Van Noort Bulb Co. (Langley, BC) lists them in their Spring 2009 catalog. They are a supplier to a lot of the local nurseries. You should be...
Ok, that was my first guess, and everything checks out except one detail. What threw me was that the vast majority of the odd-pinnately compound...
Hello everyone! When I was in Courtenay, BC in July, I spotted a fruit tree in a private orchard of apples, pears, quince, and figs. I'm not...
The tree that you get from planting the seeds of a Gala apple will be of another generation. 50% of is DNA will come from Gala (the mother plant)...
Pears are different from apples in that they are normally ripened off the tree. Rotting pears might be a sign that they weren't picked early...
Any of the many apple events this fall featuring a booth by the BC Fruit Testers Association will have apple trees for sale. The next event is...
Both Cox's Orange Pippin and Prima are in flowering group "C" (Early Mid Season), so they should be good for pollination. Any other apple in...
It just looks like there was some physical damage to the trunk at some point in it's past and now the trunk is rotting. It could be possible that...
Asian Pear. Pyrus pyrifolia. There are a few different types available locally, such as: Chojuro, Shinko, Kosui, Hosui, Nijisseiki (20th...
Red Delicious is in Flowering Group "D" (or Mid-season, flowering days 12 - 15). Ideally, you need to find another in the Mid-season flowering...
Re: pear tree disease (picture this time) It's hard to tell if there is anything wrong at all in the picture. Does your tree get a lot of direct...
Cranberries that you find in supermarkets are fruit of Vaccinium macrocarpon (from the Ericaceae family). Viburnum trilobum is from the Adoxaceae...
Depends on what type of cherry the other one is. There are some pollination incompatibility groups. Here is a good website:...
And how would the size of the pot lead to trouble if the medium is good? Please elaborate guys.
