Post by derekbrooks on Jun 21, 2012 22:08:13 GMT
I told you on Derek's diary that I had been the question master at the inter D.A.quiz between three sections of the National Vegetable Society last Monday .I am now going to show you two of the rounds that we had
First of all "SPOT THE MISTAKES"
I read the following out which is full of deliberate mistakes and team members had to put their hand up when they noticed a mistake and get a mark for their team.
MY FRUIT GARDEN
"My fruit garden is the envy of all my neighbours.Situated on an ideal North facing slope,I grow everyting from apples,pears,plums,cherries and kumquats to soft fruit like strawberries,blackberries,raspberries,currants and rhubarb. ,also drupes such as gooseberries.
The apples are all on a dwarfing rootstock M11.As well as desert varieties,I grow culiary varieties like Bramley seedling and Cox's orrange pippin.Some of my favourite varieties are Gloucester Permain,James Grieve and Granny Jones.
Concerning pears,because it is the queen's diamong jubilee year I have just bought and planted a tree of the queens favourite pear ,bearing in mind the line in the National anthem "Send her Victorias".other pears that I like are "confidence" and "Laxton's superb
I always make sure I prune my plums in the winter to avoid silver scale disease. Cropping can be disappointing sometimes because they flower early and are at risk of frost but the ones I find most reliable are Marjories seedling and Oxford guage.
There are both sweet and acid cherries and I grow both types.The best sweet cherries are Stella and Morelloand both do well in my garden.
My tree fruit rarely suffers from pests and diseases.I put grease bands on the apple trees to protect them from codling moth and sawfly and spray the pears with a good insecticide to control stony pit
My Careless,Leveller and Lincolnshire Lad gooseberries always do well and rarely suffer from Asian gooseberry mildew.I prune them in the same way I prune blackcurrants.
My favourite srawberry is Oxford favourite. I also grow a new variety which was bred specially for the queens diamond jubilee called "Royal Sovereign".I am fortunate that my black currants have never suffered from the virus disease" big bud"
I am also a fan of hybrid berries like loganberries,tayberries and Canterberries.
I have never grown blueberries beforebut I am trying them this year so I gave the ground a good dressing of limebefore planting.
I have also got a fig tree.They are not easy to growbut my tree which is called "green turkey"does fairly well most years.
I have a greenhouse where I grow grapes and melons and get a good crop from both. I can't remember the variety of my grape vine but it is Black something and named after a town in Germany. Some varieties of melons can be grown in cold frames but cantaloupe melons are only for greenhousesand those are the ones I grow.The varieties are "sweetheart" and "Blenheim yellow"
First of all "SPOT THE MISTAKES"
I read the following out which is full of deliberate mistakes and team members had to put their hand up when they noticed a mistake and get a mark for their team.
MY FRUIT GARDEN
"My fruit garden is the envy of all my neighbours.Situated on an ideal North facing slope,I grow everyting from apples,pears,plums,cherries and kumquats to soft fruit like strawberries,blackberries,raspberries,currants and rhubarb. ,also drupes such as gooseberries.
The apples are all on a dwarfing rootstock M11.As well as desert varieties,I grow culiary varieties like Bramley seedling and Cox's orrange pippin.Some of my favourite varieties are Gloucester Permain,James Grieve and Granny Jones.
Concerning pears,because it is the queen's diamong jubilee year I have just bought and planted a tree of the queens favourite pear ,bearing in mind the line in the National anthem "Send her Victorias".other pears that I like are "confidence" and "Laxton's superb
I always make sure I prune my plums in the winter to avoid silver scale disease. Cropping can be disappointing sometimes because they flower early and are at risk of frost but the ones I find most reliable are Marjories seedling and Oxford guage.
There are both sweet and acid cherries and I grow both types.The best sweet cherries are Stella and Morelloand both do well in my garden.
My tree fruit rarely suffers from pests and diseases.I put grease bands on the apple trees to protect them from codling moth and sawfly and spray the pears with a good insecticide to control stony pit
My Careless,Leveller and Lincolnshire Lad gooseberries always do well and rarely suffer from Asian gooseberry mildew.I prune them in the same way I prune blackcurrants.
My favourite srawberry is Oxford favourite. I also grow a new variety which was bred specially for the queens diamond jubilee called "Royal Sovereign".I am fortunate that my black currants have never suffered from the virus disease" big bud"
I am also a fan of hybrid berries like loganberries,tayberries and Canterberries.
I have never grown blueberries beforebut I am trying them this year so I gave the ground a good dressing of limebefore planting.
I have also got a fig tree.They are not easy to growbut my tree which is called "green turkey"does fairly well most years.
I have a greenhouse where I grow grapes and melons and get a good crop from both. I can't remember the variety of my grape vine but it is Black something and named after a town in Germany. Some varieties of melons can be grown in cold frames but cantaloupe melons are only for greenhousesand those are the ones I grow.The varieties are "sweetheart" and "Blenheim yellow"