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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jul 28, 2021 19:45:08 GMT -6
I drove out to the park today to check on the jujube trees. They are loaded with fruit this year. One of them was still blooming. That sure is strange to see a tree that blooms this close to August. No wonder the fruits don't ripen until October.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on May 10, 2022 10:00:34 GMT -6
I took a look around today and noticed that nearly every fruit tree that I saw had fruit set this year. It has been several years since we've had fruit around here because of late freezes or pounding rains that knock all of the pollen off the blossoms, or a persistent fungus that forms on the fruit, mummifying them before harvest. What a joyous occasion it was to look up and see little baby apples, peaches, and pawpaws nearly everywhere I looked.
Now, if the fungus that has plagued us in years past doesn't get them before we do, we might actually have fruit this year?
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Aug 5, 2022 15:38:43 GMT -6
I drove out to check the Jujube trees again today. This is the first time I've seen them since last Autumn. They were spectacularly covered in fruit! I don't believe I've ever seen them loaded with so much fruit before. I'm looking forward to going back in October to sample them. They are the most flavorful fruit I know of, and they keep their good texture for weeks.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Aug 12, 2022 9:19:58 GMT -6
Hmm. I just lost my post. I’ll try again. I took a picture this morning of part of my Texas Persimmon crop this year. We have a few trees scattered around our property. They’re all pretty small. They grow under oaks, probably where birds drop seeds. The birds and deer like them a lot it seems. They taste very astringent and stain bright orange, but I think I’m going to try to gather enough to make a small batch of jam. They’re black on the outside when ripe. The bark of the trees is whitish and peeling. When we first moved here to Texas we visited a library on the edge of San Antonio that has a walking path to a nearby park. As we were walking, we saw a beautiful grove of trees with that bark but they were much larger than any persimmons we had on our property, and we didn’t recognize them. It was winter, and most of the leaves were gone. When we found a smaller one sheltered on the edge that still had leaves, we recognized it as a persimmon, and I just loved what my at the time ten year old exclaimed. “Oh, Mommy! They’re so beautiful. I can’t wait till our baby persimmons grow up.”
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Aug 12, 2022 12:16:46 GMT -6
Chrysanthemum, I enlarged that photo. Those are beautiful fruits! Thanks, for sharing that.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 12, 2022 16:25:17 GMT -6
Wow! chrysanthemum, I can't say as I've ever seen such a persimmon tree as that. None of that caliber around here. Very nice!
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