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I think that's the same as the Francis I had purchased from my street corner guy.

 

In Chinatown this morning, lots of mangoes - especially the champagne variety.  They were going at 4 for $5...nice size. Mott St., Mulberry St., wherever.

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Stunning cherries today. From Stockton, CA - Central Valley of Califorbia. Plump, juicy, extremely flavorful. Pricey at $6/pound but worth it

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I didn't know that they grew cherries in Stockton, and I'd never have guessed that they'd be ready by now. Thanks for the reality check!

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Shoprite had their first cherries of the season but I did not note where they were from.  I'm still waiting for some local asparagus.

 

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Shoprite had their first cherries of the season but I did not note where they were from.  I'm still waiting for some local asparagus.

 

 

Probably Cali, and probably not Bings yet - here's a good calendar of varieties and their seasons in Cali...

 

https://www.pickyourown.org/CAcherryharvestcalendar.htm

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15 hours ago, Smithy said:

I didn't know that they grew cherries in Stockton, and I'd never have guessed that they'd be ready by now. Thanks for the reality check!

I did not do my research. They are marketd by a company in Stockton but orchard location in California - don't know.  https://www.growerdirect.net/cherries  I am old enough that I remember cherry picking expeditions  to Cherry Valley, Riverside County, CA  Thing of the past. Wiki says mostly homes now. 

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I saw Raniers at WF this week, but I know its too early for them to be good (esp at that price). Cherries purchased today at Shoprite were from California. They are smaller than the ones from Washington state that I usually buy, but those don’t seem to be here yet.

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My local California cherry report:  Murray Family Farms from near Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley has been bringing cherries to our local farmers market for over a month now. It was a bit of an early start for them.  Brooks and Rainiers were first.  Bings have been there the last 2 weeks along with GG1s.  This past week, Lamberts showed up and a few other varieties that I failed to take note of.   I think they will be done soon, at least for the ones they bring to our market. I think they sell all their sour cherries at their farmstands or maybe larger markets like Santa Monica.  Another farmer had them for ~ 3 weeks but is now done.  He's also San Joaquin Valley, but a little further south. 

 

The U-pick place I usually go to is near Lancaster, CA in the Leona Valley.  Their first picking day will be this coming Friday, June 3.  Brooks are always first for them, too, followed by Rainiers and then Bings.

 

 

 

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Here is one most of you may not know.

 

Known here as 五指毛桃果 (wǔ zhǐ máo táo guǒ, literally five-finger hairy peach fruit), these are Ficus simplicissima Lour., a type of Asian fig. In the local Zhuang language, they are known as 牛奶子 （niú nǎi zǐ- meaning ‘milk') because of its milky interior. It'd call it 'sap' rather then milk. It also 'bleeds' from the stems.

They are slightly sweet and, even here, kind of rare.

 

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2 hours ago, liuzhou said:

Here is one most of you may not know.

 

Known here as 五指毛桃果 (wǔ zhǐ máo táo guǒ, literally five-finger hairy peach fruit), these are Ficus simplicissima Lour., a type of Asian fig. In the local Zhuang language, they are known as 牛奶子 （niú nǎi zǐ- meaning ‘milk') because of its milky interior. It'd call it 'sap' rather then milk. It also 'bleeds' from the stems.

They are slightly sweet and, even here, kind of rare.

 

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Are these related to the Trai va fig I saw in central Vietnam?  They're supposedly really uncommon (only exist in central Vietnam) but are picked green.

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Are these related to the Trai va fig I saw in central Vietnam?  They're supposedly really uncommon (only exist in central Vietnam) but are picked green.

 

If not the same thing, they are very closely related. I've been told mine only exist here, too. Not so.

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15 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

If not the same thing, they are very closely related. I've been told mine only exist here, too. Not so.

Sorry - I misremembered.  According to my notes, the trai va only exist in Hue - not even all of central Vietnam!

 

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Sorry - I misremembered.  According to my notes, the trai va only exist in Hue - not even all of central Vietnam!

 

 

 

Yeah. I've had tra vai tea in Huế.

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On 6/30/2022 at 11:06 AM, liuzhou said:

A no-reason photograph.
 

My local lychee tree, today.

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How easy is it to climb the tree? Wondering if the lychee fruit higher up is harvested by humans or birds and other critters.

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How easy is it to climb the tree? Wondering if the lychee fruit higher up is harvested by humans or birds and other critters.

 

I've never tried to climb the tree - I can hardly climb the stairs to my apartment, at my age! Harvesting is mainly done by people up ladders, although I'm sure the birds and other critters get a few.
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There are images of the harvest upthread here.

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Not a lot of these in Iceland, I'd wager. $1.30 USD / 500 grams in the supermarket this morning

 

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Holy crap! No- none in Iceland that I've found. I did have a couple of decent apples from France though.,.. ha! I can now get them in NY for around $5 each!!!!

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The weather recently has been crap for me, but perfect for the 荔枝 (lì zhī) litchee or lychee harvest. Hot but very wet.

 

I've been pigging out this evening on beautiful fresh lychees picked from the tree around noon! I'm like an example of Sus domesticus in its own excrement!

 

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