Pomegranate Update!
Found the first pom to fall from the tree, because it was ripe! A Hotuni Zigar.
Very flavorful. Somewhat sweeter than ‘Wonderful’ - but seeds are a little harder.
This one had a little bit of the dreaded ‘rot’ on the interior - but there was enough ‘good stuff’ to make it all right! I really like this one!
After we cut into the Hotuni . . . we went out and pulled a few others.
Parfianka is very mild compared to the Hotuni and Wonderful and Grenadas. Big arils! Mildly sweet. It is a ‘taste test winner’ according to CA reports . . . but not to me. This particular one, anyway . . . just didn’t have a lot of flavor. Maybe others will.
Same for Eversweet. Not much to it. I don’t think that this one was dead ripe. Fruit is odd light color - and arils are almost clear.
Tomorrow night we will cut open a couple more. Sogdiana looks promising - as does Purple Heart.
We are tickled with the small harvest we got from about ⅔ of our trees! Purple Heart has the most fruit - and is by far the tallest tree. It has 20 poms. And none with any disease. Many others just have several that made it through the fungus.
