In the olden days it was thought that walnuts could only be grown as tall standard trees, but latterly there has been a move to produce them as bush trees and I had seen a number growing satisfactorily in gardens. Because the flowers of walnuts are so easily ruined by frost, it is vital to plant where they will have the maximum of protection in the spring. It only takes 2 degrees of frost to ruin the female flowers. Plant, preferably, in a nice well-drained soil with a fair lime content. Be sure to mulch the trees with compost after planting in a ring 3 feet wide. Buy grafted trees and plant one tree and no more (in a garden) early in the winter. Each March apply meat and bonemeal all over the soil where the walnuts are growing, at the rate of 2 oz. to the sq. yard.
In the autumn the fruits turn a golden yellow colour and these add beauty and interest to the garden also. A Quince adds a particularly delicious flavour to an apple tart, while of course the fruits are used for jams and jellies. The quince grows perfectly happily on its own roots.
Four bullaces are usually recognised: the Black Bullace with almost round, black fruits covered with purplish bloom-juicy but sour; season Oct. The Langley Bullace with oval bluish-black fruits, season early Nov. The Shepherd's Bullace with round green berries, season early Oct. And the White Bullace with small pale-green fruits with a creamy bloom, season early Nov.
Walnuts are quite happy to grow in a lawn and it is only necessary to cultivate for 3 or 4 feet around the trees for the first two or three years. After that the grass may be allowed to grow right up to the trunks, but it should of course be cut regularly.
After the quince tree has been established two years there is no need to cultivate around it any longer, however shallowly. A grass mixture can be sown all over the soil as advised for apples. This grass must be cut regularly right up to the trunks of the trees so that it looks like a lawn all the time.
Sometimes quinces tend to over-crop and then they give a breakdown harvest one year and nothing the next. Under these circumstances, it is better to thin out the fruits by 50 per cent when they are the size of a walnut. The actual harvesting of the quinces need not be done until November, and if the fruit is -to be stored it must not be put into the same room as apples or pears or it is apt to impose its flavour on the latter. It is quite easy to keep quinces for two or three months in boxes filled with bran or clean sawdust, on their own. - 16035
In the autumn the fruits turn a golden yellow colour and these add beauty and interest to the garden also. A Quince adds a particularly delicious flavour to an apple tart, while of course the fruits are used for jams and jellies. The quince grows perfectly happily on its own roots.
Four bullaces are usually recognised: the Black Bullace with almost round, black fruits covered with purplish bloom-juicy but sour; season Oct. The Langley Bullace with oval bluish-black fruits, season early Nov. The Shepherd's Bullace with round green berries, season early Oct. And the White Bullace with small pale-green fruits with a creamy bloom, season early Nov.
Walnuts are quite happy to grow in a lawn and it is only necessary to cultivate for 3 or 4 feet around the trees for the first two or three years. After that the grass may be allowed to grow right up to the trunks, but it should of course be cut regularly.
After the quince tree has been established two years there is no need to cultivate around it any longer, however shallowly. A grass mixture can be sown all over the soil as advised for apples. This grass must be cut regularly right up to the trunks of the trees so that it looks like a lawn all the time.
Sometimes quinces tend to over-crop and then they give a breakdown harvest one year and nothing the next. Under these circumstances, it is better to thin out the fruits by 50 per cent when they are the size of a walnut. The actual harvesting of the quinces need not be done until November, and if the fruit is -to be stored it must not be put into the same room as apples or pears or it is apt to impose its flavour on the latter. It is quite easy to keep quinces for two or three months in boxes filled with bran or clean sawdust, on their own. - 16035
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