春の開花でダラムズエメラルドに１個だけ実がついていたのが、うっかり過熟で自然落果していたのに気づいたのは真夏でした。それで今年は終わりかと思っていたので、苗をまともに見ようともしていませんでした。それが、鬼剪定して支柱はもう外そうとしたら新たに２個の実が生っていたことに気付きました。
After the flowers in the spring, the Durham's Emerald plant produced one fruit. However, I forgot about it and when I came round to look at it in the summer, the fruit had fallen off and gone rotten. I thought that was all this year's activity for this plant and thought no more of it. Today, I decided to prune the tree to a compact shape, when I noticed that the plant had two new fruits.
I picked both of them. The skin was not all black and I may have picked them a little too early.
とりあえず台所に持ってきて半割にしたら、十分グリーン色です。右の大きいほうの実には中央部分に若干の種が入っていましたが、種はこれだけでした。小さいほうは種無し。
In the kitchen, I cut them into halves. The flesh oozed out and its colour was green enough. The larger one had a few seeds in the centre, but that was all. No seeds in the smaller one.
白い器に絞り出すと色が分かり易い。本当に種が少ない品種のようです。風味は、実生の白と比べてクセがあります。
You can see the colour more clearly against the backdrop of a white dish. It is nice to know that this variety is almost seedless. As to the flavour, it has a distinct taste compared to the white variety which is my best favourite.
