The Tree Fruit Society of Wales holds 5 "core" meetings each year. In addition to these other meetings and events are arranged in various areas of the country. Check this page regularly to find out about meetings and events arranged.
Programme 2008
Monday February 25th 2008
Venue: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire
Subject: Propogation of Fruit Trees
(for a brief description of the meeting please see the bottom of the page)
Saturday October 11th 2008 10.00am to 4.00pm
Apple and Fruit Day with Autumn Plant Sale
Venue: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire
Admission FREE
Apple Identification and Fruit Advice available on Site.
If bringing apples for identification please bring at least 4 fruit from each tree, these should be typical fruit (ie not the largest or smallest) and if possible should be from different sites on the tree. Please leave the full stalk on and don't clean or polish the fruit. If more people submit fruit than we can deal with on the day we will retain fruit and contact details and contact with results as soon as possible after the event.
Monday November 24th 2008 7.00pm
Venue: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire
Subject: Question and Answer Evening
Monday 23rd February 2009 7.00pm
Venue: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire
Subject New ideas in the fruit garden Monday 27th April 2009 7.00pm
Venue: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire
Subject Fruit in your garden Monday 29th June 2009 7.00pm
Venue: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire
Subject Making new trees Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August 2009 10.00am to 4.00pm (provisional times)
Venue: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire
Apple and Fruit Weekend and Plant Sale Monday 28th September 2009 7.00pm
Venue: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire
Subject Extending the fruiting year Saturday 31st October 2009 10.00am to 4.00pm (provisional times)
Venue: Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire
Apple Identification Day Monday 30th November 2009 7.00pm
The meeting opened with John Rattenbury providing a list of apple trees that he had tried to grow over the years, subdivided into those doing well, those that grew but did not thrive and those that failed. This led to a brief discussion of trees suitable for the wet Welsh climate.
Gerald White , aided by David Darrell, demonstrated a hand held "grafting machine", it proved to be extremely difficult to use and it was felt that it was not a good buy in its present format.
Gerald then demonstrated grafting techniques.
This was followed by a brief decription of training methods to increase cropping.
A number of root stocks were available for sale at a very reasonable price, along with a small number of apple trees.
A method of tripod planting of three varieties to encourage heavy cropping was described.
