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Post by steve on Aug 9, 2012 19:03:31 GMT
This years Peaches looking rather peachy
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Post by Tel on Aug 9, 2012 19:41:02 GMT
That is a good crop Steve, who do they belong too then. ;D
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Post by Cherry on Aug 9, 2012 20:29:27 GMT
The weather suited your peaches Steve. They look perfect.
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Post by steve on Aug 9, 2012 22:41:29 GMT
Mine all mine, and they have done well now for the past 3 years Cherry
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Post by grindle on Aug 10, 2012 4:47:35 GMT
what a great crop of peaches
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Post by Cherry on Aug 10, 2012 5:26:01 GMT
Mine all mine, and they have done well now for the past 3 years Cherry You must be doing something right, so it is not just the weather. I think we will refer to you as the peach king.
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Post by steve on Aug 10, 2012 6:41:13 GMT
I have posted this before somewhere but it is pure luck how I came about getting this brilliant fruiter, I bought it as a nectarine 'Fantasia' but the graft had failed and the stock had taken over, I didn't notice this until the first fruits which were furry not shiney ;D So I suppose it was like growing one from a stone, pot luck on what you get, added to this it seems to shrug off peach leaf curl after the first few leaves which I take off
Would be a good one for some big company to graft and supply....are you listening out there ;D
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Post by esther on Aug 10, 2012 13:48:28 GMT
It is certainly a good cropper,Steve - I wish I lived nearer - I would come scrumping ;D
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Post by steve on Aug 12, 2012 12:18:49 GMT
I removed most of the crop today so I could summer prune the tree
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Post by Cherry on Aug 12, 2012 12:39:08 GMT
I was thinking about your peaches, and thought I should put a fruit salad recipe on the forum which uses three of them. I must say, I wouldn't have picked them all at once, because they then have to be used very quickly. However, your family will make short work of them.
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Post by steve on Aug 12, 2012 12:45:58 GMT
I've not removed them all at once, still more on the tree, amazing aren't they ;D and also picked them before fully ripe.....even so there is a lot of munching to do there!
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Post by Cherry on Aug 12, 2012 12:58:56 GMT
Steve, they are just fabulous. They taste so different to shop bought ones. I like them with the warmth of the sun on them. (childhood memories of our orchard)
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Post by esther on Aug 12, 2012 14:59:27 GMT
Absolutely gorgeous ,Steve
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Post by lesley on Aug 12, 2012 15:19:04 GMT
What a lovely lot Steve, my niece brought me a dwarf peach tree for my birthday but it didn't have a very good start it got leaf curl, it's picked up a bit better now, how long before I get peaches on it ??
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Post by steve on Aug 12, 2012 16:18:14 GMT
You should get some next year, I pick off as many of the infected leaves as I can and find leaves after that come through ok
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