Here are a few harvests that might be a place to start when considering what to grow. I dont record every harvest or the amount of photos and threads would wind up excessive.
Crop is fairly rough but getting a crop is better than not getting one. The harvest is sparse. I picked just over 30 gallons and wound up with 10 gallons of waste apples I worked into the garden. The harvest came off 4 production trees. Typically those trees yield 1-2 bushels each. The small white bowl is a seedling apple I grew from seed… [image]
These red Bartlett’s are small this year but sweeter than sugar! They are more of a red blushing Bartlett. Deer, raccoons etc. have been eating some of them as some pears fall on the ground or on low hanging branches. Expect to still get 20 gallons in the buckets. The windfalls help to keep the wildlife alive during this drought when all my neighbors had complete crop failures with their cereal crops. My fruit crops are a miracle during the most severe drought since the dirty thirties. A dust b…
Incredible harvest today August 3rd of Clapps favorite! Picked a 5 gallon bucket already! Others are ripe but im getting to them as i can! Clapps favorite is an incredibly difficult pear to pick at the right time. Yesterday they were not ready but the green june beetles attacked telling me the sugar content was increasing so today i did the tilt test again and they are ripe ! These will rot from the inside out so if you grow them be mindful of the timing. The pear will look perfect on the outsi…
Harrow delight is the first pear to ripen this year on August 1st. Nice pears absolutely delicious when grown in this hot climate. Looking back pears seldom ripen in the same order. I’ve been documenting many varities closely since 2015. I’ve grown pears most of my life in some capacity but learned the importance of good record keeping about 6 years ago. Photos and data are imperative to growing fruit well.
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