This very healthy looking scion is a vigorous cooking apple Lord Combermere. The rootstock is the pear rootstock ‘Pyrodwarf’!?! I didn’t think anything would happen here a)for the obvious reason of it being apple grafted onto pear and b) because I cut the scion off the tree as it was breaking bud on 20th March …

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I recieved my scolarship cerificate a coupe of days ago from the Princess Royal. It was a good day. Not only meeting Princess Anne but all the other scolars who had recieved awards. A few of us came away with potentially some very interesting work lined up.