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Richard - ripe apricots taste wonderful - can't grow them here of course, but when we lived near Johannesburg, the peaches, nectarines and apricots were everywhere.

I'm with Sue on the sorbet and ice cream too - but mine are passion fruit and mango as we are at the height of the season - fruit everywhere, pineapples too.

Cassie

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Hmm ... my passion fruits won't be ripe for quite awhile. But today I did harvest more apricots, two ambrosia muskmelons, and a connecticut field pumpkin. This afternoon we'll make apricot jam and tomorrow pumpkin pie.

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Delicious sequoia and quinault strawberries ! :2216: And a zillion seed heads from several varieties of ornamental sunflowers .

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'Furry Yellow Hogg' Tomatoes
Suyu Nishiki Cukes
Kamo and Cambodian Giant Eggplants
Limon ,Jalapeno and Italina Frying Chilis
Litchii Tomato(disappointed. Not returning to next yrs' garden!)
Thai Golden Melon(")
Cheers,
Pat

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Way to go, Pat!

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From the apricots picked yesterday (Saturday): 6 pints and 2 half-pints of apricot jam!

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This evening I went back to check on the Apricot tree and picked 10 gallons worth (50 pounds!). I guess I'd better get busy removing the pits ...

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ok now my mouth is really watering....apricot jam....oh so yummy.

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Pitted, sliced, and packed with a bit of lemon juice: I now have 4.5 gallons of fruit in the refrigerator for Tuesday's cooking extravaganza! :D

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good job!

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So far I have canned a total of 14 pints of jam, made 6 pies (1 double and 1 quadruple), 4 quarts of sorbet, 2 coffee cakes, and have 8 pints of sliced fruit packed with lemon juice in the refrigerator that I'll probably turn into jam today. The remaining ~10 gallons of fruit on the tree will likely end up in the food dehydrator. It looks like the peaches will be keeping me busy next.

:woohoonaner:

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7 gallons (50 lbs !) of tree-ripened peaches. :D

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Thanks! Today I got my 1st 'White WOnder' Watermelon to ripen which was the 1st watermelon I've ever got to this stage! A nice White-fleshed Heirloom "Icebox" with a slightly tropical flavor. An the Figs are going gangbusters!
Cheers,
Pat

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Finally got my internet back an hour ago after 3 weeks.
Harvested almost half of my Prince Ranier cherries today and yesterday.

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Richard - that is just incredible. And all you champion fruit-growers are such show-offs - up to your armpits in fruit!!!!! (Good work though and it's only my envy showing!)

Cassie

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I second that! As things are going, we in Seattle are probably 2 and a half months from our fruits getting ripe. That is, if we can get some decent weather here. Like yesterday was around 70°F, right now it's 65°F. Oh, well! At least we don't have to turn the air conditioner on. Just have to wear heavy clothing.

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will those Rain cherries grow here in Fl.?

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Greene:
I don't think so. Cherries have to satisfy some chilling requirements during the winter when they are dormant in order for them to fruit.
I thought here in Salinas we didn't have enough below freezing weather but I tried it and was successful because I did not see a single cherry tree in the neighborhood.

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Going to pick my first pineapple. It looks ready to me.

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great idea with the chix wire, ill have to remember that. looks yummy!:bananajoy: