We’ve been dreaming up our orchard lately. Browsing through catalogs and websites, thumbing through varieties, debating the various merits of Flavor Gem versus Dapple Dandy pluots or Redhaven versus Garnet Beauty peaches. I love the names of all the varieties: Honeyblaze nectarines, Hosui Asian pears, Canadian Harmony peaches. We will be putting in our order within the next day or two. In the spring we will get a bunch of baby trees in the mail that will look like spindly five-foot sticks with roots at the bottom. We’ll put them in the ground, and then we’ll wait- and wait- and wait some more- until in about three years, we get a delicious crop of fruit! I can almost taste the juice running down my chin already.
Cresthaven peaches
Hosui Asian pears
Dapple Dandy pluots
