We did have one tree in our orchard, but as the native wood pidgeons were the only partakers, we didn't think it was worth keeping. Loquats do not have a very long "shelf life" either. They need to be eaten the same say they are picked.
Did you know, that what you thought I said, was not what I meant :S
I think that anyone growing commercially would have grafted trees. There are some trials being done on some nice new varieties but they are not commercially available at this stage
There is one on my property as well and after trying one of it's many "berries?" which I tried after peeling off the skin, it was yuck so the birds got mine too.
locquat tree, have a couple to access, it suppose to take a long time to get fruit, so with our two trees, didin't realise they were in fruit, got to ignore them as a hedge or umbrella.
had a great haul this year, have taken fruit off it, de-piped and cleaned then cooked all up, gives lots of liquid. and used the juice for sorbet - yummy
then the fruit part with skin in a loquat crumble - yummy again tastes like apricot a tart bite to it. a bit of a chore to de -pip. I read that the pips can be used like coffee beans. still looking for this recipe - do you dry the beans or what...??
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