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Grow Your Own Crops - Fruits Flashcards

1
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When can you sow apples?

A

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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3
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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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5
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When can you sow pears?

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Mid autumn to mid spring

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6
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When can you harvest pears?

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Mid summer to end of autumn

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7
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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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9
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When can you harvest plums?

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Mid summer to mid autumn

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10
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What are the four types of plums?

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Plums
Gages
Damsons
Bullaces

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11
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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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12
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When can you sow cherries?

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Start of winter to mid spring

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13
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When can you harvest cherries?

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Mid summer to end of summer

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14
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Name the two types of cherry.

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Acid cherries
Sweet cherries

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15
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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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16
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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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17
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When can you harvest peaches and nectarines?

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Mid summer to mid autumn

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18
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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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19
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When can you sow quinces?

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Start of winter to mid spring

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20
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When can you harvest quinces?

21
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What the two things to watch out for with quinces?

A

Quince leaf blight
Splitting fruit

22
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When can you sow figs?

A

Start of winter to mid spring

23
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When can you harvest figs?

A

Mid summer to end of autumn

24
Q

When can you sow grapes?

A

Start of winter to mid spring

25
Q

When can you harvest grapes?

26
Q

Name the two types of grape.

A

Wine grapes
Dessert grapes

27
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What the two things to watch out for with grapes?

A

Birds and wasps
Grey mould

28
Q

When can you sow strawberries?

A

Mid spring to end of summer

29
Q

When can you harvest strawberries?

A

Summer and autumn

30
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Name the three varieties of strawberry.

A

Summer-fruiting (traditional)
Perpetual-fruiting (traditional)
Alpine strawberries

31
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What the two things to watch out for with strawberries?

A

Grey mould
Vine weevil

32
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When can you sow raspberries?

A

Mid autumn to mid spring

33
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When can you harvest raspberries?

A

Mid summer to end of autumn

34
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Name the two varieties of raspberries.

A

Summer-fruiting
Autumn-fruiting

35
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What the two things to watch out for with raspberries?

A

Raspberry beetle
Cane blight

36
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When can you sow blackberries and hybrids?

A

Start of winter to mid spring

37
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When can you harvest blackberries and hybrids?

A

Mid summer to mid autumn

38
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What the three things to watch out for with blackberries and hybrids?

A

Blackberry cane spot
Raspberry beetle
Raspberry spur blight

39
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Name four types of hybrid blackberry.

A

Boysenberry
Loganberry
Tayberry
Japanese wineberry (actually a separate species)

40
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When can you sow blackcurrants?

A

Start of winter to mid spring

41
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When can you harvest blackcurrants?

A

Start of summer to mid autumn

42
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When can you sow red and white currants?

A

Start of winter to mid spring

43
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When can you harvest red and white currants?

A

Start of summer to mid autumn

44
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What are the three things to watch out for with red and white currants?

A

Gooseberry sawfly larvae
Leaf spot
Currant blister aphid

45
Q

When can you sow gooseberries?

A

Start of winter to mid spring

46
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When can you harvest gooseberries/

A

Mid spring to end of summer

47
Q

When can you sow blueberries?

A

Start of winter to mid spring

48
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When can you harvest blueberries?

A

Mid summer to mid autumn

49
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What are the two things to watch out for with blueberries?

A

Birds
Blueberry stem blight

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