So why should you grow citrus? Because it s fun, says Amanda Dennis, partner at The Citrus Centre (citruscentre.co.uk). The flowers, the fruit, there is nothing better than picking your own lemon or lime off your tree. The flavour in the skin and the fruit is far, far superior to anything you buy in the shop. They re all unwaxed and you get all the lovely natural oils in the skin. And they re much fresher - to me, shop-bought fruit tastes insipid, because shop bought fruit has been sitting around for weeks. Whereas when you pick something directly, even eating orange peel, which you wouldn t do with an ordinary orange, is different.
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Following on from your article about Ann and John Bartlett.
I just wanted to let you know that on Easter Monday we raised over 800€ to be split between the Playa Flamenca Friends Food Bank and The Elche Children’s Care Home. With the help of our customers which include Ann and John Bartlett and also Dave and Jane Adams (previous owners of the Friendly Bar). The effort that these guys put into helping support local charities is amazing and we love being able to facilitate these events in the bar.
The Citrus Centre recently recently raised 1713€ for the EECH 890€ of which was raised by The Friendly Bar with our Christmas Raffle but again the main driving force behind this was Mrs Bartlett.
THE chances are, if you re lucky enough to have a garden with a fruit tree in it, that fruit tree will be some variety of gnarled apple. It will reliably keep you in good supply for crumble, and your garden will be awash with wasps drunk on fermenting sugars come late summer. Plum and pear trees also vye for pride of place, but how many of us – dealing as we do with Scotland s cool, changeable weather – would consider growing citrus? And would it work if we did? With the option for summer holidays still looking dubious, a lemon tree might just bring the sunshine we so desperately need.
Treatment to Mitigate the Impact of Xylella Fastidiosa Shows Promise in Italy
Researchers found that a recently-patented bio-complex killed bacteria from three strains of Xylella in infected trees, while increasing their resilience to the disease.
Olive trees affected by Xylella fastidiosa in Salento, Italy
Feb. 1, 2021
New evidence confirms that one of the most promising tools to combat Xylella fastidiosa in Italy is working.
As the new treatment, composed of zinc, copper and citric acid, has shown an ability to mitigate the impacts of the deadly olive tree pathogen, a growing number of farmers in the southern olive-producing region of Puglia are taking notice.