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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

The race is on to see which varieties will ripen before the hard  
frost.  Some predictions of freezing this coming weekend but possibly  
I have another couple weeks.  Order of ripening this years was Celeste  
Improved, Celeste, Brown Turkey, LSU Gold, Hardy Chicago, Italian  
Honey.  I still have about 20+ varieties in various states.  My  
favorite Conadria, is a good week to two weeks away from ripe.  (&  
oiling the eyes definitely has never worked for me.)  I made fig jam  
last week & two different people thought it was strawberries.  One of  
these years I'm gonna have enough production to make some wine but for  
now I'll settle for the pleasure of nibbling 3-4 a day straight off  
the trees.

~mIEKAL