They're back Thursday 7th!!!!!!!!

[Snadger]

So fill yer boots..........

ALDI - Thursday Special Buys 7th February 2013

[veggiechicken]

Just spoken to a friend who lives near an Aldi and I asked him if he'd seen fruit trees on sale - he says they're there today and he saw several people buying them. He did offer to buy some for me but he's a clueless gardener
Better get there early folks

[alldigging]

They were there on Tuesday at mine!

[veggiechicken]

Now you tell us

[binley100]

But that's just cheating..........have to go work tomorrow so would've gone up today

[rinabean]

If anyone wants to know the varieties (maybe you can read it on the website, but I can't!):

Pears: Williams' Bon Chrétien and Conference (not 100% sure it was Conference)
Apples: Gala, Cox and Bramley
Plum: Victoria
Greengage: Reine Claude Ulena
Apricot: Early
Peach: (I can't remember what the variety was)
Cherry: Morello
Raspberries (didn't look at the variety... they're not trees Aldi! can't fool me)

[Thelma Sanders]

do we know how big these grow? or is that asking too much from Aldi? LOL

[Bigmallly]

The Raspberries will be Tulameen & Autumn Bliss.
The Peach will be Red Haven if last year is owt to go by.
Remember that Morello Cherrys are sour.......Stella are sweet.

[Bigmallly]

They are good value for money Thelma but for £2 more I would look at £Stretcher.

[Thelma Sanders]

I want to train a couple of trees along the fence, so obviously don't want ones that will grow enormous, that's all

[kathycam]

I went and bought 4, I think now I have an orchard! I bought a peach, a pear, a cherry and an apricot. The new plot already has plenty of apple, 2 plums and a fig. Some of the trees were pretty big, seems good value for money. Next thursday they have loads more gardening stuff. Half tempted by the cold frame.

[Marcher]

I posted something about this about a week ago on another thread.

Pears: Williams' Bon Chrétien and Conference (not 100% sure it was Conference)

Yeah, they look a bit vigorous to be Conference. The rootstock may be different I guess, I wish the one I'd bought last year would have been as impressive as the ones I saw today.

Apricot: Early

It doesn't sound like a varietal name, 'Large early' is a variety but 'early' could just refer to ripening. But I don't like Apricots anyway so don't care.

Peach: (I can't remember what the variety was)

Red haven and I bought one myself. It's in a large pot and in the shed until the weather picks up.

As for other fruit, I already have an apple (Elstar), Pear (Conference), Plum (Victoria), Cherry (Morello) from the last two years. Common varieties, but common because they're reliable (even if nothing special).

There were 4 peach trees and I took what looked to be the best one. I'm going to train it as a fan against a south facing wall.
Apparently it has some resistance to peach leaf curl which is the main disease affecting them in the UK (it thrives in damp conditions below 19c - Britain is its perfect habitat).

[binley100]

Have just returned ......along with an apricot and greengage .. Only have a little 107 so that was fun..

Ours has two types of cherry , morello and can't remember but it wasn't stella.......Apples were braeburn, gala , cox's orange pippin and bramley......two types of pear conference and williams......victoria and greengage......early apricot.......red haven peach ......and long raspberry canes just said they were early,but no way could they be classed as trees.....

Next week they are having standard trained plants, olive, lemon, kumquats, Calamondin, chinotto, rosemary and lavender.....

[veggiechicken]

Never heard of chinotto before - gurgle time!!

[binley100]

an orange then ............