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When can you sow apples?

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Mid autumn to mid spring

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When can you harvest apples?

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Mid summer to mid autumn

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What are the two varieties of apples?

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Dessert apples and cooking apples

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What the two things to watch out for with apples?

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Apple sawfly
Codling moth caterpillars

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When can you sow pears?

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Mid autumn to mid spring

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When can you harvest pears?

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Mid summer to end of autumn

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What the three things to watch out for with pears?

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Scab
Pear midge
Birds and wasps

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When can you sow plums?

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Start of winter to mid spring

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When can you harvest plums?

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Mid summer to mid autumn

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What are the four types of plums?

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Plums
Gages
Damsons
Bullaces

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What the two things to watch out for with plums?

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Plum leaf-curling aphid
Silver leaf

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When can you sow cherries?

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Start of winter to mid spring

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When can you harvest cherries?

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Mid summer to end of summer

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Name the two types of cherry.

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Acid cherries
Sweet cherries

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What the three things to watch out for with cherries?

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Cherry lugworms
Cherry blackly
Spotted wing drosophilia

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When can you sow peaches and nectarines?

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Start of winter to mid spring

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When can you harvest peaches and nectarines?

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Mid summer to mid autumn

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What the two things to watch out for with peaches and nectarines?

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Peach leaf curl
Glasshouse red spider mite

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When can you sow quinces?

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Start of winter to mid spring

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When can you harvest quinces?

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What the two things to watch out for with quinces?

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Quince leaf blight
Splitting fruit

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When can you sow figs?

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Start of winter to mid spring

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When can you harvest figs?

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Mid summer to end of autumn

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When can you sow grapes?

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Start of winter to mid spring

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When can you harvest grapes?
Autumn
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Name the two types of grape.
Wine grapes Dessert grapes
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What the two things to watch out for with grapes?
Birds and wasps Grey mould
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When can you sow strawberries?
Mid spring to end of summer
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When can you harvest strawberries?
Summer and autumn
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Name the three varieties of strawberry.
Summer-fruiting (traditional) Perpetual-fruiting (traditional) Alpine strawberries
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What the two things to watch out for with strawberries?
Grey mould Vine weevil
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When can you sow raspberries?
Mid autumn to mid spring
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When can you harvest raspberries?
Mid summer to end of autumn
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Name the two varieties of raspberries.
Summer-fruiting Autumn-fruiting
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What the two things to watch out for with raspberries?
Raspberry beetle Cane blight
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When can you sow blackberries and hybrids?
Start of winter to mid spring
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When can you harvest blackberries and hybrids?
Mid summer to mid autumn
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What the three things to watch out for with blackberries and hybrids?
Blackberry cane spot Raspberry beetle Raspberry spur blight
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Name four types of hybrid blackberry.
Boysenberry Loganberry Tayberry Japanese wineberry (actually a separate species)
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When can you sow blackcurrants?
Start of winter to mid spring
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When can you harvest blackcurrants?
Start of summer to mid autumn
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When can you sow red and white currants?
Start of winter to mid spring
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When can you harvest red and white currants?
Start of summer to mid autumn
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What are the three things to watch out for with red and white currants?
Gooseberry sawfly larvae Leaf spot Currant blister aphid
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When can you sow gooseberries?
Start of winter to mid spring
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When can you harvest gooseberries/
Mid spring to end of summer
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When can you sow blueberries?
Start of winter to mid spring
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When can you harvest blueberries?
Mid summer to mid autumn
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What are the two things to watch out for with blueberries?
Birds Blueberry stem blight

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