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Tag: herefordshire russet

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.

Published March 28, 2023
Categorised as Feature Articles, Gallery, Top Fruit Morphology Tagged apple, bud, development, fruiting, herefordshire russet, morphology

Seedling Apple Trees – Let’s Give ’em a Go

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.

Published April 15, 2022
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged experiment, germination, herefordshire russet, propagation, seedling

Decision Time For My ‘Air-Pot Mini-Orchard’ Apple Trees

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

Published November 6, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Trials Tagged air-pot, apple, Blenheim Orange, cornish aromatic, experiment, herefordshire russet, pot growing, trial

Modified Lorette System Pruning, Summer 2017

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

Published September 12, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged apple, Blenheim Orange, cherry, cornish aromatic, herefordshire russet, maintenance pruning, Modified Lorette, Morello

Time To Thin Out The Apples

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

Published July 2, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged air-pot, apple, cornish aromatic, herefordshire russet, mini-orchard, thinning

Air-Pot Mini-Orchard Update: It’s Blossom Time

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

Published May 2, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles Tagged air-pot, apple, Blenheim Orange, blossom, cherry, cornish aromatic, crab apple, herefordshire russet, john downie, mini-orchard, Morello

Establishing Our Air-Pot Mini Orchard

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

Published February 18, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged air-pot, apple, Blenheim Orange, cherry, cornish aromatic, crab apple, formative pruning, herefordshire russet, john downie, mini-orchard, Morello, mycorrhizal fungi, tree planting

Our Fruit Trees are Here!

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

Published February 9, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged apple, Blenheim Orange, cherry, cornish aromatic, crab apple, herefordshire russet, john downie, Morello, National Fruit Collection
  1. Darren T on Dealing With Pear Midge Problems the Organic WayJune 2, 2023

    I'm sorry Ruth, but I don't have much experience with spraying, so I wouldn't know what to advise there. I…

  2. Ruth Loomis on Dealing With Pear Midge Problems the Organic WayJune 1, 2023

    I have severe pear leaf curl destroying leaves on 1/2 of one tree and starting to spread to neighbor trees.…

  3. Darren T on Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to FruitMay 29, 2023

    Hi Camille - Well, blossom rates in apple trees are determined by a wide variety of factors, so it can…

  4. Camille on Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to FruitMay 28, 2023

    Hi, Darren ~ I live in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan, not far from Lake Michigan, which tempers our…

  5. Ed on A Frost-Pruned Fig Tree, and What Happened NextMay 24, 2023

    I suspect that this giant of a tree will have to be cut down substantially in the next couple weeks…

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