I grow both and I picked a 1 3/4" inch Prime Ark Freedom in my picking this morning, September 5th. The plants are still blooming and covered with green berries. My Triple Crowns finished bearing over a month ago. They had a very productive season. I planted 4 varieties of thornless berries for a long harvest season. Chester comes in first very early, then Osage takes over until the Triple Crown ripens, and lastly Prime Ark Freedom.
Try another wonderful blackberry Ponca. Another creation of the Arkansas berry program , supposedly the ultimate blackberry for taste. We are so lucky to have these improved berries.
Others have noted this, but the cherries he tasted were not fully ripened. The color should be much darker, moving towards black. They will still be sour, but much less so and more palatable for fresh eating.
I appreciate the video. My Methley plum is a little over 3 years old and the only plum tree, I have producing so far. I had no idea what they actually were supposed to look like inside. I picked a couple and they were not ready. Now that I know what to look for it will be much easier. The tree is bearing heavy and I have thinned 3 times. I still ended up with one broken branch because I missed a cluster. Thanks
My Methley is covered in plums, but they are not that big, wondering if i fertlized to late, or perhaps theyll still get bigger since they have maybe another 2 months before picking..... itll be my first year to harvest.
You like your plums tart and firm like watermelon rind? Lol. Crazy. I guess if we were all the same life would be boring. I like my plums juicy, soft, and very sweet. Complete opposite of you.
When does Shiro bloom relative to Shiro? I'm in SE Georgia and am trialing Shiro here grafted into a Chickasaw plum (P. angustifolia) rootstock. (Grafting onto chickasaw adds a lot of disease resistance in our hot and humid climate.) My one-year-old scion broke dormancy really relative to most of my cultivars, so I'm wondering if I should worry about it not blooming with a pollinizer. The University of Georgia published a plum guide which contains a chart comparing the bloom time of our southern plums to Santa Rosa. If I can find out when Shiro blooms relative to Santa Rosa, I should be able to figure out when it will bloom relative to the varieties I've got. Thanks.
Sir, Wonderful. Kindly indicate the precise location where these plants of Plums Shiro and Weeping Santa rosa. Chill hours and rootstocks please. Welcome love and regards from India, State of Himachal Pradesh's Subtropical Kangra Distt. Very useful information. Keep it up. God bless. 👌👍❤️🙏🙏
Interesting, in my area bees and other pollinators also do not like to pollinate the flowers of Juliet nor Carmine Jewel. Last year I have tried 2 cherries, and they were extremely tart and sour, probably because of the first bearing. Another problem is that as soon as they become ripe, birds eat them all :|
I have 4 varieties including prime ark freedom and triple crown. No other varieties beat triple crown with disease and pest resistance. I think it has to do with their leaves being thicker and more hairy. It’s a late variety. Prime ark freedom ripens early.
Thanks for your thoughts on this peach. Do you have any experience with Suncrest or Contender? I’m trying to add another tree and would be curious what you would recommend as I live near Twin Falls ID and have similar growing conditions. I already grow Reliance and Redhaven and really enjoy both. I added a baby crawford two years ago after watching your video on it, but no fruit yet. Anyway just curious what peach varieties make your “keeper” list?
