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Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to Fruit

Follow the lifecycle of a single apple bud from dormancy to harvest, in this series of 40+ photos.

In the face of all the best advice to the contrary, I’ve decided to try growing a new apple variety or two from seed.

An interesting idea that still has potential, but mistakes (many mistakes) were made. Time to reboot.

Applying the Modified Lorette to our air-pot mini-orchard apple trees.

Thinning out weaker, surplus fruitlets helps to improve the size and quality of the final fruits.

A healthy display of blossom should hopefully mean a few fruits to enjoy later in the year.

In which we plant out our new fruit trees into air-pot containers.

Taking delivery of our fruit trees from the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale.