Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Peach Blossom Time in the Ozarks


                                                                                                                                  (Photo taken on 03/18/09 by Marvin)


Peach Blossoms


Growing peaches in the Ozarks is an excellent hobby for anyone who thrives on dashed hopes and expectations.  Here in northern Arkansas we are far enough south that longer days and warmer temperatures coax our peaches into bloom about this time -- or a little earlier -- every year, but we are far enough north that we will get at least one more hard freeze -- hard enough to destroy blooms or recently set fruit -- four years out of five.


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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Persimmons




Our persimmon tree is loaded with green fruit this year. It's almost as if it know it produced nothing last year due to a late freeze killing all the blooms. The only problem is: Some of the branches are breaking under their load of green persimmons.

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