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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 11 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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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