fruit and nuts - much excitement!

[sallylockhart]

Warning - terrible boasting about to occur - but OH isn't excited about such things so I had to tell someone ...

Have just discovered something marvellous amongst all the documentation left by the prev. owners of my new house.

Turns out that they replanted the alleyway that runs along the back of the terrace about 5 years ago, and left a (remarkably detailed) list of what trees they had used.

So now I know that I have ...

Juniper
Quince Vranja
White currant
Prunus Avium
Winter Jasmine
Cherry plum
Photinia x Fraser
Acer Platanoides Crimson King
Honeysuckle
Prunus Cerasifera Nigra
Cherry Lapins Cherokee
Buddlia
Cherry Stella
Holly
Pear Williams
Corylus Maxima Butler (cobnut)
Apple Darcy Spice
Pear Conference pyrus communis
Corylus Maxima Cosford (filbert)
Apple King of the Pippins

Very exciting indeed   ;D ;D ;D

Only the last 3 are actually on my property, but I don't think my neighbours are particularly into gardening (concrete in abundance) and the alleyway is communal space, so as far as I am concerned everything is fair game  ;D

Am particularly excited about the apples - darcy spice is an 18th c heritage variety and the king of the pippins (marvellous name) is listed as a 'cooker, eater, cider maker'! They were all planted as maidens about 5 years ago, so i might get a decent amount of fruit from them too!

So now all I need to do is work out how to look after them - which means unpacking several boxes to find my gardening books - oh dear  ::)

[sallylockhart]

[Tora]

Lucky you! I can't grow trees on my allotment and my garden is too small for trees... :(
Hope you get bumper crops from those trees :)

[Hot_Potato]

think that's really great news Sally L.....but why did I click on thinking (hoping) somehow chocolate  :P was coming into this topic!!....

H.P.

[supersprout]

Wow sally, lucky you! :o What a treat!
Unpacking order of priority:

Corkscrew
Wine glasses
Gardening books

... there you go, it's done ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

Williams is a really good pear. If they were planted five years ago and aren't fruiting them they ought to be, unless they're on a vigorous rootstock which takes longer and produces a large tree.

[amphibian]

Williams is a really good pear. If they were planted five years ago and aren't fruiting them they ought to be, unless they're on a vigorous rootstock which takes longer and produces a large tree.

I really do not like Williams, despit being a pear lover, I find them gritty. Concorde is my favourite pear, all the taste of a Conference but crunchy.

Sally, if I were you I'd be very excited about the quince, make great pies, crumbles and the best jelly/jam ever.

[flowerlady]

mmmm :)

the quince will make excellent jelly later in the year
the Stella cherry is red fruiting late July
the Cherrokee is black fruiting August

have a look at www.cooltemperate.co.uk ther is lots to read there ;)

lucky lucky you  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

Concorde is great, I agree, and it follows on; Williams in about September, Conference in October-November, and Concorde in November-December. All I need now is Winter Nelis or something similar to follow that. Plus some decent trees, of course, since my Conference and Williams aren't thriving at all for some reason.

[Hyacinth]

I'd be excited to have the two corylus - filbert & cobnut........but I would, wouldn't I? ;D

[colleenemp]

I'm trying to create a hedge to replace the vile conifer evilness that previously existed along the side of my garden... so far I have holly, witch hazel (v pretty at the mo), and cobnuts...I'm not allowed trees on my allotment either.... :'(

[amphibian]

I'm trying to create a hedge to replace the vile conifer evilness that previously existed along the side of my garden... so far I have holly, witch hazel (v pretty at the mo), and cobnuts...I'm not allowed trees on my allotment either.... :'(

We're allowed trees as long as they are on dwarfing rootstock and will not grow over 9'. The council were down like a shot to remove a Rowan someone had planted.

[colleenemp]

Not allowed sheds either....sob.... :'(

[theothermarg]

shedless bod here too  :'( :'( :'(