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♂CANAM productions♂ said:
They don't like high winds (apricots less so). Been kind of an issue this year aside from the usual. Only ones I've seen about about quarter size this year.
Cherries this year all seem shit to me, they've had dye and wax added.
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I haven't been able to find cherries much at all! I'm dying, because I will drop cash on pounds and pounds of good cherries and make myself ill eating them.

May go [not a stone fruit, sorry - it's seasonal, though] strawberry picking with my mother this weekend if I havent already missed our nanosecond season.
 
Friend of Dorothy Parker said:
I haven't been able to find cherries much at all! I'm dying, because I will drop cash on pounds and pounds of good cherries and make myself ill eating them.

May go [not a stone fruit, sorry - it's seasonal, though] strawberry picking with my mother this weekend if I havent already missed our nanosecond season.
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Preharvest rains have been an issue in some areas in the world (late harvest = tasteless), but the extended drought (mainly heat) over most of the US has been the major issue state side.
Edit: Fig, Pomergranate, dragon fruit ought to be good this year assuming we won't get any more unexpected weather (hint: we will).
Edit 2: Jujube too... Can't kill that shit...
For stone fruit my bet doing well will be date, mango, lychee, coconut.
 
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♂CANAM productions♂ said:
Preharvest rains have been an issue in some areas in the world (late harvest = tasteless), but the extended drought (mainly heat) over most of the US has been the major issue state side.
Edit: Fig, Pomergranate, dragon fruit ought to be good this year assuming we won't get any more unexpected weather (hint: we will).
Edit 2: Jujube too... Can't kill that shit...
For stone fruit my bet doing well will be date, mango, lychee, coconut.
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I'm glad you mentioned mangoes! Had a question this morning after butchering yet another one (:_(. How do you figure out where the stone is? No matter where I start a vertical cut, I hit the stone and end up hacking the thing to pieces to get around it, rather than getting a nice, big arc of fruit to dice up.
 
Friend of Dorothy Parker said:
I'm glad you mentioned mangoes! Had a question this morning after butchering yet another one (:_(. How do you figure out where the stone is? No matter where I start a vertical cut, I hit the stone and end up hacking the thing to pieces to get around it, rather than getting a nice, big arc of fruit to dice up.
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Make sure the seed is on the vertical plane (since seed is long and flat), then cut offset a bit from one side at stem end with the knife blade facing the towards the middle. You should hit resistance with the seed.
If you hit the seed on the initial cut, move blade out from the middle a bit more, some seeds are wider than others.
 
♂CANAM productions♂ said:
Make sure the seed is on the vertical plane (since seed is long and flat), then cut offset a bit from one side at stem end with the knife blade facing the towards the middle. You should hit resistance with the seed.
If you hit the seed on the initial cut, move blade out from the middle a bit more, some seeds are wider than others.
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Thank you. These things seem to be about the full height of the fruit and a couple inches wide, leaving only maybe an inch of flesh on each side. Wasn't expecting that. :-/
 
Friend of Dorothy Parker said:
Thank you. These things seem to be about the full height of the fruit and a couple inches wide, leaving only maybe an inch of flesh on each side. Wasn't expecting that. :-/
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Sounds about right. Sometimes the Queen (?) mangoes have a smaller relative seed and larger fruit (about 1-1.5" wide worth of flesh) but those are like a 10" long and 3-5"wide. Just make sure to stay away from them when ripening on tree, that's urushiol (Poison Ivy et al) being released.

I lost so many of my fruit trees recently (Lol at my peaches). Last few years it was a drought/freeze/flooding... Hopefully my Lychee and Longan produce this year despite the severe drought.
 
Whenever I get peaches I spiral cut them so I get nice rings, which are a fun way to eat them. This method also works to prep them for the dehydrator.
 
♂CANAM productions♂ said:
Sounds about right. Sometimes the Queen (?) mangoes have a smaller relative seed and larger fruit (about 1-1.5" wide worth of flesh) but those are like a 10" long and 3-5"wide. Just make sure to stay away from them when ripening on tree, that's urushiol (Poison Ivy et al) being released.

I lost so many of my fruit trees recently (Lol at my peaches). Last few years it was a drought/freeze/flooding... Hopefully my Lychee and Longan produce this year despite the severe drought.
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I am not in the right climate zone for all those wonderful trees. Hope yours survived! I went lychee-picking a couple years ago at a combination lychee orchard/down-low ayahuasca farm - could not get over how loaded those (lychee) trees were - thousands and thousands on every tree. Gorged on those things for days. That was also actually the first time I had mango picked from someone's tree - the friebds I was staying with seemed to have no problem with dissecting a mango in 2 seconds, but I still struggle.
 
I had lychees today. They were a bit strange in their coloring. Rather than being the brownish maroon I'm used to, they're greenish gold with a blush pink. Really delicious.
 
Uh Oh Stinky said:
I had lychees today. They were a bit strange in their coloring. Rather than being the brownish maroon I'm used to, they're greenish gold with a blush pink. Really delicious.
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The skin turns pink/red when freshly ripened. If you like them try longan. Try Lychee wine it tastes really great.
 
peaches are my favorite fruit but sadly this summer the ones ive bought havent been so tasty. the nectarines have, though :)
also its been forever since i last ate plums but i might buy some soon for the digestion benefits:lol:. do you guys like the red or the yellow ones?
 
pork and beans said:
peaches are my favorite fruit but sadly this summer the ones ive bought havent been so tasty. the nectarines have, though :)
also its been forever since i last ate plums but i might buy some soon for the digestion benefits:lol:. do you guys like the red or the yellow ones?
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I prefer the red center ones, but I think my store usually gets the yellow center ones.
 
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