What is to eat in July in Jacques’ rich food garden in Southern California?
Apples, pears, and nectarines. More apples, peaches, and goji berries.
Cape gooseberries? What are those?
You must join me for a tour and some tasting, plus a tip on how to trap green fruit beetles:
More about
Ghost apple: Dave Wilson Nursery page
Fan-Stil pear: L.E. Cooke page
Panamint nectarine: Dave Wilson Nursery page
Fig beetle / Green fruit beetle: UC IPM page
Dorsett Golden apple: Trees of Antiquity page
Cape Gooseberry: California Rare Fruit Growers page
Other months in Jacques’ garden: January, February, March, April, May, June.
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Nice selection, I had a hard time finding the fanstil so I top worked my Bartlett with a kieffer hope the fire blight doesn’t become an issue.
I’m in San Diego. I have 2 pears – hood and another low chill variety that pollinate each other and they produce, but the fruit is not great. I noticed you have a Bartlett which I think is top quality. I wanted to graft Bartlett to my trees but am concerned I don’t have enough chill in 92120. Where are you growing the Bartlett and does it produce?
Just love seeing the wildness of Jacque’s garden! He seems to know where everything is even though it seems like a rambling space. Was excite that he too has a Panamint. I have a Panamint Nectarine tree in Sonoma which I thought was a compromise when the Fantasia variety sold out a couple years ago but the Panamint is excellent and heavy producer. So sweet and delicious!
Agreed, Mariangela. My yard is so open and boring compared to Jacques’.
Great video! I always love seeing what’s going on in Jacques’ garden. Do you and Jacques struggle with fire blight on your various apple varieties? I have rampant fire blight in my area of the Inland Empire, and I haven’t found any low-chill apple varieties that are listed as being more resistant to it. As a result, I’ve put off planting apple trees.