Italian seeds seem to be all the rage at the moment. I'm not going to mention any names, but.... Why can I buy a packet of seeds from an Italian company (lets take Peperoncino Cilieggia Piccante for instance)stuffed full of around 200 seeds, but a British company jumping on the Italian bandwagon is ...

Can any one help perhaps. Two problems - first connected to my plum tree. Variety is Dittisham Ploughman, planted three years ago in heavy red Devon soil. It fruited lightly last year, but the shoots started to die back from the top during the winter and all the buds went brown. Absolutely no signs ...

Thanks for suggestions regarding suppliers for this variety - I will be contacting them shortly.

Ray Smerdon

I am looking for an old cider apple tree variety named Cadbury, as described in "A Somerset Pomona" by Liz Copas, to add to our orchard. I have tried Thornhayes nursery at Cullompton, but at present it is not viable to graft a single specimen. Does anyone have any ideas regarding other pos...