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Rootstocks

Rootstocks

Thomas Quirke

What is a rootstock? A rootstock is the root system onto which a fruit variety is grafted. When you buy a fruit tree, the named variety (the part that produces...

Rootstocks

Thomas Quirke

What is a rootstock? A rootstock is the root system onto which a fruit variety is grafted. When you buy a fruit tree, the named variety (the part that produces...

From imports to orchards: The case for Irish grown hazelnuts

From imports to orchards: The case for Irish gr...

Thomas Quirke

When you snack on a handful of hazelnuts, have you ever wondered where they have come from?   Nuts forming on the cultivar 'Pearson's prolific'. Quite a long way is...

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From imports to orchards: The case for Irish gr...

Thomas Quirke

When you snack on a handful of hazelnuts, have you ever wondered where they have come from?   Nuts forming on the cultivar 'Pearson's prolific'. Quite a long way is...

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Stomata: The microscopic lungs of the planet

Stomata: The microscopic lungs of the planet

Thomas Quirke

If you’ve ever looked closely at a leaf, you might have noticed its smooth, green surface. However, you have probably never seen the microscopic pores that control many of the...

Stomata: The microscopic lungs of the planet

Thomas Quirke

If you’ve ever looked closely at a leaf, you might have noticed its smooth, green surface. However, you have probably never seen the microscopic pores that control many of the...

What is a food forest?

What is a food forest?

Thomas Quirke

A food forest is a carefully designed food-growing system that mirrors the structure and function of a natural young woodland or woodland edge. At the heart of a food forest...

What is a food forest?

Thomas Quirke

A food forest is a carefully designed food-growing system that mirrors the structure and function of a natural young woodland or woodland edge. At the heart of a food forest...