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Old 10-04-2012, 07:02 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Fruit tree prices

On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:24:41 +0100, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:

Just wandering through Homebase and they have containerised fruit trees, 2
for £20.

Now I don't usually trust HomeBase to be cheap for anything (especially if
Jamie Oliver branded) but Google sugests that £10 a tree is quite a
resonable price, with most bare rooted trees being slightly more.

Are these good value?

Thinking probably of a Victoria plum and a Bramley apple to go on the
allotment.

Cheers

Dave R


Are you able to tap them out of the pots to check the roots? This
sounds almost too cheap for "named" trees and it may be that they are
unsold bare roots simply shoved into pots.

OTOH, Parkers have this offer:

http://www.jparkers.co.uk/plant-1001...ee-collection/

which are in pots. They have a good reputation so maybe Homebase have
something decent and cheap (for once).

Cheers, Jake
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