もう９月下旬なので、スダチが利用可能な時期です。この苗を地植えにして以来、３年ぶりで実がつきました。３個だけですが。でも、10号鉢で鈴なりだった頃の実と比べると大きくて、お店で売られているのと変わりありません。
It is already the end of September and the Sudachi fruits should be ready for consumption. Since planting this tree in the ground 3 years ago, it produced fruits for the first time this year, although only 3. However, the fruits are much larger than they used to be when the tree was growing in a 30 cm pot. Moreover, the fruits are no smaller than those of commercial growers.
I picked the whole twig. I got a Pacific saury which is considered to be a must-eat item in September in Japan. With this fish, you need Sudachi to eat it properly.
The only thing is, I am a meat eater and not keen on fish. So, the purpose of getting this fish was to see the quality of this year's Sudachi, and most of the fish will go to Taiga who loves fish.
I cut the fruit in half. My Sudachi is a 'seedless' cultivar and containing one pit is allowable. With the size of the fruit as large as those of regular Sudachi, this variety gives you a lot more flesh for the absence of seeds. Moreover, this cultivar is thornless, too.
The freshly harvested Sudachi flavour was so strong that I could hardly taste the fish.
門の横に植えてあるピンクのヒガンバナが２本上がってきました。スモモの木の陰に位置するので、庭の南側のよりも遅い開花です。
パンザオで失敗。最近実の色が薄くなり始めたので、完熟まであとどれくらい？と思いながら実をくるくる回して観察していたら、小枝が付け根からもげてしまいました。アーッ、と思ったときはもう遅い。来年に期待です。
I made a blunder with Panzao jujube today. This is the only fruit it had on the tree. Recently, its outer colour seemed to become paler and gave me hope that it might be ripening soon. Due to the strange shape of the fruit, I was turning it around to have a better look, and then the limb came off from the branch! When I realised what had happened, it was too late.
皇帝ナツメの実との比較。パンザオも熟すと皇帝ナツメ同様、果肉が白くなる品種なので外皮も同じよな色づき方です。あまりにも早く終わってしまいました。
Comparison with a mature Emperor jujube. When ripe, Panzao's flesh also turns white, and the outer skin will have similar colouring to that of Emperor jujube. Panzao's year ended too early.
供養のため糖度計を出して味見もしました。甘味は感じられるけど糖度計の数値ほどではなく、またジューシーさはなく青臭い風味でした。
Not to let it go to waste, I measured the sugar content which was extremely high according to the gadget. In reality, it did not taste as sweet, and there was no juiciness. The flavour was green like eating a vegetable.
Two pink spider lily flowers have come out in the spot near the gate. These are growing in the shade of a plum tree and took longer to come out than those on the south side.
南側のは咲き終わりの花も出てきました。秋のほんの一瞬の輝きです。
The ones on the south side seem to have passed its peak. They are just a sparkle in autumn.
