Life on Florida’s West Coast

November Bounty

I can smell warm Star Fruit all through the house. I have a batch of the dehydrator as I write this and the scent is perfuming the air. We still have a tree full of ripe fruit in the back yard and I’m working my rear off to make sure we use them all. I hate to see any go to waste.

We gave a big bag to my daughter’s godparents when they were here last week and I think I’m going to start shipping them boxes a dozen at a time.

The yard is so full of life right now. Since I was born and raised in the DC suburbs, it seems odd to me that November would be so alive.

Here are some pictures of the star fruit tree. You can see that the branches are just heavy with fruit and that we have ripe, unripe and blossoms all at the same time. The lemons are also getting plump. I’m just waiting for them to turn yellow. And, the apple trees not only have small apples getting ready to ripen, but apple blossoms as well.

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Comment by Jenn Subscribed to comments via email
2007-11-03 17:25:49

Wow! I’m so impressed with the Star fruit tree and all the other fresh fruit you have in your own yard! I didn’t realize apples were grown in Florida. Here in the NW we grow all kinds of apples. I recall fun cider-making parties when I lived in rural Washington. “An apple a day” is no trouble here.
So I’ll have to get a starfruit from the market; unfortunately, they are more rare and expensive here, and probably not near the taste one could enjoy straight from the tree!

Comment by Angie
2007-11-03 17:37:50

Only a few varieties of apple grow here. They fruit much better up in Gainesville than they do here.

The ones in the yard are Israeli varieties and the fruit is usually only about 2″ across. Still, it’s fun to have tehm out there, since I grew up close to the orchards in Virginia.

There are two types of star fruit, for the most part. Mine are a larger, sweeter, less acidic sort. The ones I see at the markets are usually smaller. And, they tend to sell them green. They are not very good if you eat them green :(

 
 
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