It doesn’t happen every year, but this year the Manchurian Apricot trees had some fruit. The fruit is alright, though these are not grafted trees, so could be better.
Category Archives: Fruit
Mulberry Heaven
July is the heaviest producing month for mulberries. There are also different colors to eat right now.
Flowering Plum Thicket
There are many plum thickets on the farm that have burst into flowering now. These shrubs are the native species that are called the American Plum(Prunus americana).
Illinois Everbearing Mulberry
The Illinois Everbearing Mulberry has longer fruit than the naturalized White Mulberries here. They are good tasting and are said to be a hybrid between a Red Mulberry(Morus rubra) and White mulberry(Morus alba).
Iowa Kiwano
I have been growing a melon called the horned melon or Kiwano. It takes a lot of days to mature, so only one was able to turn orange this year.
Niagara Grape
Niagara is always producing good crops of grapes. It has seeds though, so not the best for eating fresh. I did make grape juice out of them though.
Tomato Hornworms
Tomato hornworms are huge and they turn into a big moth. They can damage tomato plants because they have big appetites.
White Mulberry Colors
White Mulberry(Morus alba) fruit can be different colors. Some trees produce white fruit, others maybe purple or pink.
Unripe Bounty
The mulberry trees are full of fruit this year. Since there are so many mulberry trees here, their fruiting window overlaps so I can eat mulberries for nearly 2 and half months. The fruit gives the mulberry trees an ornamental appeal.
Pineapple Tree
The Pineapple Pear tree flowers most years and produces a good crop of Bartlett-like pears in August. It is among three pear trees in the orchard that were planted around a couple decades ago.