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Apple Norfolk Royal Russet

Attractive fruit with a mottled red and russet effect, really good flavour. This one is my favourite of all apples.

Ripens September. Pollination group 4.
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Grape Strawberry

£10.50

Red to dark-red berries, ripens best on a wall or warm spot, usually October. A good vine for growing up a Pergola, leaves very attractive and disease resistant. Grapes have a distinct 'strawberry flavour' which will carry through to the wine also.
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Apple Red Falstaff.- Rootstock M106

£16.25

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Fig White Marseilles

£14.50

(White Naples. Figue Blanche, etc.) Large almost round fruit, slightly ribbed. Pale green to yellow/white when mature. Translucent flesh which is sweet, one of the best garden varieties
Excellent in pots in any situation, when kept in a greenhouse you can get two crops per year.
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Quince Vranja

Large Golden yellow fruit. White flowers, an old favourite, a fairly vigorous tree will grow to 12ft or so depending on soil type.
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Crab Apple Pink Glow.Rootstock mm27

£16.50

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Strawberry Mae

GROWING STRAWBERRIES.
Full sun
Well drained, sandy soil with a pH from 5.5 to 6.5 is ideal
Try not to plant where tomatoes, potatoes, or peppers have been grown recently due to transfer of disease.(Verticillium Rot)
Plant in the spring as soon as the soil is dry enough to be worked.
Only plant certified disease-free plants
Select plants with large crowns with healthy roots
Boost soil with 1-2 inches of organic matter like compost or well- rotted manure
Keep weeds from competing with your strawberry plants
Make a hole large enough to spread the roots. Mound the center of the hole and place the crown at soil level. Spread the roots downward on the mound and backfill so that the soil only goes halfway up the crown.

Mat System for Strawberries
The Mat system works well with strawberry plants that send out a lot of runners. Set plants 18 inches apart in rows of 24 inches, with 4 - 4 1/2 feet between rows.
Leaves and flower buds will emerge shortly after planting. Pinch off all flowers during the first year in the garden, on June bearing varieties, and all flowers that form until July 1st on ever-bearing and day neutral varieties. This will encourage both plant vigor and production of runners to fill in the mat. Pinching off this years flowers means no crop this year but a much better crop next year.
As runners form from the plant crowns, train along the row and space 6 to 9 inches apart. Press the runner gently into the soil, hold in place with a rock or cover with about 1/2 inch of soil until roots form. Do not sever the runner from the mother plant.
Bed System for Day Neutral and Everbearing Strawberries
Day neutral and everbearing strawberry plants don't send out many runners and instead focus their energy on producing multiple harvests. The Bed system is basically a raised bed 8 inches high and 2 feet wide. Plants are set out in staggered double rows, about 12 inches apart. All runners should be removed as well as all flowers until July 1st of the first year. Plants may then be allowed to produce fruit.
Mulching the Strawberry Bed
Mulch between plants after planting to, deter weeds and to keep the fruit off the soil. Straw is the traditional strawberry mulch. Do not use black plastic since it will raise the soil temperature and optimal fruit production requires cool soil.
In colder climates, mulching over the strawberry plants will prevent injury to the crowns.

Strawberry Water Needs
Water is especially important while the fruit is forming, from early bloom to the end of harvest.

Feeding Strawberries
Start with a rich, organic soil. Apply a balanced fertilizer (10-10-10) at planting at the rate of 2-3 oz per yard. Fertilize again after renovation of June bearers or second harvest of day neutrals and everbearing types. Do not over feed or you will have excessive leaf growth and poor flowering.

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