Eriobotrya japonica diseases and fruits....
- Subject: Eriobotrya japonica diseases and fruits....
- From: K* H* <a*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:41:22 -0800 (PST)
Loquat (the plant is from somewhere in east Asia
and is called pipa in Mandarin and biwa in
Japanese) grows easily here in (semi-coastal)
northern California and seems to need very little
summer irrigation. It will flower from seed
within five years or so. One seedling here has
experienced some branch die back perhaps due to
some disease such as botrytis or fire blight. Any
ideas? (Or did it just need more water?)
In markets in Asia one can find loquats perhaps
8cm in diameter, it would be interesting to get
those cultivars.
--- RWick1234@aol.com wrote:
> Has anybody mentioned the Loquat? my favourite
> tree. It grows well here in
> South London as do many other Mediterranean
> plants and trees. It is a
> favourite of the local Turkish community, who
> call it 'New World." My Turkish
> neighbour has Loquats in her front and back
> gardens, both grown from seed, the front
> garden tree which gets good sun, fruited last
> year and has clusters of
> fragrant blossoms this year. The older leaves
> on my tree are beautiful, some 12
> inches long and looking like they are embossed
> and cut from luxuriant green
> leather. I have seen the tree
> undercultivation in Spain for its fruit,
> perhaps
> it is so common in the Mediterranean as not to
> get a mention.
>
> Reg Wickings
>
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