Re: Rain now tropical fruit

Ahhh- apparently summer is here, and I've started an avalanche of "road 
trip" wanna-bees!  One thing this group is good at is wishful thinking!
Theresa

Jesse Bell wrote:

>YEH...and when you pick up Tricia....swing on over and get ME!! I have
>been yearning for the beach lately. Even have dreams about it. And
>getting to meet another member of the group face-to-face would be
>great!!! And Squints too!
>
>  
>
>pdickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>  me too,
>Tricia
>(just north of I-40 at the Hwy 54 exit!!!!!!!!!!!!)
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Pam Evans" 
>To: 
>Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 5:35 AM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rain now tropical fruit
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>  
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>>LOL - If you're driving Theresa, swing by and pick me up!!
>>:-)
>>
>>
>>On 6/1/06, Theresa wrote:
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>>
>>>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:
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>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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