I think this is Sunflower. Finally growing and fruiting:
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Freyburg, one of my favorite apples. Despite the lean, it has a distinctively upright growth habit. When I spread small limbs they turn up like a candelabra.
This is the first year with more than 2-3 apples. I need to figure out when it ripens. Picked a wormy one off of the ground today.
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Asian pears are getting close to ripening. Chojuro:
Nijisseiki:
This tree originally had four grafts: Chojuro, Shinko, Nijisseiki & Shinseiki. Every year the Shinko got rust so badly that I lopped off the graft. Shinseiki also has terrible rust. Chojuro and Nijisseiki (and Hosui, my other tree, which I axed because of perpetual blossom blast) have never had a problem with rust.
They also get blossom blast, but not all of them drop the same amount:
Hosui: Worst (3 pears over 7 years, not worth it 
)
Shinseiki: Bad
Chojuro: OK
Nijisseiki: Best
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It might be an early stage of Black Knot.
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How long have you had the tree? I find Chojuro varies a lot in quality from year to year and place to place. From gritty and bland to juicy, crispy, and rich sweet butterscotch.
Hosui at its best is the best to my palate. Do you spray for blossom blast? I think my Hosui has only set decently one year and it was a year I sprayed.
Yeah Hosui was the biggest disappointment, only because it was so good. I only got fruit one year, three pears, and they were delicious. Better than anything I got at the store, if you can believe it, maybe because I let them hang longer. Iâve tried spraying with streptomycin in the spring, last year I really sprayed it hard / after each rain but to zero avail. Such a heartbreaker, I took the tree out after its flowers and pollinated fruit rotted and dropped.
I do love the flavor of Chojuro, Iâve gotten good flavor pretty much every year on it. It is my next favorite. Plus, for some reason it doesnât get coddling moth like the Nijisseiki, which is riddled with it. But, the fruit have been getting smaller every year for some reason so this is its last year I think, and Iâm planning on putting in a persimmon.
Edit: The tree is ~8 years old.
I used copper and oil that year. Only one spray, probably late winter or early spring I donât remember.
Never tried copper, I probably should have. Did you make your own bordeaux mixture or did you buy from a store?
Thatâs great to hear that Nijisseiki doesnât get rust for you. One that has been completely rust free for me is Korean Giant. Itâs an excellent variety that starts producing early and heavily!
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I think you may be right. Iâve only seen black knot once in our area and that was after I grafted a scion that was infected. After pruning that part out, Iâve never seen it again.
@Oregon_Fruit_Grow is that Satsuma tree new?
yeah, this is a new tree purchased early summer. I may have to burn out the growth using a blowtorch.
Thatâs good news - that its new and probably came with the knot. I donât think black knot is normally a problem for us.
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I tried to use a propane burner to the growth for 5 seconds and did a couple of passes. The surface of the growth is charred but itâs still hard. Did this kill the fungus or does it need to be fully burnt?
Cut the growth off as completely as possible. You canât burn it enough to kill it without also damaging its host.
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I picked veteran peach yesterday 8.25.24 just after a year of planting. The fruits taste like the regular stored peaches. Nothing special. It may lack of sweetness because the tree are still very young.
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Are they supposed to be a little green? That doesnât look quite ripe to me but i havenât had home grown veteran peaches though.
Maybe leave it on a little longer?
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Theyâre very soft and juicy. I really try taste the firm one but none of them still firm. First year I have them, they were green look for long time before turned light green yellow. Wait and see next year crop. @Melon
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@Vincent_8B they look delicious and your tree looks very healthy, how do you control for PLC and other problems?
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