I cant grow these but I would choose
Realistically.
try the romance series cherries from canada. esp juliet and Montmorency are very good . got 2 cold hardy sweet cherries grafted on the last one. may produce this year, tried a contender peach 2 years ago and it died to the roots. put in a reliance at another spot at higher elevation last spring. hopefully it makes it. got cold hardy mulberries started and some chinese chestnuts. trying persimmons next spring.
I am talking about sweet cherries. The Denver area can grow tart cherries just fine according to CSU but sweet cherries supposedly do better in the side of Colorado with palisade and what not. Thing is everything does better on the side with palisade assuming you have a spray regiment though. I guess the Grand Junction/Palisade area has an issue with coddling moth the rest of the state does not have to deal with so that is their issue over there. A lot warmer with a lot longer of a season with way less snow and rain increasing fruit sweetness but pests thrive there as a result. I guess they are having issues of water problems so it is not all peaches and roses over there. Not to mention I think that part of Colorado has tarantula and scorpions so there is another layer of creepy things that live there.
I had a mango when in Dominican Republic so I would assume that was a supposedly ripe mango. Still not a fan. It was better than here in CO but was not nearly as good as a grocery store apricot, grocery store sweet cherry or grocery store peach here and like others said we are not even talking about growing here locally. I hear a good home grown apricot here will blow you away compared to store grown. Hoping to get a few of a grafted variety this year. I have a ungifted variety which is super strong and fruits reliably but gives serious dry mouth.
I have aronia. When they are really ripe and well irrigated, like a month after they turn black, I like eating them fresh. Several, not handfuls. They still have a some astringency but are sweet, juicy and pleasant. If they aren’t well irrigated and probably had a lot of sun, they are dry, astringent, and sometimes somewhat bitter.
I’ve had very mixed results juicing them, and with bought juice. Ranging from delicious to thrown out.
Nothing is easier to grow and harvest and they are packed with nutrients.
Don’t keep trying the same mangoes. You need different ones. I think its best to try fruit with the person who raves about it. Then you know if its palate or the fruit.
It’s like the Red Delicious apples grown in Washington state and sent across the world. It would be wrong to judge apples by those.
We definitely have coddling moth as one of our main pests here, though I wasn’t aware west slope does.
Thanks for the tips!
Got my moths confused. Oriental moth is the one only in the palisade area. Here is the link where I saw it Backyard Orchard: Stone Fruits - 2.804 - Extension.
There is a lot of PNW stuff that does well due to your weather that I have tried and just cannot make it here. I have tried cranberry lots of times and it has died, I tried thimbleberries lots of times and it died, I think I tried aronia and it died, I tried wintergreen and it died, I don’t think my salmonberry ever leafed out. The only ones I think I had luck with have been huckleberry and blackberries. They huckleberry does not really want to spread. My huckleberry are in the same diameter while my arctic raspberries have just taken over for example.
I like this game, but I can’t decide how to play.
Based on the fruits that make me feel the best after eating them, I’d pick longan and coconut.
If picking by the fruits which make up staple foods for me, I’ll pick banana and coconut.
But I’ve had pears and figs that have just been unbelievably good, and those fruits can give pretty long harvest periods, with diversity and storage.
I’ve had pluots and feijoas where I’m like, this has to be my favorite fruit, right? But it does sound kinda dumb to me to say that feijoas are my favorite fruit…
I’ve planted cherimoyas and avocados and the dream of picking these fruits in my yard is pretty incredible.
I probably gotta go with longan and coconut. Subject to change!
…using my desert island scenario simplifies things, as this is often mentioned as a “rest of your life” location. Islands with sand only and at least two palm trees (for pollination).
Avocadoes for guac and everything mango
Coconuts and plumcots.
As a kid I dreamed of living in Hawaii. As an adult I looked up living in Hawaii and I guess some of these islands such as Hawaii get super complicated. I guess getting water in Hawaii is real tough and expensive and you can dig a hole in one house and it will be lava rock and the next house over it will be perfect soil. It’s funny because everyone wants to live in Hawaii that I talked to but no one understands the ramifications of living on a mini island depending on the island. Dreams squashed as an adult. Even more dreams squashed once I tasted the facet water of Hawaii vs the Colorado/Arizona water.
Living in Hawaii sounds like a nightmare to me for lots of reasons. I’ve had family live there.
There is no way I could choose just 2 fruits, even two different fruit groups would be very hard for me to choose.
I hear you get island fever after a few months. I had island fever just staying in Hawaii two weeks. I stayed on Maui and there was stuff I wanted to do on other islands but could not.
Nows not the time for good mangoes as Brasil, Ecuador and Peru arent where the Mexicans are in terms of cultural practices. Always look for varieties and country of origin. If you’re lucky, Haden, Kent and Keitt. Honey (Ataulfo).mangoes are good, and stringy Tommy if well colored. Its all about coloration and sun exposure, but less so for Keitt:
#1 would be plums for me. That’s why I started growing fruit trees. I have childhood memories of gorging myself on my dad’s plum trees and I’ve never been able to find anything close to that in a grocery store my entire adult life.
#2 would be cantaloupe. Vine ripened and so musky you can smell it from 100 feet away. So musky my kids won’t go near it because they think it smells like gym socks.
