A beautiful fruit that grows on
vicious spiny shrubs and tastes like heaven IMO*. Seems it's virtually only
grown in the UK and Japan, both island countries but a world apart, strange.
* Gooseberry crumble and pie and jam, all amazing.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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