Plums
Quinces make a nice ornamental tree in any garden. They bear 4 large white flowers in May or June, and the leaves, with their silvery down underneath, are most attractive.
In the autumn the fruits turn a golden yellow colour and these add beauty and interest to the garden also. A Quince adds a particularly delicious flavour to an apple tart, while of course the fruits are used for jams and jellies. The quince grows perfectly happily on its own roots.
Don't attempt to prune nuts severely in the winter or the wood the trees will bleed badly. Don't prune the trees any time between Christmas and May. One of the big problems in connection with walnuts is that which concerns the male catkins. Very often these do not appear early enough in the life of a tree. Secondly, there are varieties which bear their male flowers long before the female. It is therefore a good thing to plant a pollinator which will produce plenty of male catkins.
Walnuts are quite happy to grow in a lawn and it is only necessary to cultivate for 3 or 4 feet around the trees for the first two or three years. After that the grass may be allowed to grow right up to the trunks, but it should of course be cut regularly.
After the quince tree has been established two years there is no need to cultivate around it any longer, however shallowly. A grass mixture can be sown all over the soil as advised for apples. This grass must be cut regularly right up to the trunks of the trees so that it looks like a lawn all the time.
The seeds of the Cherry Plums germinate easily, so there are a very large number of so-called varieties which have not, as far as I know, been named in Great Britain, though there are twenty-five or more varieties in the United States and Canada.
In the autumn the fruits turn a golden yellow colour and these add beauty and interest to the garden also. A Quince adds a particularly delicious flavour to an apple tart, while of course the fruits are used for jams and jellies. The quince grows perfectly happily on its own roots.
Don't attempt to prune nuts severely in the winter or the wood the trees will bleed badly. Don't prune the trees any time between Christmas and May. One of the big problems in connection with walnuts is that which concerns the male catkins. Very often these do not appear early enough in the life of a tree. Secondly, there are varieties which bear their male flowers long before the female. It is therefore a good thing to plant a pollinator which will produce plenty of male catkins.
Walnuts are quite happy to grow in a lawn and it is only necessary to cultivate for 3 or 4 feet around the trees for the first two or three years. After that the grass may be allowed to grow right up to the trunks, but it should of course be cut regularly.
After the quince tree has been established two years there is no need to cultivate around it any longer, however shallowly. A grass mixture can be sown all over the soil as advised for apples. This grass must be cut regularly right up to the trunks of the trees so that it looks like a lawn all the time.
The seeds of the Cherry Plums germinate easily, so there are a very large number of so-called varieties which have not, as far as I know, been named in Great Britain, though there are twenty-five or more varieties in the United States and Canada.
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