My Coe’s turned soft while still greenish, barely a hint of yellow. Those soft, greenish one tasted bland. A lot of them dropped early, too. No sign of any bug damage, outside or inside.
A lot of my gages and mirabelles didn’t sweeten up this year, even when soft. They weren’t as good as usual.
Extras frozen and pressed. Mostly ozark in this batch. Disappointingly low brix - initially 9 then raised to 15 with sugar. Experiences this year have solidly beaten into me the importance of thinning. My previous comments condemning ozark are certainly tainted due to this mismanagement. 12 gallons! Tastes good, I’ll pour a glass when the snow flies
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Ahh, a fellow homebrewer! I’m looking forward to eventually getting enough fruit off my trees and bushes to make wine and cider with them.
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All my gages and mirabelles tasted good, even Coe’s (the ripe ones only).
Several Coe’s shriveled on the tree before fully ripened. Tasteless.
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Looking good. How close to ripe are they? I’ve got it grafted as an individual tree on a young rootstock, and onto an established tree which will hopefully fruit sooner so I can try it.
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@murky . They’re good enough to eat now and getting sweeter by August 15th. I picked some in last night because of rainy today.
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Is that your own variety?
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Yes, my gage opened pollinate seedling. Excellent flavor and harvest before raining season here in Seattle @Bradybb
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