This is the first year that my plum tree has born fruit. The label says it's a Stanley plum but as the fruit is a blushed golden yellow and huge it's clearly not. I googled it a while ago and thought I'd nailed it down to a particular variety of yellow plum. I was baffled as to why the fruit is ready now though as the plum I'd thought it was, shouldn't ripen until September. Imagine my surprise this morning when Tony and I shared one to discover that they are actually apricots. That means that in my garden I'm growing several varieties of apples pears and plums. I now know that there's apricots, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, honeyberry, gooseberry, two varieties of grape and some rhubarb. Not bad for a relatively small garden. The teacup is to show how big the squash and apricot are
You are growing impressive quantities of fruit.
ReplyDeleteThe yellow plums at my grandparents were usually ready in July, and I remember them with fondness. They wouldn't be a bad thing to grow, but, in my opinion, apricots are much better!
There's a couple of gage type trees in the neighborhood and they make the most delicious jam. I think I'll have to go and see if they are ready yet.
DeleteApricot! I guess I am showing my love of song lyrics here but your post made me think of the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz. "What puts the APE in APRICOT"? COURAGE!
ReplyDeleteNow I want to watch that film again
DeleteOh wow! How lovely
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I thought
DeleteWhat a fantastically productive garden you've got, and how lovely to have apricots, one of my favourite fruits.
ReplyDeleteSooze x
The taste was amazing. Nothing like the bullet hard ones that the supermarket sells.
DeleteA pleasant surprise. X
ReplyDeleteIt was such a treat.
DeleteA delicious mystery solved. You have a wonderful selection of fruit and veg in your garden, Cherie. Just goes to show what can be done in a small space.
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me just how much food can be grown in a relatively small space
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