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Temperate Fruit & Orchards => Temperate Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: Citradia on July 17, 2020, 07:24:52 PM

Title: Russian black apricot crop
Post by: Citradia on July 17, 2020, 07:24:52 PM

My first Tlor Tsiran Black apricot crop. All my other apricot trees dropped all their fruit this year except this one and my mume.
(https://i.postimg.cc/5YtwfMgY/A7-EBB991-F171-463-B-B45-F-248-A5-E086-FDD.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/5YtwfMgY)

Title: Re: Russian black apricot crop
Post by: Oolie on July 17, 2020, 08:09:49 PM

Looks great.

What mume are you growing?

Title: Re: Russian black apricot crop
Post by: Citradia on July 18, 2020, 10:35:17 PM

Kanko bai and Peggy Clark.

Title: Re: Russian black apricot crop
Post by: Oolie on July 19, 2020, 12:48:04 AM

Have either been aromatic enough for umeshu?

I love an aromatic umeshu.

Title: Re: Russian black apricot crop
Post by: Citradia on July 19, 2020, 07:57:55 AM

I’ve never tried making anything with the few fruit I get off the mume trees. They bloom from December through March and most years I get no fruit since each wave of bloom gets frozen off. I’ve tried eating a few yellow ripe fruit but too sour. I don’t get enough to make the pickled fruit. Just pretty trees.

Title: Re: Russian black apricot crop
Post by: Oolie on July 19, 2020, 01:11:05 PM

That's too bad, as the fruit can be pretty good if processed, but it's not really suitable for fresh consumption.

Maybe try mixing into a batch of black apricot anzushu. Anzushu can be as good as umeshu if not better.