Vreeken's Zaden. How to Grow Melons. The succulent flavor of vine-ripened melons is worth the special effort it takes to grow them. Homegrown melons outshine those from the grocery store because melons pack up on sugar during their final days of growth—commercial melons just can’t compete because they’re picked a little green for shipping. Most melons need nutrient-rich soil, plenty of sunshine, and at least 3 to 4 months of warm weather. Melons can take up lots of space. A single watermelon vine, for example, can sprawl across 100 square feet and produce only two fruits; muskmelons, on the other hand, can provide at least a dozen fruits in a 16-square-foot area. Types: What we call cantaloupes are actually muskmelons. Winter melons (also a type of muskmelon) ripen as the weather starts to turn cool and will keep for fairly long periods if stored properly.
Winter melons require a growing season of well over 100 days and are more susceptible to diseases, but they’re certainly delicious. Dwarf Citrus Trees, Meyer Lemon, Kieffer Lime, Oranges - Order Online - Four Winds Growers. Blueberry, Top Hat Fruit Plants at Burpee. How to Grow Blueberries: Organic Gardening. I grow a slew of both common and uncommon fruits, from apples to kiwis to pears to paw-paws. I love them all, but if pressed to recommend just one must-grow fruit, it would be blueberries. These native Americans have stolen my heart for many reasons. The fruit is abundant and seductively sweet, especially when allowed to fully ripen on the shrub—a luxury commercial growers cannot afford.
The shrubs make beautiful specimens in the landscape, not surprising considering their lineage to the mountain laurel, rhododendron, and azalea. In spring, their branches are festooned with delicate, bell-shaped flowers. Summer brings lush, blue-tinged foliage, which turns fiery red in fall. Blueberries have no thorns, making them a joy to prune and harvest. If great taste and beauty are not enough for you, blueberries are literally just what the doctor ordered. Varieties and Soil The first key to success is to pick the right variety for your climate and to give it company. Framboos. De framboos (Rubus idaeus) is een plant uit de rozenfamilie. De soort behoort evenals de gewone braam (Rubus fruticosus) tot het geslacht Rubus.
Tot dit geslacht behoren meer dan zeshonderd soorten. De plant is een heester waarvan de stengels tot 2 meter lang kunnen worden. Elk jaar worden nieuwe stengels uit wortelopslag gevormd. Bij de zomerframboos dragen alleen de tweejarige stengels vrucht, waarna deze afsterven. Bij de herfstframboos dragen daarentegen de toppen van de eenjarige scheuten de vruchten.
De framboos bestaat uit vele vruchtjes en is een verzamelsteenvrucht. Ecologische waarde[bewerken] Plantengemeenschap[bewerken] Teelt[bewerken] Door verschillende teeltmethoden toe te passen kan de oogst over een lange periode, van eind april tot eind december, gespreid worden. Zomerframbozen. Teelt van frambozen in Nederland: Rassen[bewerken] Zomerframbozen[bewerken] 'Glen Clova': Rijpt vroeg. Herfstframbozen[bewerken] Bloei en oogsttijd[bewerken] De bloei is van eind mei tot eind juni. Papaja. De papaja (Carica papaya) is een plant uit de familie Caricaceae. De plant is nauw verwant aan de bergpapaja (Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis, synoniem: Carica pubescens). In België en Nederland wordt de papaja vanuit Midden-Amerika, Azië, Midden- en Zuid-Afrika ingevoerd. Er is bij de aanvoer van de papaja weinig tot geen sprake van seizoenen; de vrucht is het hele jaar te koop.
De papaja is de vrucht van een meloenboom en wordt dan ook "boommeloen" genoemd. De vruchten groeien aan de stam van de boom. Papajablad In de tropen worden de pitjes gebruikt als een geneesmiddel tegen darmparasieten, vanwege de laxerende werking. De vruchten moeten geoogst worden als het rijpingsproces net is begonnen en te vroeg geplukte papaja’s kunnen niet meer narijpen. Bewaaradvies en verwerking[bewerken] Een papaja is rijp als de vrucht een groen-geel-roodgevlekte schil heeft en bij lichte vingerdruk enigszins meegeeft. Verse papaja's bevatten het eiwitsplitsende enzym papaïne. Voedingswaarde[bewerken] Common fig. Description[edit] It is a gynodioecious (functionally dioecious),[3] deciduous tree or large shrub, growing to a height of 7–10 metres (23–33 ft), with smooth white bark. Its fragrant leaves are 12–25 centimetres (4.7–9.8 in) long and 10–18 centimetres (3.9–7.1 in) across, and deeply lobed with three or five lobes.
The complex inflorescence consists of a hollow fleshy structure called the syconium, which is lined with numerous unisexual flowers. The flower itself is not visible outwardly, as it blooms inside the infructescence. Although commonly referred to as a fruit, the fig is actually the infructescence or scion of the tree, known as a false fruit or multiple fruit, in which the flowers and seeds are borne. It is a hollow-ended stem containing many flowers. The small orifice (ostiole) visible on the middle of the fruit is a narrow passage, which allows the specialized fig wasp Blastophaga psenes to enter the fruit and pollinate the flower, whereafter the fruit grows seeds.
Garden strawberry. The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany, France, in the 1750s via a cross of Fragaria virginiana from eastern North America and Fragaria chiloensis, which was brought from Chile by Amédée-François Frézier in 1714.[1] Cultivars of Fragaria × ananassa have replaced, in commercial production, the woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca), which was the first strawberry species cultivated in the early 17th century.[2] History Fragaria × ananassa 'Gariguette,' a cultivar grown in southern France The first garden strawberry was grown in France during the late 18th century.[2] Prior to this, wild strawberries and cultivated selections from wild strawberry species were the common source of the fruit.
The strawberry fruit was mentioned in ancient Roman literature in reference to its medicinal use. The French began taking the strawberry from the forest to their gardens for harvest in the 1300s. Charles V, France's king from 1364 to 1380, had 1,200 strawberry plants in his royal garden. Pests Uses. Blueberry. Blueberries are usually erect. Prostrate shrubs can vary in size from 10 centimeters (3.9 in) to 4 meters (13 ft) in height. In the commercial production of blueberries, the smaller species are known as "low-bush blueberries" (synonymous with "wild"), while the larger species are known as "high-bush blueberries". The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen, ovate to lanceolate, and 1–8 cm (0.39–3.15 in) long and 0.5–3.5 cm (0.20–1.38 in) broad. The flowers are bell-shaped, white, pale pink or red, sometimes tinged greenish.
Origins[edit] The genus Vaccinium has a mostly circumpolar distribution with species in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Many commercially sold species with English common names including "blueberry" are currently classified in section Cyanococcus of the genus Vaccinium and come predominantly from North America. Species[edit] Note: habitat and range summaries are from the Flora of New Brunswick, published in 1986 by Harold R. Identification[edit] A blueberry. Gooseberry. The gooseberry (/ˈɡuːsbɛri/ or /ˈɡuːzbɛri/ (American) or /ˈɡʊzbəri/ (British)),[1] with scientific names Ribes uva-crispa (and syn. Ribes grossularia), is a species of Ribes (which also includes the currants). It is native to Europe, northwestern Africa, west, south and southeast Asia.
Gooseberry bushes produce an edible fruit and are grown on both a commercial and domestic basis. Growth habit and physical characteristics[edit] The gooseberry is a straggling bush growing to 1–3 metres (3–10 feet) tall, the branches being thickly set with sharp spines, standing out singly or in diverging tufts of two or three from the bases of the short spurs or lateral leaf shoots. Distribution[edit] Currant and gooseberry output in 2005 Red gooseberries Climate[edit] It is also widely found in villages throughout the former Czechoslovakia. Sectioned gooseberries showing seeds A blossom of Ribes uva-crispa Cultivation[edit] Ribes uva-crispa[2] Cultivars[edit] 'Greenfinch'[3]'Invicta'[4] Pests[edit] Etymology[edit]