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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42207
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 11:26 am Post subject: Cherries
British cherries are in trouble. Apparently between 1951 and 2003 we ploughed up 95% of our cherry orchards and we're down to our last 750 acres. CherryAid

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 11:29 am Post subject:
Wow, that's just brought back a fantastic childhood memory of eating cherries from a neighbours tree.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 11:32 am Post subject:
There's some nice looking recipes on there. The crab and cherry gazpacho sounded like a Jonnyboy sort of thing to me.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:01 pm Post subject:
Members in East Sussex and nearby might like to rent a cherry tree. I don't know what the definition of a Kent cherry is, but it seems they don't actually have to grow in Kent . People with land in other areas might like to try a similar scheme.

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:10 pm Post subject:
I planted 3 morellos and 3 sweet cherries last year so I've done my bit to feed the blackbirds.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45421
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:18 pm Post subject:
I've planted about an acre

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:31 pm Post subject:
Our last 751 acres then.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:40 pm Post subject:
Can you buy morello cherries? I only seem to feed the blackbirds, too but I fancy a morello jam and some sort of morello and chocolate affair.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45421
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:41 pm Post subject:
See, better already

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:41 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

I've planted about an acre

You win.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45421
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:43 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

You win.

Do I have to ring a premium rate number to claim my prize?

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:47 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Jonnyboy wrote:

You win.

Do I have to ring a premium rate number to claim my prize?

Unfortunately it resides in the account of a deceased african prince.

Do you have £10k perchance?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45421
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:48 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

Do you have £10k perchance?

Can I send it to you, or direct to the African prince?

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:51 pm Post subject:
I suppose I could help with moving it. Seeing as it's you.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45421
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 08 12:54 pm Post subject:
Very kind, I'll send it registered post tomorrow. Back to the subject in hand I'm trialling 20+ varieties of cherry including 12 different white varieties, if any do well I'll be telling people all about them

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