Re: Rain now tropical fruit

LOL - If you're driving Theresa, swing by and pick me up!!
:-)


On 6/1/06, Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> That's it!  I'm moving to Jim's house and going to gorge myself on
> exotic fruit!    Sounds wonderful.
>
> Theresa
>
> james singer wrote:
>
> > Hi, Bonnie. Well, for starters, here's what the lychee tree looks
> > like: http://snipurl.com/r80z [that picture is of only a small section
> > of the tree; the whole thing looks like that] Fruit needs to be a bit
> > darker red to pick; probably next week. I may try canning some of them.
> >
> > Avocado has 100 or more fruits this year. This variety keeps on the
> > tree for a limited period--and has practically no shelf life once
> > picked; this is our biggest worry at the moment because they should
> > start to ripen in mid June.
> >
> > "Tommy Atkins" mango has, maybe, 50-60 fruits. These are those very
> > colorful mangos one sees in the supermarket--bright red, yellow, and
> > green all at once. Quality is only so-so [slight resinous taste if not
> > fully ripe, flesh tends to be fibrous]. These are great for pies and
> > cobblers and for making Indian pickles, but they are not worth much in
> > the ex-supermarket market. So we will probably ripen fully them in the
> > garage then can and/or pickle them.
> > Our "Carrie" and "Alanpur Banishan" mangos, both premium varieties,
> > are very young and will have maybe a dozen fruits altogether--no
> > problem disposing of those!
> >
> > The black sapote--a subtropical relative of the persimmon--must have
> > had 1,000 blooms this year; absolutely a mass of flowers that were
> > swarmed daily by bumble bees. The ground under the tree is now black
> > with dead flowers. I don't know what the pollination rate has been,
> > but if it;s as high as 1 percent, we could have a problem.
> >
> > But what Squints and I spent some time examining was the two sugar
> > apples and the atemoya [a cross between a sugar apple and a
> > cherimoya]. These may be the most delicious fruits that will grow in
> > the Lower 48. Many of the flowers on the three trees have yet to open,
> > but of those that have opened, many have set. It's still early, so how
> > many make it to maturity is questionable.
> >
> > On Jun 1, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:
> >
> >> Is that a bad thing, Jim?  A farmer's market may give you some exotic
> >> plant
> >> money for something special.  What all is shaping up in your fruit
> >> trees?
> >>
> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > Hardiness Zone 10
> > Heat Zone 10
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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