Archive for January 2008
Featured Fruit — Pumpkin
Pumpkin – Cucurbita pepe, C. mixta, C. maxima, C. moschata The origin of pumpkins is not known, although pumpkins are thought to have originated in North America. The oldest evidence, pumpkin-related seeds dating between 7000 and 5500 B.C., were found in Mexico. Pumpkins are a squash-like fruit that range in size (less than…
Read MoreFireblight
By Seymour Mills I would like to offer something for the Fireblight that is very cheap to try and I think it will work. I’m pretty sure that is what I had to deal with. Mix a heavy solution of garden lime in water and scrub loose any diseased looking area and paint on the…
Read MoreCurrants Up North
By Travis Czechowsi I have some words on currants I would like to pass on to club members. Though personally I have grown currant bushes for 5 years now, I grew up around massive amounts of them and gooseberries in western New York State. One of the strains I have of a black currant came…
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