An early photo.
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Wow! She got fruit?
No just petals. Beautiful though.
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Well it’s better this way, it’s too young. This is a tree that will improve a lot each year on fruit number, size and flowers. Now my tree get covert on huge flowers and fruits!
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It also looks like the ghost apple.
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Hi! I think ghost is more whitish and smaller… this is a biger apple. We didn’t try it yet but it’s beautifull, heavy and big! 
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wildfires starting near us now… it’s soo hot! Humidity is just on 9%!
Our fruit trees are stressed and starting to drop fruit… 
Be safe, Luis, and be prepared to leave quickly if you must. Best of luck to you and your family - and your orchard.
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The fire is near the house of friends… many houses burned already… OMG!
Thank you very much!
Yeesh!
Temperatures are expected to rise to 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius) this week, experts warn
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For now we are safe, but not people that we know
Max temp on several Portuguese stations:
Amareleja- 45,3ºC
Mora- 45ºC
Lousã, Ansião e Reguengos 44,7ºC
Tomar- 44,4ºC
Setúbal- 43,3ºC
Torres Vedras- 43,1ºC
Bragança- 40,5ºC (new all time record)
Sines- 39,3ºC
Aveiro- 38,9ºC
Praia da Rainha- 39,5ºC
39C in Aveiro yesterday
Had a friend near Santarem who said it was 49C there.
Its better today though
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That’s really impressive!
Wildfires everywhere Luis. Are u safe? It smells of fire everywhere. I am near Viana do Castelo for a few days and the smell of fire is strong.
Things are bad in Palmela and in the Algarve
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Yes, the coverage here in U.S. by the Washington Post is depressing.
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Every year in Portugal, Spain, Greece its the same crap with wildfires. The portuguese government a few years ago made mandatory for everyone that owns properties to clear a path on them and clear from overgrown weeds to help to avoid the spread of wildfires. The fines are big for people that dont do it… but… there are lots of pine and eucaliptus forest whose owners are either dead or unknown … so the problem remains
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The smoke here is very strong… but no fire for now… in Palmela a friend got fire in her street and don’t know if her house burned or not.
Near Aveiro is bad too
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