皇帝ナツメが段々と色づいてきています。毎日バルコニーに出て眺めずにはいられません。
The Emperor jujube fruits are turning into mature colour gradually. I cannot help looking at them every day to observe their progress.
The strange feeling I always get when gazing at fruits on trees: they look much bigger than they actually are when looked at from afar (say, 2 meters away). So, when I actually hold the fruit in my hand, it is disappointingly small.
10個ある中で最も着色が進んでいるのは、この↓右端の実。赤い綺麗な色が日に日に拡大しています。
Of the 10 fruits left on the tree, the one on the right in this photo is ahead of others in ripening. The red colour area is growing day by day.
今、赤い部分は、この実全体の３分の１程度を占めています。これが半々くらいになると、ジューシーさを保ちながら同時に甘味が乗っているという最適な状態になると思っているので、あと２，３日待ちます。理想的には、日中ガンガン直射日光に当たって色づいた実のほうが甘そうな気がしますが、台風の影響でしばらくはぐずついた天気が予想されます。でも、10個あるので、他の実はそのうち秋晴れに恵まれて色づくでしょう。
The red area currently occupies about 1/3 of the fruit. When it becomes about 50% of the fruit, it should be the optimal stage for tasting, in terms of retaining the juiciness on the one hand, and the sweetness on the other. Hopefully, that stage will arrive within the next few days. Ideally, the fruit should become red under the strong autumnal sun light, but we have typhoons one after another this year. Luckly, I have 10 of them to go through, so, the sun should be back sooner or later.
