A Practical guide to top fruit growing | Gary Johnston | ACMI collection

Episode of Series “Royal Horticultural Society practical guides”.
Royal Horticultural Society expert Haden Williams gives practical advice on the growing of “top” fruits, ie. those produced on trees. Apples, pears, plums, peaches, nectarines and cherries are covered in the program. He advises the home gardener on the correct choice of aspect, soil preparation and drainage, feeding, pruning, grafting, and training of fruit trees into interesting forms such as fans and espaliers.

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Credits

producer/director

Gary Johnston

production company

Two Four Productions

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

Appears in

Royal Horticultural Society practical guides

Group of items

Royal Horticultural Society practical guides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

315863

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Gardening

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Plant propagation

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fruit

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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