On Saturday a group met up
at the Orchard to admire this year’s blossom….and pretty good it is looking
too. The pears have all blossomed well this year showing how they are maturing
(particularly the Buerre Hardy which takes a few years to establish) and all
pears trees have set fruit for the first time.
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| This is Conference pear showing the tiny fruitlets |
The apples have nearly all
got good blossom too….and I am particularly pleased to see the trees which are
near to the greedy Copper Beech flowering well. (Katy and Fiesta) The Sunset tree which was nibbled by the
rabbit in March, and now bandaged up looks amazingly good. I can’t believe it
will make a crop this year with such devastating girdling, but who knows? Maybe
it will surprise us all.
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| Sunset blossom |
However the two George Cave
which were struggling last year are now looking even worse. They are already
mis-shapen following pruning to try to get rid of canker …..but now the trees
look even more bedraggled. Why these trees? I have no idea why they should have
been so affected. We’ll be watching them carefully this year….it could be their
last!
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| George Cave looking poorly……. |
