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Fruit Development Stage, June 1, 2023

Apart from the already ripe or ripening perennial fruits of blue honeysuckle, goumi, and juneberry, followed by various cherries and goji (discussed and shown in the previous post), other fruits continue their development. Northcentral West Virginia, growing zone 6, elevation 1000 feet, east slope, photos below show the current unripe progress of peach, plum (Asian,… Continue reading Fruit Development Stage, June 1, 2023

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End May, Begin June Ripe 2023

The early ones: ripening sequence northcentral West Virginia, growing zone 6, 1000 feet elevation, east slope, wet spring now become dry: honeyberry (edible blue honeysuckle, typically small), followed by haskap (edible blue honeysuckle, typically larger), followed by small goumi, then near simultaneous large goumi and Juneberry and Nanking cherry. And then: Carmine Jewel cherry and… Continue reading End May, Begin June Ripe 2023

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Edible Blue Honeysuckle – The Early Berry

Edible blue honeysuckle, ripe already, the Berry Blue variety, with the great flavor of a tart grape and strawberry and wild blueberry, mixed. The very earliest ripening varieties of edible blue honeysuckle are usually called honeyberry, with lineage typically originating primarily in eastern Europe and Russia. The later but still very early ripening varieties of… Continue reading Edible Blue Honeysuckle – The Early Berry