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Regardless of what your mystery fruit tree turns out to be, it is a treat to see these beautiful blossoms - plus that swallowtail butterfly! Great harbingers of spring for those of us to your north, where spring is oh-so-gradually coming and going on what feels like alternate days, and we are tired of winter, cold, snow, ice, floods, frigid temperatures and being stuck inside. These reminders that spring WILL eventually come here, too, are uplifting and encouraging. Thanks so much for sharing the beautiful pictures and background stories.
Whatever is growing there now, may not actually be what was cut down. Lots of retail nursery fruit trees are grafted on to other trees.
Often popular new varieties are grafted on to hardier heritage stock.
We once had an apple tree that got too big for the space and was cut off... the tree that came back ended up being a wild crabapple.... completely different fruit.
Whatever is growing there now, may not actually be what was cut down. Lots of retail nursery fruit trees are grafted on to other trees.
Often popular new varieties are grafted on to hardier heritage stock.
We once had an apple tree that got too big for the space and was cut off... the tree that came back ended up being a wild crabapple.... completely different fruit.
Regardless of what your mystery fruit tree turns out to be, it is a treat to see these beautiful blossoms - plus that swallowtail butterfly! Great harbingers of spring for those of us to your north, where spring is oh-so-gradually coming and going on what feels like alternate days, and we are tired of winter, cold, snow, ice, floods, frigid temperatures and being stuck inside. These reminders that spring WILL eventually come here, too, are uplifting and encouraging. Thanks so much for sharing the beautiful pictures and background stories.
Thank you for the compliment
That's an advantage of living in a warmer climate, the spring comes early! I am currently in SoCal but previously in Alabama and the tree bloom roughly about the same time.
Whatever is growing there now, may not actually be what was cut down. Lots of retail nursery fruit trees are grafted on to other trees.
Often popular new varieties are grafted on to hardier heritage stock.
We once had an apple tree that got too big for the space and was cut off... the tree that came back ended up being a wild crabapple.... completely different fruit.
It was a vigorous grower for sure. It's like it appreciates given a 2nd chance in life and take it for all its glory.
It looks like from the posts, the consensus are a head-to-head between a peach and a plum. Looking back at its growth, I'd say the branches grew like a plum, whippy at first then firmed up, but the bloom and the leaves look more like a peach, except the leaves was narrower. I am thinking it could be an Almond tree
It was a vigorous grower for sure. It's like it appreciates given a 2nd chance in life and take it for all its glory.
It looks like from the posts, the consensus are a head-to-head between a peach and a plum. Looking back at its growth, I'd say the branches grew like a plum, whippy at first then firmed up, but the bloom and the leaves look more like a peach, except the leaves was narrower. I am thinking it could be an Almond tree
No matter what the fruits turn out to be, I am sure I will have a happy surprise.
It's vigorous because the heritage root stock's system has gone feral now that the graft is dead and gone. Like Diana's crabapple root stock did after the apple tree was cut off.
If you're convinced it is almond you better plant another almond to go with it otherwise you won't get any fruit off it. Two different types of almond trees are needed for correct pollination and the production of fruit (in spite of them having both male and female parts on each flower). Since you don't know what type yours is (or if it even is an almond) if it doesn't fruit out, I'd suggest you get a companion almond for cross pollination next year, one that has white flowers instead of pink then you'll be assured it is different.
I personally think it's a peach rootstock gone feral, I don't think it's an almond because you haven't said if you have any other almonds on the property - do you have almond trees very close nearby? But you did say that last summer your tree had produced some fruits that all dropped before reaching maturity. If it had been an almond with no companion almond tree and no cross-pollination then it would have never produced any kinds of fruits at all, whether they reached maturity or not. Ergo, unless you have other almonds very close by it is not an almond. But it might be peach-almond hybrid rootstock. Here is a wee bit of information about the types of heritage rootstock that is used for grafting and it mentions peach-almond rootstock there. https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/...rootstock.html
Well, I had to look up prunus mume (duh), but the pink blossoms look like my one plum tree. They are gorgeous, but spring comes late where I live, so no blooms yet. Also, the plums are so sour that they are inedible.
Please keep us posted!
Edit, I just saw your locale. I don't know if you're coastal or inland, but there isn't much you can"t grow, I lived there most of my life.
So, it could possibly be a peach, they need warmth & lots of sunshine, which I don"t have much of now, that is why I think my peach tree failed. The best peaches I ever ate were from groves in Texas Hill Country.
I never knew of cherries in your locale, it's too hot.
Do you have any citrus besides the Mexican lime, or avocados? Wow, do I ever miss growing those!
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Do you have any citrus besides the Mexican lime, or avocados? Wow, do I ever miss growing those!
We grew Loquats when we were in California. Loquats are awesome. Probably my favorite fruit. But they do not keep well so you cannot find them in stores.
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