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The Big Little Fruit Campaign highlights culinary fruits that were BIG in our past, but that now take only a LITTLE space in our diets. To find out why these fruits are worth cherishing, read Love Fruit. But what is culinary fruit anyway? This booklet tells you some of the bits others miss. 2007 News UPDATES COMING SOON! Recent rains have been disastrous for cherry crops. Rain drops sit in the neck of cherries and the trees take up moisture that causes the fruits to swell and split. However, fruits still need to be picked, otherwise they rot and can cause long-lasting damage to the tree. Let's support cherry growers by buying British, where possible, to keep the orchards viable for future years. What a season! This year's fruit season keeps us all guessing. After a very late start, hot weather in the south-west had fruit farmers expecting a bumper crop in June. But a prolonged cold, rainy spell put paid to that. The rain has not been a problem for the tougher fruits such as currants, but highly-bred softies such as strawberries have been severely challenged. Polytunnels have meant financial stability for growers at a severely taxing time. The late start for tree fruit meant that few blossoms were affected by frost, so fruit set has been good and there is an expectation of good crops of apples and pears. If you are a commercial fruit grower, do contact Big Little Fruit to say what your season has been like, so far. Email from here. More Morus, please! If you can offer ripe mulberries in season, particularly Morus Nigra (the black mulberry), please get in touch. The blossomy, currant-pickin', apple-scented, sloe-gin-sipping season for Big Little Fruit continues, despite the extraordinary unpredictability of the weather. Here's what's still to come. |
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