Fruit in the home garden.

**Durgan** · 05-14-2011, 05:17 PM

14 May 2011 Fruit in the Home Garden 14 May 2011 Fruit in the home garden

Pictures of the fruit grown in my home garden. A few bushes can produce a large quantity of fruit. Most of my produce is consumed raw, and for preservation I utilize pressure canning of the juice. In Addition to the fruit in the photos, I have Aunt Molly Ground Cherries if the weather is accommodating.

**brenda67** · 05-14-2011, 06:45 PM

You have quite a variety there.. It looks great! My orchard consist's of 2 Apple trees,1Cherry tree,3 Pear trees,2 Peach trees & 1 Plum..I have several Blackberry,Raspberry & Blueberry bushes and just planted Rhubarb a couple of weeks ago..I would like to add more fruit trees and plant some Grapes in the near future..Ginny is just to cute! I'm afraid to ask this..but where is Nina?

**Durgan** · 05-14-2011, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by brenda67

You have quite a variety there.. It looks great! My orchard consist's of 2 Apple trees,1Cherry tree,3 Pear trees,2 Peach trees & 1 Plum..I have several Blackberry,Raspberry & Blueberry bushes and just planted Rhubarb a couple of weeks ago..I would like to add more fruit trees and plant some Grapes in the near future..Ginny is just to cute! I'm afraid to ask this..but where is Nina?

Neena, my Pomeranian, was out on the street in front of my house, and got hit by a car. Her spine was broken, and she was euthanized 22 April 2011. She is sorely missed.

**brenda67** · 05-14-2011, 08:55 PM

I'm so sorry..HUGS..I know your pain..We had our Brandy (a German Sheperd/Lab) for 11yrs and her backend went out and she couldn't stand anymore as well as she was in pain..the vet told us that there was no help for her and that it was common in those breed of dog's.. so we had no choice but to euthanize her..It brings tears to my eye's still and it's going on 4yrs now..I'm sure Neena would want you to carry on and I bet she would of loved Ginny.

**pinetree** · 05-15-2011, 02:45 PM

Your trees look good! My pear trees are about the same size of yours, but yours look better! ( more branches )

I just found black aphids on my cherry trees, we released 500 ladybugs, hopefuly that will help.

**Durgan** · 05-15-2011, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by pinetree

Your trees look good! My pear trees are about the same size of yours, but yours look better! ( more branches )

I just found black aphids on my cherry trees, we released 500 ladybugs, hopefuly that will help.

My cherry tree is in excellent shape. Last year little fruit was collected, since the birds attacked one night before picking. This year I am going to net the tree. How I am not too certain, but I have some eight foot wide screen, and will haywire something suitable. Robins are the worse bird to have around the garden in my experience, since after raising their young, they become fruit eaters, and peckers of any fruit not eaten whole.

Careful pruning of the pear tree is helpful to get a good branching tree, without getting too tall. Prune in very early Spring. It may take two or more years to obtain the desirable shape.

**Labontet** · 05-15-2011, 05:28 PM

Oh Durgan I am so inspired and impressed by your gardens. I really appreciate all of the fruit trees and bushes that you have.
Thanks for posting all of the pictures.

**Debbie-cat** · 05-15-2011, 10:09 PM

Thanks for posting pictures! They look wonderful.

**momof42003** · 05-16-2011, 03:51 AM

I had no idea that Japanese Wandering Quince had fruit, let alone it was edible. Thanks for sharing and teaching me something new today. Great fruit in the garden. Right now all I have is raspberries, blackberries (they are actually a weed we kill here in Oregon on purpose-but not mine), strawberries and hoping very soon to get blueberries. No trees, our lot is too small for those.

**Durgan** · 05-16-2011, 04:58 AM

I forgot one type of fruit, Pawpaw, Asimina triloba, which should fruit this year. I have two small trees. This will be the fourth year after planting in the garden.

Canada Gardens! - The Pawpaw (Asiminia triloba)

**Durgan** · 05-16-2011, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by momof42003

I had no idea that Japanese Wandering Quince had fruit, let alone it was edible. Thanks for sharing and teaching me something new today. Great fruit in the garden. Right now all I have is raspberries, blackberries (they are actually a weed we kill here in Oregon on purpose-but not mine), strawberries and hoping very soon to get blueberries. No trees, our lot is too small for those.

Not only does the Japanese Quincy have fruit, but it has so much that it is hard to utilize all. There must be a bushel of hard, very sour fruit from the two bushes in the garden.. At first I didn't know what to use it for. Eventually I cooked the rock hard apple like fruit and made the most sour juice that I ever encountered. Very lemon like. I mixed this juice with other fruit juice and actually used most of the fruit. Good nutrition- who knows? Probably rich in vitamin C.

The flowers are also a very pretty red and are in bloom now.

**Labontet** · 05-16-2011, 06:47 AM

Durgan, how big is your yard? You have so much in the way of fruits and veggies that I was wondering how much garden area you have.

**BuzzyBee** · 05-26-2011, 11:36 PM

the flowering quince, like persimmons, is better after a frost. It makes a great jam, and for jelly needs no pectin (it had one of the highest pectin contents of any fruit).
You're correct about the vitamin C content--it is higher than lemons.