Kay Maguire trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and has been writing and making films about gardening and wildlife ever since. She writes for magazines and websites and is the author of the award-winning RHS How to Grow Your Own Crops in Pots. She is lucky enough to live in one of London's amazing Royal Parks, where she loves growing her own food, cycling and walking the dog with her kids.
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Introduction: growing fruit plant types top fruit root stocks soft fruit need to know garden planning planting training pruning Growing fruit in containers TOP FRUIT Citrus: Lemon (Citrus x limon) Citrus: Orange (Citrus x aurantium) Project 1 Growing citrus in a pot Citrus: Kumquat (Citrus x japonica) Citrus: Citron (Citrus medica) Citrus: Meyer’s lemon (Citrus x limon ‘Meyer’) Quince (Cydonia) Project 2: Making quince jelly Persimmons (diospyros) Loquat (Eriobotrya) Fig (Ficus) Project 3 ¿Planting a fig Apple (Malus) Project 3 Step over mini orchard Apple (Malus) pollinating partners Project 4 Family apple tree Crab apple (Malus) Olives (Olea europaea) Cherry family: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) Cherry (Prunus avium) Gage (Prunus domestica) Almond (Prunus dulcis) Project 5 Making damson gin Damson (prunus insititia) Peach (Prunus persica) Cherry: Nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarine) Pomegranate (Punica) Pear (Pyrus) Project 6 Perfectly preserved dried fruit Pear (Pyrus) Medlar (Mespilus) Mulberry (Morus) Rosehips (Rosa canina) Project 9 Making rosehip syrup Elder (Sambucus) SOFT FRUIT Kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa) Melons (Cucumis melo) and watermelons Project 7 Growing melons from seed Strawberries (Fragaria) Project 8 Propagating strawberries from runners Wild strawberries Project 9 Growing wild strawberries Goji berries (Lycium barbarum) Myrtle (Myrtis communis) Passion fruit (Passiflora caerulea) Blackcurrants and jostaberry (Ribes nigrum) Blackcurrants and jostaberry (Ribes nigrum) Redcurrants (Ribes rubrum) Pink currants (Ribes rubrum) Gooseberries (Ribes uva-crispa) Blackberries and hybrids (Rubus fruticosus) Blackberries and hybrids (Rubus species) Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) Project 10 Making raspberry fruit leather Blueberries (Vaccinium) inluding bilberry (V. myrtillus) Project 11 Blueberries in a pot Lignonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) Cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccus) Grapes (Vitis) NUTS Hazlenut (Coryus avellana) Filbert (Corylus maxima) Walnut (Juglans) Sweet chestnut (Castanaea) Cashewnut (Anacardium occidentale) Project 12 Chestnut stuffing Problems Year programme: spring Year programme: summer Year programme: autumn Year programme: winter index acknowledgements
