Fruit (and veg?) patch

 

I can hardly believe it!  Matthew, my stepson, has been using a digger
to clear foundations for a new, large shed.  He has also dug, composted
and turned over a nice big patch 'up the field', part of which is to be
a fruit cage.  I've hoped for years that we'd get to this and finally,
it's on the horizon, 75' x 20' of it.   I know all of us want to grow
some of those delicious Tullaneen (sp?) raspberries and I'd love to
grow blueberries but other than that we haven't conferred.  What with
that and the 6 hens, I asked Ray if it was time to find a couple of
Jersey cows.  ;-))  Just for a minute, he believed me!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 



"Sacha"  wrote ...

Don't forget the cherries.  :-)
(Lapins and Sunburst on Gisela 5 rootstock are what we are to plant)
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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK  

 



Given the bird population here and the public visitors I doubt we'd see
half a dozen cherries a year!   I suppose I could persuade Ray and
Matthew to plant them under the caged bit or would they get too
enormous?  What are those big 'white' cherries the French grows so
well, Bob?   I love them but we don't see them often in shops round
here.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 



"Sacha"  wrote
 "Bob Hobden" said:

Gisela 5 is a very dwarfing rootstock so with only a bit of pruning you
could keep them to under 6ft and in the cage. As for the visitors, keep the
cage door locked.
Do you mean the variety Rainier? Large light yellow cherry with a blush.
Could get that on a Gisela 5 I'm sure, try Brogdale.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
 

 



I'll put it to the powers that be, thank you!


That sounds like it.  And yes, the fruits are larger than the normal
red cherries.  A friend in Brittany had masses of them in an old
orchard - I think it was a tie between how many we picked and took home
and how many we ate on the hoof!

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon