What fruits did you eat today?


I didn’t eat them all.
Center: Raja
A couple of Le Conte
A couple of Golden Boy
A couple of Shin Li

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Not as ripe as they should be, but I’ll be out of town for a bit and there are plenty more for later.


Petite negra

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Shiro are good when picked at the right time, some of my relatives really like them because I gave them the best. However, in my experience they are not good when very ripe.

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I got some fresh Florida Longan
They are refreshing.

Tony

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Well, I harvested my first apple off all the trees we planted 2-3 years ago. My Alkmene tree on G11 had set about 5 fruit this year, but unfortunately only one was left. The others were either pilfered, or got some kind of rot, so they weren’t edible.

The one I picked today didn’t look great, looks like a bird or yellowjackets had hollowed out part of it, and a smaller part had some rot. Its size was about golf ball sized. Anyway, I cut away the bad parts and tried it, it was pretty tart, but a little bit sweet, and crunchy. It didn’t brown when cut. Had a few other flavors, a bit aromatic. Its seeds were dark brown, so I guess it was close enough to being ripe.

My Zestar has two fruit on it, and one is quite red, prob because it gets lots of sun. I think it should be ready within a couple weeks. Local orchards in this area are picking theirs now.

My Suncrisp has 4 apples on it, but those prob won’t be ready for at least another 6 weeks or so.

There are 4 Liberty and 6 Grimes Golden on other trees. The Libs are maybe half red, and about three inches in diameter, and the Grimes are turning darker yellow, and are getting some russetting. They are about golf ball sized. I think these two varieties have about a month to go?

When do y’all usually pick your Liberty and Grimes Golden?

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These are Marcia’s Flavor Pluots(it said Favorite on the scion bag at the exchange).
My first time trying and I can see why the lady liked them.At just under 25 brix,they have a sweet,spicy flavor.
The one cut in half,was getting a little soft,maybe bad on one side,so it was picked.The other two are still hanging.
I also tried for the first time a Mid Pride Peach.At 12 brix,possibly not the right match for this area.bb



Edit-New Information-After looking around online,I changed my opinion about the identity of this one.
First of all,the patent states that the flesh is yellow and the ripening time in Hickman,CA is the first weeks of August,according to a Dave Wilson Nursery chart.They are about a month or more ahead of my area.
The closest I can guess is,this might be Flavorosa,which matches more in color and ripening time description.
My apologies to those who I sent scions to,but it is a flavorful fruit.bb

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Mid Pride peach
Saturn peach (not the donut variety)
Peachy Keen peach
Panamint nectarine
Inca plum
Methley plum
“World’s Best” mulberry
Pakistan mulberry
Tango mandarin
Strawberry Verte fig

All from plants in my yard.

Inca plum was the best of the lot. Pakistan mulberry and Saturn peach were contenders.

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John Boy peach. Got them from the Breacknock Farm in Mohnton, PA per @PharmerDrewee’s suggestion (Thanks, Drew).

We did not do PYO but walk through their impressive rows after rows of peaches and apples.

Tasted 5 peaches including Red Haven, White Lady and John Boy. JB was, by far, better tasting than the other four. Good balance of sweet with some acid. Other family members agreed.

The variety peaks my interest now.

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I’m glad you were able to find a better stone fruit this time around. That place is fun because they can tell you what exactly you’re eating unlike at most markets. Their PYO is great too because I can find that perfectly soft, ripe peach. Getting them all the way to the car without bruising can be hard though!

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We had no room in the car :frowning:

Will have room on the trip back. By then, it will be from Boyer nursery.

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I didn’t eat them yet but these fresh fruit will be purchased shortly after I check into my hotel down the street. I went to New York City to visit friends for a long weekend and the fruit markets always give me another reason to come back.

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Yellow Japanese plums .

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Peaches: Baby Crawford, Snow Beauty
Plum: Burgundy

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Got to taste some amazing new figs today!

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Can you rank them. Craven’s Craving looked real good.

Tony

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Tony, these were all excellent figs and this is the first time trying CC, SB,and Igo. My son and I ate them and we both liked the CC the best, followed by Igo, unk pastilere , and SB. The CC has a very intense deep berry flavor with a honey syrup and a really pleasing lingering flavor similar to VDB but better. I should have given the CC another day but I didn’t want it to spoil like my Galacia Negra a few days ago.

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Are these breba figs? Do you have a picture of the outside of CC. You got my attention when you said they are better than my favorite, VDB.

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There are huge differences in the taste and size of loquats. I ate some pretty disgusting ones and some that were amazing. I just got a whole bag of some random ones and had to throw them away (several pounds). If you like the one from your friend go ahead and graft it, looks delicious

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Murky, these are main crop figs and here is a pic of that CC on a scale. I really like VDB but these are heavenly!

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First ever Howard miracle plum off of a fourth year tree. Really like them better than shiro. Skin not tart and a nice plum flavor, juicy but not to much. Where as shiro is so one sided flavor wise Howard miracle is a definite keeper. If it is shy bearer I might just put a couple of limbs on my shiro.
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