Mc Laren
Flat
Perry's
Fruit & Nut Nursery
Newsletter
It’s No Accident that Our Trees Grow So Well
We prefer to keep your trees in beds of sand and sawdust where the roots stay cool and moistand low winter temperature hold the buds from premature bursting. Also we can and do spray the trees regularly so that diseases like curly leaf do not immediately infect your new tree. You have a huge number of trees to choose from. You can choose low branches, high branches, espalier shape, central leader or open.
Babaco is Back
The Babaco, Carica pentagona, is a close relative of the tropical paw paw or papaya. The fruit looks similar but tastes different… perhaps like champagne. That’s why it is sometimes called Champagne Fruit. It looks and smells spectacular. It is quite easy to grow in a sunny but sheltered spot where there is no risk of water logging.
Beware of Brown Rot
This disease snatches your fruit from you at that moment when you are just about to pick. And, it seems to be getting worse in SA backyards. Perhaps treatment of stonefruit should become part of the gardeners seasonal management cycle. Treatment entails application of fungicide sprays from blossoming until fruit maturity. Check the labels on the product you buy for the full details of what and when to spray.
Dried Jujube is delicious and healthy
Our crop of jujube fruit was large this year so we have dried a lot more for sale throughout the year. You can taste a sample of the dried fruit in our shop and buy some if you like it.
Black English Mulberry
These are the traditional mulberry trees that grow intense flavoured oval shaped berries on a sturdy trees that become large in time. The fruit ripen in January and February, much later than the Shahtoot mulberries which ripen from October until Xmas.
These are just a sample of the many informative articles from the pages of our full colour Harvest - Winter 2012 Newsletter. Download the newsletter now via the link on this page or subscribe to our mailing list and we will send it out along with other seasonal and informative newsletters.
We prefer to keep your trees in beds of sand and sawdust where the roots stay cool and moistand low winter temperature hold the buds from premature bursting. Also we can and do spray the trees regularly so that diseases like curly leaf do not immediately infect your new tree. You have a huge number of trees to choose from. You can choose low branches, high branches, espalier shape, central leader or open.
Babaco is Back
The Babaco, Carica pentagona, is a close relative of the tropical paw paw or papaya. The fruit looks similar but tastes different… perhaps like champagne. That’s why it is sometimes called Champagne Fruit. It looks and smells spectacular. It is quite easy to grow in a sunny but sheltered spot where there is no risk of water logging.
Beware of Brown Rot
This disease snatches your fruit from you at that moment when you are just about to pick. And, it seems to be getting worse in SA backyards. Perhaps treatment of stonefruit should become part of the gardeners seasonal management cycle. Treatment entails application of fungicide sprays from blossoming until fruit maturity. Check the labels on the product you buy for the full details of what and when to spray.
Dried Jujube is delicious and healthy
Our crop of jujube fruit was large this year so we have dried a lot more for sale throughout the year. You can taste a sample of the dried fruit in our shop and buy some if you like it.
Black English Mulberry
These are the traditional mulberry trees that grow intense flavoured oval shaped berries on a sturdy trees that become large in time. The fruit ripen in January and February, much later than the Shahtoot mulberries which ripen from October until Xmas.
These are just a sample of the many informative articles from the pages of our full colour Harvest - Winter 2012 Newsletter. Download the newsletter now via the link on this page or subscribe to our mailing list and we will send it out along with other seasonal and informative newsletters.
Harvest
Newsletter - Winter 2012
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PLEASE NOTE this is our
Winter Newsletter and although
worth a read it is
currently out of date
Winter Newsletter and although
worth a read it is
currently out of date
PLEASE NOTE this is our
Winter Newsletter and although
worth a read it is
currently out of date
Winter Newsletter and although
worth a read it is
currently out of date