Have you read Kathy Huber’s Saturday, Jan. 7, article on “Fruit Trees — Landscaping With Taste“?
If not, break here and click on the link above. Better yet, print it out, along with this blog post, to take with you to one of the many great fruit tree sales she mentions in the Jan. 7 Garden Calendar. (Print that out too.)
Kathy mentions a number of great fruit tree choices, and I asked Ray Sher of Urban Harvest’s Jan 14 sale to send some pictures of a few varieties that:
1. he thinks should be planted more often and
2. will offer beauty as well as goodies-to-eat.
His recommendations:
This is Jaboticaba in bloom. What a beautiful piece of sculpture this plant creates! It’s a member of the Myrtle family, is native to Brazil and the name roughly translates “like turtle fat.” Apparently that’s what the fruit pulp resembles! Don’t let that be a turn-off, tho. The fruits have been likened to our own muscadine grapes.
These plants will all be available (along with many more) at the Urban Harvest sale for sure, and probably at many of the extraordinary number of fruit and vegetable programs are scheduled this month.