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Post by cornishwoman on Feb 16, 2010 13:05:30 GMT -5
Any one ordered from" Grandpas orchard",I was looking at there Gage trees,little out of my price range but just may as I cant seem to find any localy.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Feb 16, 2010 13:39:10 GMT -5
Hey Kate! Val sent me Green Gage Plum pits last season and with any luck, they will be sprouting within the next few months. Want to just wait for one of these? There should be cherries, peaches, and apricots as well.
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Post by cornishwoman on Feb 16, 2010 14:50:03 GMT -5
morning Jo,well afternoon...Kind of want them this year, old enough to fruit next year if I'm lucky,but if you have one to spare I will send postage to cover it when its old enough to post.Snowing here,and around 30,winter needs to go now.
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Post by canadamike on Mar 12, 2010 3:03:34 GMT -5
You can also look under the name ''REINE CLAUDE'' elsewhere, it is the same plum.
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Post by qahtan on Mar 13, 2010 15:17:40 GMT -5
if you look closely you can see the gages on this tree, but they do look a bit like the leaves so look closely;-)))) they are a slightly different colour green This tree was grown many years ago from a pit that was brought back to Canada from UK, took a while to grow and fruit but it did and the greengage jam is to show you it did ;-)))) qahtan   |
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Post by cornishwoman on Mar 16, 2010 17:36:11 GMT -5
I can almost taste the jam. Great photo,my tree will have to wait,seems we need new tires ,priorities priorities.
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Post by qahtan on Mar 17, 2010 9:55:54 GMT -5
I know what you mean,, and new tires are blooming pricey...
We are going to try and get another Elderberry plant
in april when the nurseries open, also we could do with another apple, cooker.
Last time I was in UK we rented a house as always but I made an apple pie, remembering that bramley's to be 'the' apple pie apple... jeepers were they ever sour. wow...
qahtan
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Post by cornishwoman on Mar 17, 2010 14:09:17 GMT -5
Your making me so home sick,but don't stop. Yes Bramleys tend to be a bit on the tart side,also depending just where they grow. Cox's orange pippins were my favourite eating apple ,then pie apple was defiantly Bramleys,with whole cloves mixed up in the crusted pie,then a good dollop of Cornish cream.I never knew the name Bramley growing up ,they were always called just, cooking apples,now of course we get ,where they were grown, how they were grown,and that's not a bad thing,I'm just old,to much info overloads my brain some days.Tires on, so Im safe to rampage the lanes here.
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Post by robertb on Mar 17, 2010 14:23:52 GMT -5
You need to add a fair bit of sugar to Bramley's. I have a thriving Cambridge Gage, which is really easy to find in the UK. It's a lovely plum when I get a crop, but it's often too cold when it flowers to allow pollinating insects to fly.
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Post by qahtan on Mar 17, 2010 15:52:10 GMT -5
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