Off the citrus topic for a second, here’s the rest of the harvest out of my orchard (in Nov). Again, most trees are 4 years old, so I wasn’t expecting anything. These were fun surprises.
Shogun Fuji on the left, Fuji on the right. There were a few Shinseiki pears, but the wasps got them.
This year most things will be 5 years old, so I’m looking forward to much more fruit! About 116 trees should be entering maturity!
Nice haul! How would you describe the difference between the Beni Shogun and regular Fuji? I loved growing Beni Shogun in the PNW but am unable to find here.
Shogun are known to water core, which is highly sought after in Japan. I think it also makes good juicing. Both are great at juice, just different. Fuji’s tend to be a little larger. That was def the case here. Could have been just new trees and an juvenile crop, but it is a known trend.
Some people really dislike all the sporterized versions of fuji, but I think the Shogun deserves some recognition. It makes a nice apple.
Shuguns have the added bonus of not having any known susceptibilities to apple ailments.
There must be a nursery somewhere in europe that can offer you a shogun!
Just finished hand pollinating my 2 Flavor Delight Apriums today. They have a lot of blossoms this year but started pushing early this year, they were at pink on Feb 7. My Beauty plum was not about to cooperate and be in bloom at the same time, just holding out at white popcorn, so I cut off a couple branches 3 days ago and brought them indoors in a jar of water. This worked well as they burst into bloom.
Im afraid that many of my aprium blossoms have been damaged by frost as you can especially see in the 2nd pic. Almost every night is below freezing.
I just picked my last 8 variegated lemons Sunday. They were in very good shape. The remaining yuzu were rotting inside their peels, though.
