Fruit Trees – Page 6 – The Smarter Gardener

Plums, apples and the best kind of berries to grow

July 25, 2013 no comments

I have been privileged to harvest ‘Santa Rosa’ plums, grown in my own backyard, for more than 25 years. My first ‘Santa Rosa’ tree produced fruit for 20 years and then stopped...

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