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Bumper Crops of Apples and Pumpkins Despite Drought and Record Hot Summer
National Trust and Royal Horticultural Society report harvests up to 50% above normal due to last year's wet conditions and this year's dry, sunny spring and summer.
- This year, the National Trust reported a bumper harvest of apples and pumpkins following the record-breaking hot summer, with many gardens including Kingston Lacey and Dunham Massey seeing crops ripen weeks earlier.
- A sequence of weather factors led to last year’s wet conditions leaving trees healthy, while a warm, dry spring and summer sunshine helped pollinating insects produce abundant fruit.
- At Trust sites, gardeners reported thousands of apples from Cotehele to Erddig Hall and Garden, with Beningbrough Hall yielding at least 25% more fruit and pumpkins at Buckland Abbey about 50% above normal.
- The RHS said it received more than 500 mystery apples this month and invites members of the public to `plot to plate` events this autumn to preserve rare heritage varieties.
- Contrasting with last year’s losses, Rebecca Bevan, National Trust’s plant health and sustainability consultant, said wet weather recharged groundwater that helped pumpkins establish despite drought.
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Bumper crops of apples and pumpkins despite drought and record hot summer
National Trust said it is seeing bumper year in its orchards, while the RHS says it has seen a surge in ‘mystery’ fruit enquiries from gardeners.
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