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Article: Fruit trees for beginners
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- The Nelson Mail
- Article date:
- July 10, 2009
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Planting fruit trees has never been more fashionable, says New
Zealand Gardener magazine editor Lynda Hallinan.
New Zealand's biggest wholesale fruit tree nursery, Nelson-based
Waimea Nurseries, supplies garden centres all over the country and
has seen demand more than double in the past two years.
Last winter, Waimea Nurseries sold every plum, peach, nectarine
and apricot tree it had grown for sale, with many dwarf varieties
selling out within a week of going on sale at garden centres.
So, with the popularity of planting fruit trees, NZ Gardener has
released its fourth special collector's edition in the Homegrown
series - Homegrown Fruit Trees.
New season's bare-rooted fruit trees are ...