Citrus Harvest

The citrus harvest is in high gear at this time of the year. Lucky for us we have neighbours like Perry and Dan who have an abundance of oranges and grapefruit. Dan's trees are nearly picked clean by now. Perry, who doesn't eat citrus, has been offering his oranges and grapefruit for the last month. They end up as rabbit food when they fall to the ground. When the oranges over-ripen on the tree certain birds will poke holes in them to drink the juice.

For Atti's benefit. (Left to right). Grapefruit - Gramma Yvonne -  Tangelo orange. 

All very sweet.

Mouth-watering

These are the last of the grapefruits on our tree. We only had 6 on the tree

 this year but apparently the tree produces dozens and dozens 

according to Perry. We'll see how it does next year.

 This is one of Dan's grapefruits. I'm not sure about the variety but it's similar
to ours in shape and rind thickness. When the outside colour turns from
yellow to pink, it's time to eat.

I've never been a huge fan of grapefruit but now that we have ready access
 and they're as fresh as you can get, I've acquired a taste for them.
Thanks for the knife, Doris.

Perry's Tangelo tree. Tangelos are known for their seeds but 

these have very few, only one or two per orange.

No point in picking more than you can eat. They last longer and 

ripen better on the tree. 

We are sharing these with Sandi and Tito.