{"id":10916,"date":"2023-06-29T00:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T22:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/june-picking-again\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T00:30:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T22:30:01","slug":"june-picking-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/june-picking-again\/","title":{"rendered":"June picking – again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the month progresses, the fruit changes but there’s still plenty to pick. <\/p>\n\n

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Blueberries are in full production (American blueberries: Vaccinium corymbosum). They are picked in the shade of chestnut trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just choose the blue fruit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And then be patient. There are as many on each plant, about twenty in all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Different varieties with different fruit sizes and tastes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Next door, but in full sun, a red fruit is now ripe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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These are the sticky raspberries, Rubus phaenicolasius.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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All the rows are covered with bunches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fruits are protected by sticky pods. When they open, the tiny fruit quickly ripens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It looks like a mini raspberry but with a different, sweeter taste.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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All those hairs on the bunches are sticky. Protection against insects, no doubt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And indeed, they are very little affected by drosophila suzuki. Real raspberries (Rubus idaeus), on the other hand, are attacked from mid-June.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) attracts a lot of aphids and therefore ants. It can be annoying while picking. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On the other hand, whole bunches ripen at the same time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This year the fruit is large, and the intense rains must have helped.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The harvest isn’t over yet – more soon. A break for a promise of fruit in October and November: the tangerines have formed on the Satsuma Owari, and are less than a centimetre long.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And another harvest promise with the chestnut trees in bloom at the end of June.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And don’t forget the nuts. This is all for the fall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More fruit to come in a few days.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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