Apples are the third best fruit

[SP33Demon]

Bananas are the best.

 

[Imp]

Hate apples... why so hard and why so little juice for so much work.

Watermelon, that's where it's at. Relatively easy to cut but nothing but payoff once inside.

 

[Jeeebus]

Bananas are the best.

Just planted a banana tree today.

And a monstera deliciosa.

 

[dust]

Vegetables are my choice! The best vegetables are the fishes, and if you wonder about the best fish----->pork.

My 2 eurocents

 

[Kaido]

Hate apples... why so hard and why so little juice for so much work.

Watermelon, that's where it's at. Relatively easy to cut but nothing but payoff once inside.

Ever blended up a watermelon? Pretty good, especially with mint or lemonade!

 

[LPCTech]

Yellow
Bing
Cherries = best ever

And apples are delicious. Try a honeycrisp apple. Honestly there are like 30 kinds of apples and they all taste quite different.

watermelon is good.

i hate bananas, the smell...the smell... ugh.

 

[Kaido]

Jeeebus, you have a lot of the same tropical plants that I grow but some I have to cover or put them in a greenhouse for the winter. I also try to time it so I have fresh fruit year round, keeping everything under 6-8 feet and compact.

Wow, you both need to post pics of your backyards :thumbsup:

How does the midwest do for growing food? Got some job offers in the Colorado/Utah area I'm considering. Houses are priced fair enough that I could get something with a decent yard for once!

 

[KMFJD]

Yellow
Bing
Cherries = best ever

Yup they are amazing

 

[Jeeebus]

Wow, you both need to post pics of your backyards :thumbsup:

How does the midwest do for growing food? Got some job offers in the Colorado/Utah area I'm considering. Houses are priced fair enough that I could get something with a decent yard for once!

If we get some sun tomorrow I'll snap a few pics.

 

[Jeeebus]

Mangos are 7th.

Soon... soon my mango pretties. In about 3 weeks it will be mangopalooza in our yard. This is 1 of about 15 mango trees in the yard. Lychees should be ready first though.

 

[waggy]

hgmm mango's seem to be pretty popular. I can't remember if i have had them.

I love apples. honycrisp and granny smiths. yumm

 

[rpanic]

Soon... soon my mango pretties. In about 3 weeks it will be mangopalooza in our yard. This is 1 of about 15 mango trees in the yard. Lychees should be ready first though.

You've got a lot of supports on that tree.

My white and yellow nectarines are about 2 weeks from being ready. Been eating a ton of berries the last month and a half.

 

[Kaido]

hgmm mango's seem to be pretty popular. I can't remember if i have had them.

Mangos are sugar-sweet. If you're a savory person, you might not like them. Best one to try first are champagne mangos, the small yellow ones. Wait until they get soft, then cut them up (variety of ways to do so). One of the most glorious foods available naturally if you like sweets :thumbsup:

 

[Ken g6]

Saw a recent story that kids like apples better when they're sliced.

 

[DrPizza]

1 month to go until cherry season. And, we were worried that a sudden cold snap when all the apple trees were blooming was going to wipe out the apple crop (it dropped to 27 degrees). The couple of trees I checked set a shitload of apples. Looks like I'll be making 100 or more gallons of fresh apple cider this fall, and countless apple pies. Yum!

But, the best fruit is wild huckleberries. Few people ever get the chance to eat them.

 

[Kaido]

Looks like I'll be making 100 or more gallons of fresh apple cider this fall, and countless apple pies. Yum!

What's your cider procedure? I do small batches with my Champion masticating juicer: peeled apples for apple juice, unpeeled apples for apple cider, and apples/pears for a mixed sweeter cider.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Best fruits are tropical seasonal = Durians, mangosteens, mangos, lychees, rambutans, longans...

 

[sao123]

Apples are the third best fruit.

They are also the worlds worst computer and cell phone.

 

[DrPizza]

What's your cider procedure? I do small batches with my Champion masticating juicer: peeled apples for apple juice, unpeeled apples for apple cider, and apples/pears for a mixed sweeter cider.

I blend a variety of apples together. I taste each variety of apple prior to picking them. (Well, not picking - more like shaking the hell out of the tree so the apples fall onto a tarp, then I sort the apples.) I use an antique cider press to make the cider. But, here's the whole procedure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLhYaeJ2ruI
I made a video a couple years ago and posted it here.

 

[Fritzo]

July, 1992

Upon driving down a lone country road in central Ohio, I happened upon a small non-descript fruit stand. The simple farmer featured baskets of peaches the like I've never encountered before. They were the size of softballs, and the taste was somewhere between having nectar poured on your head and peach-flavored Jolly Ranchers.

They were - by far - the best tasting fruit I've ever encountered. The fruit stand is no longer there, and I've been searching for such a peach since.

 

[DrPizza]

July, 1992

Upon driving down a lone country road in central Ohio, I happened upon a small non-descript fruit stand. The simple farmer featured baskets of peaches the like I've never encountered before. They were the size of softballs, and the taste was somewhere between having nectar poured on your head and peach-flavored Jolly Ranchers.

They were - by far - the best tasting fruit I've ever encountered. The fruit stand is no longer there, and I've been searching for such a peach since.

The Amish up the road from me have a fruit and vegetable stand with such peaches. You cannot purchase the likes of which in any store. Picked fresh off the tree, and omg, good. They're near the end of the road - about a 7 miles ride. And, for 7 miles on the return trip, I eat peaches non-stop. (It helps to have a knife, cut them in half, and remove the pit. Then, it's easier to bite off chunks without juice dribbling down your chin.) Remember, most fruit in the grocery store was picked before it was ripe, and allowed to finish ripening off the tree/vine, so that it could make the journey to the store. Fresh, ripe peaches would bruise long before they reached the store.

 

[randay]

honey cream pineapple.

 

[rpanic]

The Amish up the road from me have a fruit and vegetable stand with such peaches. You cannot purchase the likes of which in any store. Picked fresh off the tree, and omg, good. They're near the end of the road - about a 7 miles ride. And, for 7 miles on the return trip, I eat peaches non-stop. (It helps to have a knife, cut them in half, and remove the pit. Then, it's easier to bite off chunks without juice dribbling down your chin.) Remember, most fruit in the grocery store was picked before it was ripe, and allowed to finish ripening off the tree/vine, so that it could make the journey to the store. Fresh, ripe peaches would bruise long before they reached the store.

Nothing beats a ripe freshly picked piece of fruit. I think picking the fruit early and over watering for higher weight greatly diminishes the brix level of store bought fruit. Not to mention a lot of varieties never make it to retail because they bruise to easy.

 

[waggy]

Nothing beats a ripe freshly picked piece of fruit. I think picking the fruit early and over watering for higher weight greatly diminishes the brix level of store bought fruit. Not to mention a lot of varieties never make it to retail because they bruise to easy.

agreed. I love fresh fruit. sadly we moved into town. My old house i had a few apple tree's and a pair tree.

Mangos are sugar-sweet. If you're a savory person, you might not like them. Best one to try first are champagne mangos, the small yellow ones. Wait until they get soft, then cut them up (variety of ways to do so). One of the most glorious foods available naturally if you like sweets :thumbsup:

hmm i'm really not into sweet fruit. Though i'm sure my kids would love them.

 

[Jeeebus]

agreed. I love fresh fruit. sadly we moved into town. My old house i had a few apple tree's and a pair tree.



hmm i'm really not into sweet fruit. Though i'm sure my kids would love them.

There are over 1000 varieties of mango with vastly different taste profiles. What you get in the typical grocery store are 3 varieties (Tommy Atkins, champagne, kent) that are good for commercial purposes but generally subpar in the mango universe.

They can be sweet, tart, citrusy, spicy, eaten green/crunchy like an apple, etc. Mmmmm... hurry up and ripen dammit.