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Nectarines just better

I picked bunch of peaches and nectarines today. This is mid-early season here with late early being Redhaven time in about 9 days. My first peaches were Rich May which, in spite of way too much preceding rain, were pretty good for an early season peach- a little low on sugar but highly flavored. Desiree followed and was about as good with Harrow Diamond maybe a bit more bland (less morning sun spot). However, nothing I tasted excited me until about mid-harvest for my Silver Gem nectarines. …

Favorite Euro Plums

I’ve grown up with Japanese plums, particularly Santa Rosa. They grow well here and are totally delicious. But now that I’m a home orchardist, my attention is turning to Euro plums and their ilk, since these are an unknown for me, for the most part. I’ve had Seneca and a few others from farmer’s markets, but this really is sort of a mystery to me. I did plant a Reine des Mirabelles and Pearl last year (i might get a Mirabelles or 2 this year, but no Pearl). I was planning on doing a multi-g…

Stan's harvest diary 2019

Let’s start with early apricots. My earliest is Apache, two fruits on a 2018 graft, picked May 12. Below average size, nice aroma, not very sweet or particularly flavorful, but decent for such an early season. Much better than nothing, which is the alternative. [Apricots_Apache_2019-05-12_photo-1] [Apricots_Apache_2019-05-12_photo-2] Next is Royal Rosa, three fruits on two 2018 grafts, picked May 29-31 (one fruit a day). Nice looking fruit, medium size. However, low sugar, not very flavorful…

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