Allotment Vegetable Growing |
Sunday 21 March 2010 Allotment Diary |
Vegetable Seeds, Plants, Fruit and Nut Trees |
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Kiwi Fruit
Fruit Trees, Nut Trees and Fruit BushesIf you are going to plant a tree or bush, then it is going to be there for some years. So it's well worth spending some time looking at the different varieties and going for something that will be productive and providing you with a good crop in years to come. Time spent to prepare the ground properly will repay you many times over. Kiwi IssaiAn unusual variety which, unlike its more well-known cousins, boasts fruit with a smooth, edible skin! The little fruits are quite delicious and are produced in abundance - 1000 fruits per year is not unusual! Remarkably pest and disease resistant too. Supplied in a 2 litre pot, approximately 40cm (15") high. Price: £19.95 More Information from Suttons Seeds Kiwi JennyIdeal if you have only room for one plant. It has very attractive red-tipped early growth, and its smallish fruits are freely produced in late summer. Plants are very attractive, but quite vigorous and need to be pruned to keep them in check. Supplied in a 1 litre pot, approximately 40cm (15") high. Price: £17.95 More Information from Dobies Kiwi JennyA hardy, easy-to-grow climber which will give good crops in the UK, grown on a trellis, arch or pergola in a warm spot, or on a south-facing wall. Plants are very attractive but quite vigorous, and should be pruned to keep them in check. Jenny is a self f Price: £17.95 More Information from Suttons Seeds Kiwi Actinidia Arguta-IssaiUnusual, heavy-cropping climber An unusual variety which, unlike its more well-known cousins, boasts fruit with a smooth, edible skin! The little fruits are quite delicious and are produced in abundance - 1000 fruits per year is not unusual! Remarkably pest and disease resistant too. Supplied in a 2 litre pot, approximately 40cm (15") high. Price: £17.95 More Information from Dobies Kiwi : Hardy KiwiThese kiwifruit are delicious eaten hole and don't need to be peeled! The fruits are generally green, with very thin 'fuzzless' skin and are the size of grapes. Cut open, they look much like regular kiwifruit with small black seeds, emerald green flesh with the typical 'rayed' pattern. Hardy kiwifruits are generally sweeter than regular varieties with sugar levels ranging from 14% (as with regular kiwifruit) to 29%. Price: £19.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Kiwi : Hayward & TomouriHayward is one of the best traditional varieties to grow in the UK, because it flowers later in the season and produces a heavy crop of large fruits with superb flavour. Hayward is a self sterile female plant so it must be planted next to a male plant to provide pollen in order to produce fruit. Price: £26.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Kiwi : JennyJenny is the only self-fertile variety in cultivation. Vigorous, hardy plants produce large attractive red-tipped early growth and a heavy crop of small (walnut sized) very sweet fruits in late summer. Ideal if you only have space for one of these spectacular climbers in your fruit garden. Price: £19.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan
Please note that all prices and descriptions on this site are believed correct but should be confirmed on the relevant site prior to order. Please let me know if you find an error via the contact page Copyright Information: The Images, seed Descriptions and Titles on this page are used with permission of the copyright holders - Dobies Seeds, Suttons Seeds, Alan Titchmarsh Seeds, Thompson & Morgan
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