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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Oct 21, 20201 min read
Happy Apple Day 2020
Welcome to Apple Day 2020 In many ways its a sad time - as usually at this time of year I'd be running around Scotland and celebrating...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Sep 22, 20191 min read
Stobo Castle - A tasty apple from the Scottish Borders
We were sitting in the garden last night and tasting some of the apples I have been picking. People often ask me my favourite apples -...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Sep 12, 20191 min read
Max (my dog) loves apples... does yours?
Given my liking for apples, it seems very odd, if rather convenient that my Max (my Red Fox labrador) - aka the Apple dog - honestly...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Sep 8, 20191 min read
Allotment apple day
Over the years I've supported loads of allotmenters and allotment associations to plant orchards so it was nice to be at the Kirklee...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Sep 5, 20191 min read
Scottish Apple and Cider Festival
20th Oct 2019 - 1.30 to 4,30pm location Partick Hill Bowling and Community Club 46 Partickhill Road Glasgow G11 5BY Welcome to a family...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Sep 4, 20191 min read
Traditional Apple Varieties
The traditional varieties: these are some of my favourites The James Grieve: A dessert apple with yellow fruit, speckled and striped with...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Sep 3, 20191 min read
Hardy Apple Tree Varieties Suitable for Growing in the North & Scotland - and higher ground
I'm often asked to advise on fruit trees suitable for the northern parts of Scotland, The most North growing apple in a way is Coul...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Sep 2, 20192 min read
An apple tree in every street
"There should be apple trees on every street." 10 years on ... ! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-11435650 John...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Sep 1, 20191 min read
Orchards for farms, smallholders and estates
Apples, Plums and pears grow well in Scotland and there is a resurgence of interest in commercial scale fruit growing.. An increasing...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Scotland's native apples saved by school pupils and communities
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15626887.scotlands-native-apples-saved-by-school-pupils-and-communities/ Now the bloody ploughman...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 29, 20191 min read
Fruit trees for schools and nursery schools
Over the past 14 years we have helped to plant over 500 school and community orchards. We can assist schools and community groups to...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 29, 20194 min read
Scottish Apples on the Up
From the Scotsman The Lady of the Wemyss, Lord Rosebery, Tam Montgomery and Scarlet Leadington could easily be characters in a Victorian...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 28, 20191 min read
Fruit presents for weddings, birthdays or special occasions
Over the years lots of people have given fruit trees as a present to celebrate the birth of children, for weddings and christenings, as...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 27, 20191 min read
Planting easy to manage orchards
This is a newly planted orchard planted by Scottish Fruit trees for a customer in Ayrshire. We planted about 80 eating and cooking apple,...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 26, 20191 min read
Preserving plums for Christmas.
Rather pleased to get a load of our Victoria Plums preserved in Brandy. Its really quick to do and the plums preserve really well in...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 26, 20191 min read
Brambles
Ah its the start of Autumn, and brambles are ripening. they are the perfect accompaniment to apples of course. - the acidity of the...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 25, 20191 min read
the best plums to grow in Scotland
Plums are easy to grow in Scottish gardens, allotments and historically we had a lot of plum trees growing commercially in the Clyde...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 24, 20191 min read
Irish Peach apple
A real treat - the first of our apple donations arrived yesterday - this was an Irish Peach (yes it is an apple) from an old tree in...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 23, 201911 min read
Our fruit tree stocklist
please find below our stock list for the bare root season 2019/2020 Scottish Fruit Trees www.scottishfruittrees.com applejohn@icloud.com...
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John.d.hancox@btinternet.com
Aug 23, 20191 min read
Our first School orchard planted since schools are back!
We calculated that we'd planted over 500 school and nursery orchards across Scotland - and they keep on being planted. Orchards are a...
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