Fruit Basics...
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All About Fruit Trees
Fruit trees come in all shapes and sizes and so do their roots. This means you can choose exactly the right type for your plot – whether it’s a giant tree or one that...
All About Tropical & Exotic Fruits
Tropical and exotic fruits refer to fruits grown outside of the UK such as mangoes, papayas and coconuts. Bananas and pineapples also fall into this category but they...
An Introduction to Berries and Small Fruit
Berries and small fruit are delicious, nutritious, and easy to grow at home. They take up very little space and are relatively low maintenance....
An Introduction to Citrus Fruits
It's hard to imagine life without an orange to juice into a delicious drink, or a lemon to squirt over our pancakes. These fruits aren't native to the UK but are as much...
An Introduction to Melons
There’s something about the flavour of a melon that just says ‘summer'. Even in the depths of winter a chunk of ripe melon can remind you of what you can look...
Fruit Fact Sheet
Loads of things you never knew about some of your favourite fruit! And pay careful attention because some of these may give you answers to the fruit quiz qu...
Fun Fruit Quiz
Test your knowledge of all things fruity with our fun fruit fact quiz. Interesting and curious facts about fruit combined to make you say, ‘Really? I didn’t know...
Orchards in Britain
It was to an isle of apple trees that Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, was taken after receiving a grievous wound, according to Malory in his epic, Morte...
Unusual Fruits from Around the World
Today as the world seems to get smaller, we’re seeing more and more unusual fruits in our supermarkets and specialist greengrocers. We take a quick look at some of...
Vineyards in Britain
There have been vines growing in Britain for over 50 million years. The success – or otherwise – of the native wild and imported cultured vine has largely been...
