PUMELOS 2013

Carl loves these gems. He planted 3 trees from grafts from my cousin Johnny E. Lindsey. He has nurtured these for 6 years now. A couple of months ago, he enjoyed the first fruits of his labor. One tree had put on 3 fruits. It takes them almost a year to bud, flower and have harvestable fruit. So, man was he excited to go out and see all of these buds on his tree this year. His mouth is watering already for the juicy delectable taste that he has to wait until next January or February to put into his mouth!!!

Hundreds of those little buds. They had just started to blossom as we were leaving, so I hope there will still be some blossums when we get back so that I can see what the actual flower looks like. Anyway, the tree is coverd with these. If they all make fruit, he is going to have to prop the tree up limb by limb, 'cause those little suckers make huge fruit! They are larger than a grapefruit and just a little smaller than a cantalope in size, so just imagine.....WOW!