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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

For me, this year, rewards have been:

Illinois Everbearing mulberry - great crop, from early June to the end of July
Evans cherry produced a nice crop of cherries this spring, Montmorency made 
enough to munch on while browsing around the orchard, but not enough for a pie.
The little native plum thicket(P.angustifolia) produced a nice crop of 
tasty fruits, with little insect damage - could have made some  jelly, but 
we mostly just ate 'em fresh off the bushes.
Chojuro and Singo(Shinko) Asian pears - heavy crop, ripening now.  Niitaka 
should have been thinned - it's branches are bending to the ground with 
fruits that will not likely surpass 2 inches.  Korean Giant set its typical 
2 or 3 fruits.
Keiffer pear has it's typical heavy crop - should have been thinned 
heavily, as the myriad of fruits it's carrying this year probably won't 
size well.
Winesap apple set a middling crop of apples - it and Lodi are the only ones 
that set more than a handful of fruits this year.  They're 'wormy' and 
misshapen, but very tasty.
Centennial crab presented me with a couple dozen tasty little apples that 
we ate as soon as they started showing some red color - if left to develop 
full red color, they became mealy and unappetizing.
Two little seedling beach plums(P.maritima) set heavy crops of fruits, 
little bothered by insect pests, and they're almost becoming raisins - 
hanging well on the bushes, becoming tastier as time passes.

Looking forward to what  looks to be a good crop on the pecans and 
hickories this year.


Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY