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Recomend A apple tree!
hi all, i have a small piece of land that has been called the orchard since
1826 but it has no apple trees now...it has been lawned and under used for years. id like to grow some apple trees on it again...but the apples have to be red skined and crisp like an empire or a braeburn or my other half wont eat them! any sugestions? ta steve |
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On 14/8/04 23:14, in article
, "r.p.mcmurphy" wrote: hi all, i have a small piece of land that has been called the orchard since 1826 but it has no apple trees now...it has been lawned and under used for years. id like to grow some apple trees on it again...but the apples have to be red skined and crisp like an empire or a braeburn or my other half wont eat them! any sugestions? I suggest you start with this catalogue. Some of the varieties came here with the Romans. http://www.thornhayes-nursery.co.uk/ -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:14:33 +0100, "r.p.mcmurphy"
wrote: hi all, i have a small piece of land that has been called the orchard since 1826 but it has no apple trees now...it has been lawned and under used for years. id like to grow some apple trees on it again...but the apples have to be red skined and crisp like an empire or a braeburn or my other half wont eat them! any sugestions? ta steve See if she likes Discovery - it'll be in the shops anytime now. It's an early apple (first of the season for us) it doesn't keep but it holds well on the tree so you can pick it over 2 or 3 weeks, red one side, greenish the other, crisp if freshly picked, not overly sweet, unique flavour - you like it or you don't. On a dwarfing stock it's absolutely reliable, wonderful crop of lovely looking apples every year. Rod Weed my address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html |
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Rod wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:14:33 +0100, "r.p.mcmurphy" wrote: hi all, i have a small piece of land that has been called the orchard since 1826 but it has no apple trees now...it has been lawned and under used for years. id like to grow some apple trees on it again...but the apples have to be red skined and crisp like an empire or a braeburn or my other half wont eat them! any sugestions? ta steve See if she likes Discovery - it'll be in the shops anytime now. It's an early apple (first of the season for us) it doesn't keep but it holds well on the tree so you can pick it over 2 or 3 weeks, red one side, greenish the other, crisp if freshly picked, not overly sweet, unique flavour - you like it or you don't. On a dwarfing stock it's absolutely reliable, wonderful crop of lovely looking apples every year. Rod Weed my address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html There is no rush as they are best planted bare rooted in the Winter. I would wait untill apple days start, then take the fussy one and select apples she likes. There is such a wide range, and all do not grow in all parts of the uk, so take advice from the tree suppliers, they love to talk about their trees. You also have to consider which pollinates which, as you seem to have space for a number of trees that does not sound like a problem. When you have taken all the advice nurtured your trees for a few years then anticipate your first crop, I hope that unlike me you don't find the wasps have scoffed them first. Ah well next year... -- Please do not reply by Email, as all emails to this address are automatically deleted. |
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There is no rush as they are best planted bare rooted in the Winter. I would wait untill apple days start, then take the fussy one and select apples she likes. There is such a wide range, and all do not grow in all parts of the uk, so take advice from the tree suppliers, they love to talk about their trees. Why not go to an 'Apple Day'. This is where you can taste all the different apples available, some modern and some rare. Check out the varieties that I grow for fruit at http://www.balesfield.co.uk/fruittrees.html One of my local 'Apple Day' is at Ryton Organic Gardens http://www.hdra.org.uk/news/news_topic.php?id=38 |
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"Rod" wrote in message ... On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:14:33 +0100, "r.p.mcmurphy" wrote: hi all, i have a small piece of land that has been called the orchard since 1826 but it has no apple trees now...it has been lawned and under used for years. id like to grow some apple trees on it again...but the apples have to be red skined and crisp like an empire or a braeburn or my other half wont eat them! any sugestions? ta steve See if she likes Discovery - it'll be in the shops anytime now. It's an early apple (first of the season for us) it doesn't keep but it holds well on the tree so you can pick it over 2 or 3 weeks, red one side, greenish the other, crisp if freshly picked, not overly sweet, unique flavour - you like it or you don't. On a dwarfing stock it's absolutely reliable, wonderful crop of lovely looking apples every year. Rod Weed my address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html yes lovely apples but the wasps love them before they are even ripe .........my entire tree has been devoured by the wasps and now they are starting on the cooking apples !!! Spartan is a super apple .......very late picker ......keeps fairly well does not get attacked by wasps very crisp and deep red but not the tang of braeburns |
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We have Katy and think it's wonderful.
Fruit looks stunning on the tree - vivid red all over. We get a heavy crop of decent-sized fruit which are crisp and have a wonderful flavour. (We also grow Cox, Spartan, Gala and Ida. Cox is tops for flavour but Katy is second favourite.) "nambucca" wrote in message ... yes lovely apples but the wasps love them before they are even ripe ........my entire tree has been devoured by the wasps and now they are starting on the cooking apples !!! Spartan is a super apple .......very late picker ......keeps fairly well does not get attacked by wasps very crisp and deep red but not the tang of braeburns |
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In article , Roz Lacey
writes We had a beautiful tree which was festooned with beautiful bright red apples. It really was beautiful to see. Yuk ! to taste, they were dreadful and I could not give them away - it was blown over in a mini hurricane. Certainly was an eye catcher though. I am amazed to see there are so many types of Russets, which are my favourite. Which is the most flavoursome ? and easy to grow?. I live in the southernmost part of UK. Rosemary Russett seems to be generally well spoken of. I grow Brownlees Russet which crops reliably for me in Yorkshire and has beautiful deep pink flowers. BTW - the convention in this group is bottom posting, and if you top post, it messes up the order of the replies. "Sue da Nimm" . wrote in message ... We have Katy and think it's wonderful. Fruit looks stunning on the tree - vivid red all over. We get a heavy crop of decent-sized fruit which are crisp and have a wonderful flavour. (We also grow Cox, Spartan, Gala and Ida. Cox is tops for flavour but Katy is second favourite.) "nambucca" wrote in message ... yes lovely apples but the wasps love them before they are even ripe ........my entire tree has been devoured by the wasps and now they are starting on the cooking apples !!! Spartan is a super apple .......very late picker ......keeps fairly well does not get attacked by wasps very crisp and deep red but not the tang of braeburns -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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We had a beautiful tree which was festooned with beautiful bright red
apples. It really was beautiful to see. Yuk ! to taste, they were dreadful and I could not give them away - it was blown over in a mini hurricane. Certainly was an eye catcher though. I am amazed to see there are so many types of Russets, which are my favourite. Which is the most flavoursome ? and easy to grow?. I live in the southernmost part of UK. "Sue da Nimm" . wrote in message ... We have Katy and think it's wonderful. Fruit looks stunning on the tree - vivid red all over. We get a heavy crop of decent-sized fruit which are crisp and have a wonderful flavour. (We also grow Cox, Spartan, Gala and Ida. Cox is tops for flavour but Katy is second favourite.) "nambucca" wrote in message ... yes lovely apples but the wasps love them before they are even ripe ........my entire tree has been devoured by the wasps and now they are starting on the cooking apples !!! Spartan is a super apple .......very late picker ......keeps fairly well does not get attacked by wasps very crisp and deep red but not the tang of braeburns |
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"r.p.mcmurphy" wrote in message ...
hi all, i have a small piece of land that has been called the orchard since 1826 but it has no apple trees now. Allington Pippin. Laxton Superb Lord Lambourne Blenheim Orange Worcester Pearmain Ribston Pippin But you need to investigate pollintaion. Apples flower in arbirrary 'week numbers' followoing a pattern each year, so you will need a polinator with the same 'week number'. Or a long-seson flowering crab apple, or someting similar. 1 apple tree is rearely succesful, of course. Get the grass off, and dig in huge amounts of vegetable matter, as you will never have the chance again. If the land is low lying, or wet, consider planting the apples in raised mounds to help them survive the first couple of winters. Keep the grass away from the trunks for at least the first 10 years. |
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