Re: Rain now tropical fruit

me too,
Tricia
(just north of I-40 at the Hwy 54 exit!!!!!!!!!!!!)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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