In many ways, growing kiwi fruit is much like growing grapes. They are vigorous growers and need to be properly pruned, trained, and trellised. But, when they’re treated right, you’ll have more fruit than you can handle. Growing kiwi fruit should be on every gardeners to-do list! Variety selection is everything. For the Edmonton region (Canadian Hardiness Zone 3) we …
State of being precocious; a measure of time to flowering within the life span of an orchard. Dwarf rootstocks are typically more precocious than semi-dwarf or standard rootstocks. Apple varieties can differ in precocity too — for example, Honeycrisp is typically very precocious, while Northern spy is notoriously late bearing. What is the earliest harvest apple? Below is our shortlist …