Carbon partitioning by the apple tree
Jens Wunsche is a HortResearch scientist who has worked in the United States and Germany as well as in New Zealand. The first part of this article covers some of the research he did in the United States on how light interception of apple trees ... [... more]
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Is There A Future For Interstem Apple Trees In New Zealand?
Traditionally an interstem has been used in New Zealand to overcome problems of compatibility e.g. the use of 'Beurre Hardy' as an interstock for 'Beurre Bosc' on quince rootstock. Recently, however, there has been an increasing interest in using ... [... more]
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Fiesta apples
Silverleaf (Chondrostereum purpureum) attacks a wide range of deciduous trees and shrubs. Apple trees may show the characteristic silvery symptoms but often the tree recovers. On stonefruit, however, the disease gets progressively worse until it ... [... more]
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HortNews - Applegrowers Look For New Plantings
The pipfruit sector's lean years in recent times are having a hangover effect on apple tree replanting this season. HASTINGS 29/09/2003 - The pipfruit sector's lean years in recent times are having a hangover effect on apple tree replanting this ... [... more]
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Roberta Miller
Chipmunk lives under the apple tree, in a burrow. He likes to eat cake and pick daffodils. This cheerful book features appealing animal characters, bright artwork in Scarry's early painterly style, and simple sentences that teach the ... [... more]
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Peter Rankin
John William Smith - barely more than a boy - clears land, builds a one-room house, plants three apple trees, then sits down to sip his tea and watch the sunset. He has everything a... Making Room Joanne Taylor Peter Rankin [... more]
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Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where she is at work on her next novel. In a garden surrounded by a tall fence, tucked away behind a small, quiet house in an even smaller town, is an apple tree that is rumored to bear a very ... [... more]
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Fleming's Nurseries Pty. Ltd.
Melissa has some potted inspiration for you; good things can come in small packages. Flemings Ballerina Apples are sensational in pots - they are compact apple trees growing only 3-4m tall and 30cm wide that produce good crops of tasty fruit. You ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Fleming's Nurseries Pty. Ltd.
Melissa has some potted inspiration for you; good things can come in small packages. Flemings Ballerina Apples are sensational in pots - they are compact apple trees growing only 3-4m tall and 30cm wide that produce good crops of tasty fruit. You ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
