What fruits did you eat today?

[warmwxrules]

My sweet bagel are still sizing up. I would guess another month. Didn’t realize they were so late. My Saturn were very big this year, but the squirrels got into them and that was that. I got a few half ripe ones :(.

I have a few seedling peaches that are finally starting to change color…

[Derby42]

I haven’t eaten any yet today but a friend of my wife dropped these off to her at work today. They came from a small local orchard.

[wildscaper]

Yes I didn’t phrase that well. It is indeed all Euro. I only meant to imply that it is grown in the south as well.

[warmwxrules]

First tree soft Flavor King. Bees were starting to attack. Very very good. I like this the most of the pluots. Probably better then any of the plums too.

I have 2 container trees of FK, this was from the newest tree. The graft is still young. I probably should have thinned it better.

[ztom]

Shinseiki Asian Pear (14 brix). I’m really starting to like these. Probably could pick some more, but I’m going to try to give them another week. The other varieties on this tree are a few weeks away. .

[ztom]

King of the North Grape (20 brix). If you like Concord flavor, these are very good and early. Main downside is the small berries. Also the birds are more active for us right now than when Concords ripen, so I have to net each bunch. (The perspective was not conveying the true size of the berries in the first picture, so I added a picture with the dime on top).

[Sam]

that green gage looks delish

[strudeldog]

Well actually Yesterday

Ischia Black

Black Madeira

[mrsg47]

Had my first Swenson’s Red Grape! I thought it was ‘Hope’ because it stayed green for so long. They are just starting to turn red and taste delish! Very, very, sweet with one small seed in each! Wish I had more clusters. This is only its first year fruiting.

[Paul]

My Althan’s gage has completely different color, somewhat red/pink. If it ripens for you at the same time it might be Oullins Gage. In my zone 7A Althan’s Gage and Oullins (got two trees) are ripening at the beginning of August (5-10) and Greengage just about now. There are many gages I am not familiar with so it can be one of those as well.

[murky]

The ripening wasn’t at exactly the same time. The inherited tree was most likely bought at a big box store or general nursery, that’s why I assume it is just “Green Gage”, or at least labeled that way.

The Althan’s is from a branch I grafted onto a peach tree. I may have Oullins on that as well as another gage, maybe Catherine, which never really got sweet and ripened later than any of them. It may be that roots affect the relative ripening. Our weather has been unusual as well.

[warmwxrules]

I had a very big Flavor Queen…thing was a monster (must of been because there were so few of them). Good, nothing special. Rot magnet, but at least the birds leave them alone (color). Another ripe Flavor King–FK has a very unique flavor. Fruit punch? not sure how to describe it. I need to share some with some more people to get their opinions. I might pick the rest of them soon and ripen them off the tree bcause the FK are bee magnets.

Couple more peaches to ripen and that is about it for this year.

[Chris_in_GA]

Harvesting China Pearl and Old Mixon Free peaches for the 1st time. . Both varieties produce nice big clean pretty peaches. The China Pearl were a little disappointing, they were on the bland side, not particularly sweet or acidic. The Old Mixon were sweeter but not on the sweetness level of the O’Henry I just ate. I have not eaten many white peaches before now, maybe they just don’t develop the sweetness of a classic yellow peach.

[mrsg47]

Beautiful!!!

[scottfsmith]

Chris, my Oldmixon are coming in at 15 brix which is standard for a good peach in my orchard. O’Henry is a bit higher if I recall. White and yellow are different kinds of fruits taste-wise, its almost like comparing honeydew to cantaloupe.

[tennessean]

Wow, I would have thought that all the Swenson’s Reds would have come and gone. I made jelly out of my last ones on 7/21/16. We are in the same zone. Must be the blooming date. I’ve got 4 vines planted in 2012. How many do you have?

[mrsg47]

Mine are only three years old this spring and I only have one! They surely are sweet though. Great taste!

[mrsg47]

Those apples are amazing looking. Do you know the variety?

[Auburn]

Sweet Mollie apple.

[Derby42]

Mrs. G, I only posted photos of peaches, maybe you ment to send this to someone else???