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Posted on 3/24/13 at 6:44 pm to eng08
They aren't bad. We lost our tree to Gustave.
Posted on 3/24/13 at 9:39 pm to eng08
Japanese plums...have a ton at my house and eat em up. Wait til they are ripe but beware because birds really like them too and they will eat em all.
Posted on 3/24/13 at 11:08 pm to eng08
Don't let anyone here scoff them; they are as good as any other fruit out there when ripe. I love me some Japanese plums. also known as loquats.
Posted on 3/24/13 at 11:24 pm to eng08
I eat those constantly. I love em
Posted on 3/25/13 at 7:18 am to fisherbm1112
We called them Chinese Plums, down in Da'Parish, Brah!
My friends and I would climb an old lady's fence and sit in the trees for hours eating them till we damn near got sick and puked.
My friends and I would climb an old lady's fence and sit in the trees for hours eating them till we damn near got sick and puked.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 7:28 am to carrotsticktiger
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kumquat
Def not it. Leaves and fruit are all wrong. The pic is not of a citrus.
This post was edited on 3/25/13 at 8:08 am
Posted on 3/25/13 at 7:47 am to Langston
Used to have one of these Japanese plum trees in our front yard growing up, I'd climb that thing like a monkey to get them.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 9:52 am to eng08
Absolutely! I harvest those things each year to make wine, beer, jelly, and to jar. They're Loquats (Eriobotrya japonica, or Japanese plum).
Then I sell the seeds to a commercial wholesale nursury in the area. Very profitable. That's why I flew from Alaska to Texas...early loquat harvest.
They're only bitter if you eat them yellow. Wait until they turn more orange, then they are totally sweet with just a hint of tart. Most have orange or yellow meat. Some have white meat.
One of the most nutritious fruits in north america.
Then I sell the seeds to a commercial wholesale nursury in the area. Very profitable. That's why I flew from Alaska to Texas...early loquat harvest.
They're only bitter if you eat them yellow. Wait until they turn more orange, then they are totally sweet with just a hint of tart. Most have orange or yellow meat. Some have white meat.
One of the most nutritious fruits in north america.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 10:12 am to eng08
Japan plum and damn good eating. 
Posted on 3/25/13 at 10:35 am to CoastieGM
Say what? AK to TX for Loquats...
What do the seeds go for?
What do the seeds go for?
Posted on 3/25/13 at 12:28 pm to eng08
Figure I harvest anywhere from 0.75 to 2.0 tons of fruit per year (relatively small volume for agriculture),
About 25% is sufficient quality to sell to a mexican outfit that jars the things (only done that the last couple years).
The other 75%, gets de-stoned and the seeds sold to a wholesale nursery...(the amount is "per seed" that I don't disclose, but volume is in barrel increments).
The nursery sprout/raise the seeds and sell the small trees to nurseries throughout north america as "ornamentals". The nursery also grafts some for sale as actual fruit trees. ($$$).
There's a +90% chance that any loquat tree you see at a nursery came from one of my trees.
About 25% is sufficient quality to sell to a mexican outfit that jars the things (only done that the last couple years).
The other 75%, gets de-stoned and the seeds sold to a wholesale nursery...(the amount is "per seed" that I don't disclose, but volume is in barrel increments).
The nursery sprout/raise the seeds and sell the small trees to nurseries throughout north america as "ornamentals". The nursery also grafts some for sale as actual fruit trees. ($$$).
There's a +90% chance that any loquat tree you see at a nursery came from one of my trees.
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