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Sunset Apple – 4 tier espalier

April 13, 2019August 30, 2012 by Keir Watson

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Categories Trained-Fruit Tags apple, espalier, sunset, trained fruit 1 Comment

An Enigmatic Apple

April 13, 2019August 27, 2012 by Keir Watson

This apple tree is a bit of a curiosity. [Update: mystery solved – see end of post] The label from the nursery said “Discovery”. I don’t think so! Discovery is an early-season apple, ready to eat in July or August and …

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Categories Curiosities, Trained-Fruit Tags apple, double cordon, identification, trained fruit Leave a comment

Summer Pruning step-by-step

April 13, 2019August 25, 2012 by Keir Watson

Summer PruningThis is an essential skill for ensuring your trained fruit stays in shape and produces reliable fruit Summer pruning is necessary for wall trained fruit to develop and maintain the desired form and encourage fruit production. It should be carried …

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Categories HowTo, Trained-Fruit Tags apple, how to, plum, pruning, step-by-step, trained fruit 6 Comments

Golden Transparent Gage

August 25, 2012 by Keir Watson

April 2012 Gages are the posh cousins of the common-or-garden plum. They are finer in every way and in the UK, somewhat harder to grow, needing more warmth. Compared to plums gages are rounder, often smaller, more delicate and sweeter. The famous …

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Categories Trained-Fruit Tags fan trained, gage, plum, pruning, trained fruit, transparent 4 Comments

Fiesta Apple – triple cordon

August 25, 2012 by Keir Watson

  April 2012        August 2012 I started training this young apple tree last year. To create a triple cordon I tied its main leader (central stem) up one cane and its two side shoots up adjacent canes, creating three verticals or cordons in a …

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Categories Trained-Fruit Tags Fiesta apple, Fruit, gardening, home grown, trained fruit, triple cordon 2 Comments

Current Fans

May 6, 2012 by Keir Watson

I have three currents trained as fans growing against fences: two red and one white current. White and red currents lend themselves readily to this kind of training, because unlike black currents they fruit well on ‘old wood’. Hence, they can …

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Categories HowTo, Trained-Fruit Tags fan trained, gardening, how to, red current, soft fruit, trained fruit, white current 3 Comments

Standard Gooseberries

April 16, 2019May 11, 2010 by Keir Watson

Growing gooseberries as standards provides an opportunity to bring formal design features into the vegetable garden. It’s also a very practical method for growing this quintessentially English fruit. Standard gooseberries are normal gooseberry varieties grafted onto Ribes aureum which has been trained …

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Categories Potager, Trained-Fruit Tags Gooseberry, standard, trained fruit 1 Comment

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