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["Moyer, Richard" <ramoyer@king.edu>]

    Have observed similar to below; fruit sets and grows on juvenile tree or
suckers, then falls off for 1-2 years before bearing heavily, regularly
thereafter.  
    If I recall correctly,  certain young mulberries (same family-Moraceae)
can switch with age from all male to female or perfect flowers, which look
similar at a distance. 
    Che gets my vote as a carefree, dependable fruit in humid climes. 
    Richard Moyer 
    Zone 6, East Tenn 
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    Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 22:25:52 -0400 
    From: "David Consolvo" <fruitopia@nexet.net> 
    Subject: [NAFEX] Che 
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    My che trees are about four years old, and produced some fruit last 
    year, and more this year.  The fruit are about marble size now, and they
ripen here in October, deep red at the size of very large cherries.  My
trees don't seem to mind the never-ending intermittant heavy rains and the 

- Ignored: 
    cloudy 
    humid days we have this year. 
    David Consolvo 
    central Virginia, 1,200 feet, Zone 7 
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           As we start into August, the two 2yr old che trees, thought to be
one male, one female both have green fruits on them about the size of a very
large pea, resembling a round unripe mulberry.  They bore similarquantities
last year but lost all fruit while still green.  Should the fruits be larger
at this time in the season?  What are your che trees 
    looking like this year? 
    
    Scott 
    Lancaster, PA 
    Hi Scott 
    I have a female tree from Edible Landscape. It's about 3 years old I 
    think. This year it ripened fruit for the first time. They all fell off
like yours the first year it made fruit. Quite a bit of the fruit fell early
this year