Facts for Fancy Fruit A newsletter for commercial and advanced amateur fruit growers

Crop conditions

August 1, 2024 - Included in Issue: 24-10

By: Wil Brown-Grimm

Things are continuing to ripen up around Meigs. Apples and pears are coloring, some of the early grape varieties will be ready for harvest here in a week or so. Many watermelons are up to size and maturing. The first flush of primocane blackberries will be ripening over the next week. Yellow plums are ripe and delicious! Unfortunately, the peaches have run their course. The same can be said for the aronia and black currants.

: Grapes: Maturation

: Blackberry: Green to ripe fruit

: Apple (Pixie Crunch): Maturation

: Watermelon: Fruit maturity

: Pear: Maturation

: Paw Paw: Maturation

: Plum: Fruit maturity

: Apple (Rosalee): Maturation

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