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The harvest continues

There are still some small fruits, but from the beginning of July, the suzuki drosophila arrives. It’s a midge that lays its eggs in any red, blue or black fruit. Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries: they rot and fall, the harvest stops. So at the end of June, we hurry to pick before the drosophila.

The Josta casegrowers are loaded with fruit, with some branches completely covered.
It is a hybrid of blackcurrant and gooseberry (in German Johannisbeere and Stachelbeere, hence the name Josta).
When they begin to ripen, they need to be picked quickly. A storm is enough to spoil all the black fruit.
The taste is very similar to blackcurrant, but less convenient for jams: there’s more to clean up.
A Japanese medlar tree (Eryobotria japonica), this one is small and skinny but gives the best fruit.
They’re not easy to pick; you do it with a basket-pole.
At the beginning of June they are yellow and acidic like juicy lemons. At the end of June they are orange and very sweet.
They are very easy to peel with the fingers.
Inside there are 4 large cores, we eat all the rest.
It’s delicious, much better in my opinion than real medlar (Mespilus germanica).
Black raspberries (Rubus occidentalis) are ripe and black.
An American species, very thorny. It spreads and multiplies easily.
The fruit is very good, with a particular sweetness that has nothing to do with raspberries or blackberries.
At the end of June, the rye is blond.
It’s time to harvest, ideally around mid-July. But with thunderstorms looming, we may have to think ahead.
See you soon for the harvest.
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