The peaches in your photo really made me smile. Unlike a lot of folks, I think that is the perfect degree of ripeness for a good peach! ha. When you can barely even cut them into slices because they are so soft, when you have to cut away a few overripe, spoiled spots, etc. Yes, well dented, super-soft, “over-ripe” peaches like those are the BEST!!! OF course I never give away those at that stage becasue most people think they are “too far gone” but not me!!! That jam looks great, too!!!
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Hungarian Heart tomatoes. This is the first oxheart type I’ve grown successfully. Very meaty and tasty, I’ll try more next year. Also had my last Castleton plum yesterday @ 22 brix. I only had 5 that ripened this year but they were all good. PC got the rest.
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There also a pink variety that tastes really great too!
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I tried pluots for the first time today, it almost made me want to move south so I could grow them. First year I’ve seen them at our grocery store, although they very well could have had them and I just didn’t notice.
Anyone know what varieties these are likely to be? The darker one is sweeter. The lighter has a sour skin and was labeled “plum pluot” rather than just pluot.
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Lots of jujubes.
Must be a nice grocery store if they sell mangosteen. My wife’s favorite is star apple, which is something we’ve never seen for sale in the USA.
I think the other name of Star apple is milk fruit. @tonyOmahaz5 knows all about it. He has mentioned it here several times.
Looks like the one. I’ve only had it a couple of times. It’s very good refrigerated. Mildly sweet and pulpy.
Kiwi gold raspberries and blackberries! Will make a peach pie timorrow.
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Bill’s Nectar Peachcots,were grafted to a Bella Gold Peacotum,which hasn’t produced yet.
They are a bit sweeter this year,their second time fruiting. Brady
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Those figs are beautiful. We don’t get fresh figs here.
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This photo is from a week ago. Kevina and O´Henry peaches, Chojuro Asian pears, Farhial and Farclo apricots, Toptaste europlum + 1 fig
I had also first crop of Smitten apple. This variety is ant magnet so I had to pick them a bit earlier that I would like to. Some are still left on the tree, got about 15 all together
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Is your location in Europe and if so,do they have Tanglefoot there?It’s great against ants. Brady
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Good chance those are Dapple Dandy and Flavor King, although there are many varieties now.
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Hi Brady, unfortunately Tanglefoot is not available here. I tried something similar but the base that look similar to plastic wrap wasn’t that great for the bark, it was peeling off once removed. I will buy Tanglefoot in US, if it was working it would be well worth the money. Thank you
Paul, Tangled Foot works. Don’t apply it directly to a trunk of your tree. I just use masking tape wrapping around a trunk to make a 8-10” band. Then, you smear Tangled Foot on the masking tape. I do it in early spring. It has lasted until now.
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My tanglefoot always get covered with grass clippings every time the lawn is mowed. Have you noticed that with yours? I’m wondering if I should cover it with a piece of plastic bag before lawn mowing which would be a hassle but I won’t have to reapply it often.