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Fruit Recommendations?

Posted by Edymnion z7 (My Page) on
Tue, Jan 7, 14 at 15:51

Hello all,

I'm scaling my usual summer planting back this year to just some pumpkins, a couple of peppers, and... I'm frankly not sure what. Hence why I'm asking for some suggestions.

I've been growing a wide range of unusually fruits and veggies the past several years. Glass Gem Corn, Purple Cauliflower, Kiwano Melons, etc. I also took up beekeeping last year and I'm going to spend this coming year expanding on that, so less time for babysitting plants.

So, I'm looking for some recommendations on what kind of annual fruit I could plant. I already have cherry trees, mulberry, blueberry, several kinds of grapes, figs, pawpaws, and blackberries as permanent fixtures in my yard, but I want to grow more fruit that I can just pick and eat. Really sick of tomatoes as well, btw.

I'm thinking strawberries might be good, but I'd still like to plant something unusual. As in something I can't walk into every grocery store in the country and get. I keep seeing black strawberries in less than reputable places which make me not want to even try them, but they would be awesome.

Any ideas for something sweet that I can put in my raised beds that won't sprawl all over the place?


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RE: Fruit Recommendations?

Pineberries, white strawberries. They taste like nothing else. A little hard to tell when ripe. I like them a lot. But I would grow regular ones too, they are much better than store bought. It would be super easy to sell them too.
White D is a good cultivar.
They will sprawl all over the place though.
You probably will never taste one unless you grow them yourself. They are a liitle smaller than regular large strawberries. Notice the red seeds, really different. i will always grow them. On the right is an Elan F1 everbearing. Great cultivar too! Big for everbearing.

This post was edited by Drew51 on Tue, Jan 7, 14 at 17:04


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