Re: What's Blooming

I don't even think this fruit is sold here where I live...this list is
the only place I've ever even heard of it. Sounds good though! I don't
suppose it's possible to grow one of these indoors, is it?



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Mon 02/02, james singer < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:
From: james singer [mailto: jsinger@igc.org]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 17:53:41 -0500
Subject: Re: [CHAT] What's Blooming

Asian subtropical fruit. About the size of a golf ball. Leathery skin
<br>that peels easily. Somewhat large seed [freestone type]. Incredibly
<br>sweet, juicy, pearl-white, delicious flesh.<br><br>Actually, the
size of the fruit varies by cultivar. Mine are about the <br>size of
golf balls. Last spring, I went down to Pine Island and <br>purchased
fruit from three different cultivars--two about the same size <br>as
mine and one smaller, about the size of a jawbreaker. As I recall,
<br>the small one had the best flavor.<br><br>Lychees are interesting
trees. They are handsome and small [mine's less <br>than 8 feet tall],
with glossy, dark green leaves. They produce fruit <br>in "bunches,"
much like a palm produces dates, so one can lop off a <br>single stem
and get, maybe, a couple of dozen fruits. And, unlike <br>dates, lychees
on a single stem all ripen at the same time, which is <br>why they are
often sold that way, by the stem.<br><br><br>On Monday, February 2,
2004, at 06:19 AM, Melody wrote:<br><br>> Good morning, Jim! Well, here
nothing is blooming, of course...it's<br>> still the dead of winter and
we've got snow all over the place...I'm<br>> waiting to hear from Ceres
to see if the Des Moines area got the<br>> projected 10 inches of snow
they were predicting last night...here it's<br>> raining ice! Should be
a treacherous drive home in another couple of<br>> hours...yuck! Will be
time to get the rosary out and start praying like<br>> mad! So...what is
a lychee again? I know you've probably explained this<br>> to us before,
but could you indulge me with one more explanation?<br>><br>><br>><br>>
Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>><br>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience
is the mysterious."<br>> --Albert Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Mon 02/02,
james singer < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:<br>> From: james singer [mailto:
jsinger@igc.org]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004
05:53:00 -0500<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] What's Blooming<br>><br>> Guess
yesterday was really Let's See What's Bloomin

g Sunday rather than<br>> <br>Super Bowl Sunday. I managed to get off
the couch while it was <br>> still<br>> <br>light out and tour the yard,
too. The avocado and the mangos are<br>> loaded <br>with flower buds
[neither quite open]. I was hoping that the<br>> lychee <br>would be
blooming, too, but no signs of it doing so<br>> yet.<br><br>On Sunday,
February 1, 2004, at 11:33 PM, Theresa<br>> wrote:<br><br>> Funny you
noticed youres today, as I also found my <br>> first<br>> blooming <br>>
hellebore<br>> today too! Mine is white, one bud and one<br>> bloom
open! Yeah for both <br>> of us!<br>> I also have daffodils<br>>
blooming and a lovely anemone. Oh, and 1 <br>> snowdrop. A<br>>
whole<br>> bunch of my bulbs are coming up now, and I noticed that my
<br>><br>> bletilla<br>> are starting to come up too. Oh, and of course
my <br>> camellia<br>> is <br>> blooming too.<br>><br>>
Theresa<br>><br>> -----Original<br>> Message-----<br>> From:
owner-gardenchat@hort.net<br>> [o*@hort.net]On<br>>
Behalf Of Zemuly@aol.com<br>><br>> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 3:56
PM<br>> To:<br>> gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Subject: [CHAT] What's
Blooming<br>><br>><br>><br>> My online connection is still acting up so
I have spent the last week<br>> <br>> doing<br>> other things -- like
reading. Anyway, I took a walk<br>> around the <br>> backyard<br>>
this<br>> afternoon and was delighted to<br>> note on of my "baby"
hellebores is <br>> blooming.<br>> This is the<br>> first year any of
them will be old enough. That was <br>> exactly<br>> the<br>> kind of
boost I need to get through the last of this<br>> winter.<br>><br>>
zem<br>> zone 7<br>> West TN<br>><br>><br>>
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