Eriobotrya, Japanese Plum, Loquat 'Yahuda'

Someone gave us a plant 94-95.
This year we finally had to cut it back. It was near 20'
We eat them straight from the_tree_...Read More and they make a wonderful jelly. Saved some juice from last time to use in jalapeno jelly.

This plant grows more or less wild (bird-spread) in Baton Rouge. Ours was a volunteer plant which we were pleased to keep. It sports th...Read Moree large fruit discussed in this entry and the seeds are identical. Fruits are edible and have a taste that is sort of a cross between sweet apples and melon. Will collect seeds for trade next year, but if you want one, e-mail me and I'll see if I can't dig you up one of our baby volunteers (I don't think they are "suckers", I think they are from seeds). They are very prolific and fast growing.

Although they are very easy to grow from seeds, grafted and improved varieties are now available in plant nurseries.

The c...Read Moreultivar that yields possibly the largest-sized fruit with no sacrifice in sweetness is named YAHUDA and is now sold by major plant nurseries.

Fire blight is still the biggest problem plaguing the leaves. Although all Guavas (Psidium guajava) are victims of Fruitfly, I had not seen any Fruitfly infestation in the Loquats in this part of Florida.