My fruit collection

[emmajane]

I though as a newbie I would tell you about the fruit I grow. On the allotment I have 2 apple trees, old varieties, who's names I can't remember! I will dig out my notes and let you know. I inherited them and I have been told by some of the old chaps, they are very old trees more than 80 years old. Also on the allotment I have a -
fig tree, variety Brown Turkey
raspberries, Glen Ample and Autumn Bliss
blackcurrants - varieties unknown as they have all been taken from cuttings
redcurrants - varieties unknown,
green gooseberry - varieties unknown as inherited the bushes
red gooseberry, Pax
jostaberry
goji berry
Strawberries - mixed varieties.

At home I have 3 small cordon apple trees, 1 golden delicious grafted on very dwarfing rootstock, a morello cherry, an asian pear, conference pear and I think I have a little plum tree tucked away by my greenhouse. I also have a grapevine growing inside my greenhouse and one growing outside over the shed. This will be their first full year so fingers crossed we get a couple of bunches. I also have a patio peach that the children brought me for mothers day 2 years ago. It is a minature type grown in a massive pot. The fruits are larger than apricots, but not as large as a 'proper' peach. I also have a medlar tree, an old fashioned tree producing weird fruit which I make into jelly come the winter.

I don't have to grow blackberries as in our neighbourhood and on the allotment there are masses growing wild which I pick during the late summer.

[houseodessey]

That's a lot of variety in your fruits. I need to work on getting more berries into the garden. Thanks for the inspiration.

[bluelacedredhead]

Mmmmmm, Gooseberries....Red ones.....Emmajane, I'm jealous. They are a terrible fright to clean for use, but the preserves are worth every painstaking minute.

I used to work for a wholesale fruit and veggie company in the early 80s. I would order in a peck of gooseberries every year. No having to try to grow them, nor fighting thorns to pick them. Just pick the stems and the blossom ends, rinse, squash cook til they pop, add some sugar and seal....

I hope that there is a local source here for gooseberries...I must start asking around.

Good luck with your fruits of your labour Emmajane. It's so rewarding to be able to grow your own when possible.