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

Crop conditions

August 29, 2024 - Included in Issue: 24-11

By: Chloe Rose Henscheid and Wil Brown-Grimm

It’s been a fruitful year here at the Meigs Horticultural Facility in Lafayette, Indiana. We are now harvesting primocane blackberries, most all grapes, early season apples, and on our fourth harvest of watermelons. The harvest so far has been plentiful and the just most delicious fruit across the board! Pears and paw paws are a week or two away from harvest. We have had a tremendous year and are looking forward to ending the season on a good note. Thank you all for following our fruit progress this year!

: Watermelon: Maturation/ Ripe

: Grapes: second-third harvest

: Pear: Maturation

: Apple (Rosalee): Maturation

: Paw Paw: Maturation

: Apple (Pixie Crunch): Maturation/ Ripe

: Blackberry: Maturation/ Ripe

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