There are always gardeners who delight in raising new varieties of apples, pears, plums, and even peaches, by means of saving the pips or stones and sowing them. There are men and women all over the country who have trees and bushes growing in their gardens raised from seeds sown when they were children.
After that they grow in the same spot for a year or two, until eventually they are transplanted in the winter to the spot where it is hoped they will crop.
There are also recognized growers of Certified Blackcurrant Bushes, and a register is issued officially of these growers by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. There arc registered growers also of Certified Raspberry Canes, and once again there are Special Stock certificates issued. These certificates relate solely to the apparent purity and health of the stocks at the time of inspection. You see, it pays to start with healthy stock, and in a small garden it isn't easy to keep that stock free of viruses. Maybe there's a man next door who doesn't bother about his garden, and who grows strawberries or raspberries which are riddled with different kinds of viruses.
By the way, it is hardly ever worth while bothering with cherries because the varieties produced are invariably self-sterile: that is to say, the flowers need the pollen from a special mate if they are to set properly.
Furthermore, there's always a long time lag. It is possible to have to wait ten or twelve years before an apple tree raised from a seed comes into bearing, and in these days few people want to wait that long. During the early life of the seedling it may easily be nibbled by a slug or eaten by a caterpillar. It isn't every seed sown that produces a good tree.
The only other thing to be said in favour of seed sowing is that the trees produced are definitely more healthy and they have the strength and vigour which you never get in quite the same way from plants produced vegetatively. Life, however, in these 'hectic days' is too short to be waiting ten or twelve years for fruit, and most people will be wanting therefore to buy trees and bushes which will come into cropping within a year or two. - 15266
After that they grow in the same spot for a year or two, until eventually they are transplanted in the winter to the spot where it is hoped they will crop.
There are also recognized growers of Certified Blackcurrant Bushes, and a register is issued officially of these growers by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. There arc registered growers also of Certified Raspberry Canes, and once again there are Special Stock certificates issued. These certificates relate solely to the apparent purity and health of the stocks at the time of inspection. You see, it pays to start with healthy stock, and in a small garden it isn't easy to keep that stock free of viruses. Maybe there's a man next door who doesn't bother about his garden, and who grows strawberries or raspberries which are riddled with different kinds of viruses.
By the way, it is hardly ever worth while bothering with cherries because the varieties produced are invariably self-sterile: that is to say, the flowers need the pollen from a special mate if they are to set properly.
Furthermore, there's always a long time lag. It is possible to have to wait ten or twelve years before an apple tree raised from a seed comes into bearing, and in these days few people want to wait that long. During the early life of the seedling it may easily be nibbled by a slug or eaten by a caterpillar. It isn't every seed sown that produces a good tree.
The only other thing to be said in favour of seed sowing is that the trees produced are definitely more healthy and they have the strength and vigour which you never get in quite the same way from plants produced vegetatively. Life, however, in these 'hectic days' is too short to be waiting ten or twelve years for fruit, and most people will be wanting therefore to buy trees and bushes which will come into cropping within a year or two. - 15266
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Good fruit tree pruning and watering will help your fruit trees to become strong and healthy tree in your garden.
