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Nick Maclaren · 14-01-2008, 12:40 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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| Indeed not - and this is Cambridge - we have had several minor frosts
| (none below -5 but below -2).
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| As far as I can remember, I see the trees in my uncles's garden
| totally bare in the winter - though they do flower early, beginning of
| March. We have some weird weather at the moment and I wouldn't be
| surprise it's something to do with it. You would know if you had a
| disease on the leaves, wouldn't you - but I found out that when 'la
| cloque', the leaf curl, strikes, it also does it in the autumn, on the
| red leaves and the leaves not necessarily fall. The variey you have is
| very hardy and strong - they grew amongst the vignards to help with
| the timing of picking up the grapes. Is yours older than 7 years old?
| Do you have lots of peach on it? Have you pruned it recently? (very
| jealous here ...).

It is one year old, grown from some seeds we picked up in Languedoc!
The leaves are fine, and have not pruned it at all (it currently has
several thin shoots). I have not had any peaches, obviously :-)

From what I have found on the Web, it is the peach equivalent of the
bullace - i.e. more-or-less the variety imported to Europe by the
neolithic farmers. I am hoping that means it is as tough as old
boots!

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.