No, even in my yard, this year it is bearing very shyly. The blooming fruiting cycle(s) with Edward is interesting. It is usually one of the first to push blooms each season. The first bloom tends to run right into the cold spells we have here and that, in my opinion, limits the fruit set of the first bloom. Then, Edward, as many other cultivars will also do, will push a second set of blooms and there will be additional fruits set from that later bloom. This is really not an off season crop issue but just a staggered bloom. As I said, other trees do the same. As long as the fruit set is light and the timing is still before February, many varieties will push more bloom and have the opportunity to have a later maturing crop. This year the first bloom produced next to no fruit, even though it was not that cold (so much for that theory, now that I point that out to myself). Maybe this was a wet winter or powdery mildew issue for which I never sprayed. I wasn't paying close enough attention to say, sorry to admit. The second bloom didn't fare all that much better either. Definitely not up to standards for Edward.....the massive, prolific, producer that it ordinarily is in my yard (in my dreams anyway).
Harry
