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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> Discovering the Pluot: A Review of The Perfect Fruit


The perfect fruit?  Well, maybe from a commercial standpoint. I have to 
admit that pluots I've bought in the grocery store have been pretty 
good, especially considering how disappointing other kinds of fruit 
often are. Pluots are sweet even when picked early, and they apparently 
ship really well.

But for growing my own,... I don't think I'd go that far. I've only had 
fruit one year, so far, but they've been a bit too sweet for my tastes. 
And only one variety (so far) has produced at all abundantly.

OK, my Flavor Supreme pluot this year WAS very close to the best fruit 
I've ever eaten, but I only got two fruit from the whole tree. It's 
going to have to produce a little better than that before I consider it 
"perfect."

:-)

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

http://garthright.blogspot.com/

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