Spring 2025 - Progress on the Fruit Garden
This Spring has been very sunny and the blossom on the fruit, including the apples and pears has been amazing. Blackcurrant Mitchells Worcesterberry - Native American plant Whitecurrant White Versailles I have been working on the restoration of the fruit garden stock, mostly by looking after the 50+ cuttings which successfully took from last Winter's propagating sessions. I have had to pot up the individual cuttings which were sharing a pot, as I often put 4 cuttings together, thinking that they would not all take. Many of the names of the varieties are unknown, so they are named for their provenance. Redcurrant 'Slees' Gooseberry May Duke Gooseberry Leveller I have Blackcurrant 'Mitchells', Redcurrant 'Sports Centre' and Gooseberry 'Wheatland (Front)' and 'Wheatland (Red)', for example. Gooseberry 'Dolton Red' This winter, there was a fair amount of damage by bullfinches to the gooseberries, stripping the fruit buds off the ste...