First Taste of First Redlove® Calypso® Apple

 This was the first apple from my first-leaf Redlove® Calypso® apple tree.  The apple fell off the small tree, so I took that as a signal it was not going to ripen further.

Some precautions -

First year fruits are not always reliable indicators of the future fruits from the same tree.  Next year, this tree might have larger, sweeter fruits.  Or it might not.

This fruit might not have fully ripened.  The tree does have two other fruits.  Maybe they will ripen further.

A small tree may not be able to support full ripening.

That said, this small (about silver dollar size) apple was colorful on the inside.  The  flesh had a crisp, juicy texture.  It was not astringent or bitter.  What it was, was very tart - like a lemon candy.  Or a pineapple, or grapefruit, but crisp.

Peach Bud Graft Took and Growing. 8.11.2020

 This is the leaf curl resistant "Sunny Day" peach that I did patch grafts.  I think they both took, but the heat was too much and I was unable to look after them for a while.  One started growing, but the other one dried out and baked.  I think I'll just let them alone except for watering and shelter, and cut the top from the one that took, next Spring.  I might keep the other one for another graft attempt next year.

Garlic. 8.11.2020

 The bigger garlic heads are Music, the smaller ones are Spanish Roja, I think.  I'll save about 5 of the largest to plant next year.  Raised bed, inside fence, made a big difference.  Animals didn't eat them and they did really well.  The fall planted ones were bigger than the spring planted ones/

Saving Poppy Seeds. 8.11.2020

 These are Shirley poppies.  It's interesting how many seeds one can collect from the pods, even though the pods seem small.  I'll continue saving them, since the honeybees like them so much and there aren't as many other bee forage plants blooming now.

Some Flowers. 8.11.2020

 The Four O'Clocks are all volunteer. I moved a few seedlings this Spring and left the rest where they were.  I think they are a few generations past the original seed packet now.  There were only two yellow flowered plants.  I want to save those seeds, so I labeled them.  They are open-pollinated so who knows what the seedlings will be.  Honeybees don't seem to like them.  Despite being Four O'Clocks, they seem to bloom best in the am so should be "Nine Am O'Clocks".  :-)

This dark one is especially brilliant.  It's not a pure red.  I think the marble types interbred with the pure color types.

These are wild petunias.  The flowers are the same size as the Four O'Clocks, but the leaves are very different.  Also, they stay open in the afternoon, when the Four O'Clock flowers are closed.

I just like taking photos of flowers with bees.

I didn't think the honeybees were into dahlias, but this time there were a few.