My sister in law sent me from California as a gift. Yellow one sweet and sour . Deep Orange one is very sweet. Tasting good.
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That looks outstanding.
Slow trickle of mulberries - these are White Pakistan, Four Seasons and Black Pakistan
Loquats collected from nearby street trees during an afternoon walk
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I did not realize mulberries are so early to harvest. Maybe I should plant one just to get April fruit. Any recommendations on cultivars? For flavor and early harvest?
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I wish I could find gariguette in the US. If you know any sources, let me know?
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Yes, the M. albas/macrouras fruit early and the named varieties are good enough to worth space in your harvest calendar. I am trialling a few varieties, so its too early to tell. I read that White/Black Pakistan and Gerardi Dwarf are early and worth trying. I have grafted Easter Egg, Hunza White Seedless, Himalayan (DMOR9) and few others. In So. Cal, M. Nigra is also worth planting but they are late and harvest season is in summer.
Ask Drew51 he grows them in Michigan.
My wife bought a peach a couple days ago at a natural foods store and I was surprised an April peach was so good. It turned out the variety was Amber Crest, which is not really a variety but a series of cultivars that are similar. It might have been Supechfifteen or similar. It was grown in Coachella valley, developed by Sun World as the result of 10s of thousands of crosses. It turns out this variety attracted the attention of David Karp when it first came out.
Supechfifteen came off patent this year but I donât think we can get it since it only has one grower. It definitely bums me out that such good cultivars are not accessible to the backyard grower, but currently exist! On the other hand, I will try to germinate the pitsâŚ
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That jackfruit is looks creamier and juicier than the ones Iâve had.
And the one I had most recently, was from Mexico, it was fruitier and sweeter than the ones I was used to, but also had that oniony aftertaste. Maybe itâs cultivars or genes in the trees grown in Mexico.
Iâm looking forward to trying more. Iâll probably be going to China in the next 6 to 12 months, and will keep my eye out for fruits to try - local or otherwise. Last time I was in Chongqing I had some very nice apples, of all things. I know China grows most of the worldâs apples, but hadnât heard brags about the quality or cultivars.
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An all time favorite!!!
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I miss rhubarb pie, canât even buy it in the frozen department where I live. The local nursery trying to grow some here in Florida I might give it an attempt myself.
I made a rhubarb pie using some canned rhubarb I bought off amazon, definitely wonât do that again.
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Mulberries are turning ripe here in Zone 7B. Had a handful this morning on my morning orchard walk/
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My first cherry harvest ever!!
It was just a handful, and I may have picked them a little early to beat the birds, but they were really tasty, sweet with a touch of acidity and very flavorful.
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Garriguettes strawberries!
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Barbados cherry has three large seeds and a raw tomato aftertaste. Iâll definitely be selling this thing.
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Eating early nectarines. Theyâre spectacular. The mangos I had shipped in from Florida are bird food by comparison.
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I was thinking of getting some from Florida also.What varieties were tried?
Carrie, Glenn, and a couple others I canât recall. But none were labeled so I canât tell whatâs what. These are no better than store bought. Makes me wonder if mango really can be good. GoodâŚtheyâre supposed to be great.
There are really great mangoes, you just have to grow them yourself or have a vacation in Egypt or India 
⌠The ones you got from Florida are the equivalent of supermarket peaches and plumsâŚ
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