North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Mark Lee <mark.lee.phd@gmail.com>]

I looked up the records for my tree. It was purchased in 2010 from Burnt
Ridge Nursery in Onolaska, WA. The variety is Kanko Bai. The Burnt Ridge
catalog says:
"Beautiful fragrant pink flowers in late winter are surprisingly hardy, and
develop into small, tart apricot like fruits that can be eaten raw, pickled
in salt or made into jam. Buds and flowers are also eaten. A small, self
fruitful tree."

I would be interested in receiving ripe seed from anyone on this list. That
would probably mean keeping a few plums on the tree longer than you would
if you are just pickling them. That is just a guess. I don't have any fruit
experience with this tree. It is producing the beautiful pink flowers in
late winter that the Anna's hummingbird buzzes by to check on when no
pollinating bugs are out yet.

As a footnote, today I learned that Anna's hummingbirds are able to survive
the winters in Seattle by, when needed, entering a hibernating state called
turpor. What an interesting little bird.
-Mark, Seattle


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Mike Levine <mlevine@umich.edu> wrote:

> I got mine from Edible Landscaping 9 years ago.  I think it first produced
> about 3-4 years ago or maybe earlier than that, but I didn't do my homework
> to realize that they aren't really eaten fresh until last year.  I do not
> have a pollinator for it unless my apricots can do it.
> On their website, it looks like they only carry a double flowering pink one
> now and it is self-pollinating.  I don't think that's the one that I have
> though as mine has single petals and it's white, not pink.
> Is there something I should be looking for to determine when to pickle
> them?  How do I know when the right time is?
>
> Thanks!
> Mike
> A2, MI zone 5b
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Mark Lee <mark.lee.phd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Mike,
> > I too have an umeboshi plum tree. It blooms early in the season, but
> never
> > produced any fruit. I planted my tree 3 years ago. How long did it take
> for
> > you to get fruit? Do you know the variety of umeboshi and what nursery it
> > came from?
> > -Mark, Seattle
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Mike Levine <mlevine@umich.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Once again, I have a bumper crop of ume plums on my tree.  I've never
> > eaten
> > > any because they won't ripen to sweetness and it took me a few years to
> > > realize that.  Does anyone know how to tell when they are ready for
> > picking
> > > to make pickled umeboshi plums?  One reference I found said the 2nd
> half
> > of
> > > June, but I'm not sure what climate that was in.  .  Any advice,
> recipes,
> > > ideas would be appreciated.  I wouldn't mind making something sweet out
> > of
> > > them too.  From the looks of it, I'm going to have A LOT of plums.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike Levine
> > > Ann Arbor, MI
> > > Zone 5b (USDA changed us to 6, but I'm not convinced)
> > > __________________
> > > nafex mailing list
> > > nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > > aubscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info|make a donation toward list
> > > maintenance:
> > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
> > > message archives
> > > https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/nafex
> > > Google message archive search:
> > > site: lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/nafex [searchstring]
> > > nafex list mirror sites:
> > > http://nafexlist.blogspot.com/
> > > http://groups.google.com/group/nafexlist
> > > https://sites.google.com/site/nafexmailinglist
> > > Avant Geared  http://www.avantgeared.com
> > >
> > __________________
> > nafex mailing list
> > nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > aubscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info|make a donation toward list
> > maintenance:
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
> > message archives
> > https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/nafex
> > Google message archive search:
> > site: lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/nafex [searchstring]
> > nafex list mirror sites:
> > http://nafexlist.blogspot.com/
> > http://groups.google.com/group/nafexlist
> > https://sites.google.com/site/nafexmailinglist
> > Avant Geared  http://www.avantgeared.com
> >
> __________________
> nafex mailing list
> nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> aubscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info|make a donation toward list
> maintenance:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
> message archives
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/nafex
> Google message archive search:
> site: lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/nafex [searchstring]
> nafex list mirror sites:
> http://nafexlist.blogspot.com/
> http://groups.google.com/group/nafexlist
> https://sites.google.com/site/nafexmailinglist
> Avant Geared  http://www.avantgeared.com
>