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Adirondack crabapple · Blackberry · Pear · Plum
📍 40 The Grove, Butlocks Heath, Netley, Southampton SO31 5FP, UK
🗓 Season: July · August · September · October
🔍 When is it ripe?
Blackberry: Fully black (not red or dark red) and comes off the stem with no resistance — zero pull. Dull rather than shiny; a shiny black berry is still slightly underripe and tart. Eat the same day for best flavour.
Pear: Unlike apples, pears ripen from the inside out. Harvest when the skin colour lightens and the fruit separates with a gentle upward twist. Ripen off the tree at room temperature — leave on a counter until the neck yields to thumb pressure.
Plum: Colour fully develops (purple, red, or yellow by variety) and a waxy bloom appears on the skin. Softens slightly at the tip. Taste-test for sweetness — European plums are better slightly soft; Japanese types can be harvested firmer.
Community fruiting hedge along the edge of the recreation ground. Immature trees at the moment. Plum, apple, crab apple and pear identified
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