trained fruit
An Enigmatic Apple
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 …
Summer Pruning step-by-step
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 …
Golden Transparent Gage
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 …
Fiesta Apple – triple cordon
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 …
Current Fans
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 …
Standard Gooseberries
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 …