Geez Harvey she would love that, I will let her know.

Aaron, some blossoms have only male parts so they will never set fruit.  For some reasons that are not understood, some trees in some climates seem to primarily or only produce male flowers even though they fruit elsewhere fine.

Donna, email me after you talk to Debbie.  Just had my stress test and my heart is fine but I have exercise induced asthma and will now carry an inhaler and use it before exerting myself (like digging the trenches which I'll start on after picking up my pole barn lumber and roofing material today).  I guess that is better than some other health ailments.  I still felt like passing out after getting my heart beat up to 164 for a period of time, lol.

I bought that Pomm ART tool and it works very well. It says to use a heavy spoon but I used my garlic press. :-) In a matter of a minute, all seeds were in the bowl and no staining splash from broken seeds...into a salad they went. Yum.

Pomms are selling in local markets at a $1 each. I had a half-dozen on my bush but they disappeared...2-legged or 4-legged critters I don't know. Same happened last year. :-(

That's gotta be a real pain. A friend of ours had all her ripe figs 'stolen' by her workmen while she was away on an extended holiday. They denied it, of course. Musta been the wasps then.

EDIT: Didn't know about male flowers on poms tho. That's a bit worrying, and suggests I may be wasting my time bringing back cuttings from Greece.

Recall when i was working years ago and upstairs in the switchmans shanty lunchroom a lady picking them out and i said to her wow
thats a lot of work what is that ?
She said Pomegranite taste one which i did and said this is really good.

Hey Pete. Your 1st pic looks a lot like my Gk 'un, so I'd be interested to know too. Maybe the rabbit can enlighten us?

Not really.  If you know more about what varieties had historically been sold in your area, that might help narrow down the selection.  I can't readily identify most of mine by looking at them but can guess fairly accurate with some of them because I know what I've got to pick from.

This year we went to Cyprus and Venice just for a change, so didn't get to taste the current crop. We last tasted them last year, and they were delicious - sweet, with just a hint of tart edge, and small edible seeds. Fruit pulp mainly pale pink in color, with maybe a hint of yellow. Does that match yours?

So you got the reference then Harvey?

Seems I'm just gonna hafta bring back some pics after next visit to Greece & then go on an on-line search. I did that for my medlar, and after a couple hours of research found that it wasn't a medlar, but a loquat. They are related (they both belong to the rosacea family), but the trees & fruit are quite different. I blame the Cypriot name for the fruit for my initial confusion - they call them mespila, which is just plain wrong (botanically incorrect) and misleading. 

Ahh, so not the same variety then. Unless I picked mine before they were fully ripe? We were there till late Sept last year, but it's possible they continue to ripen well into fall. Either way, they were just sooo good.

When we arrived at our villa, there were some already rotting on the ground, with varying degrees of insect damage, and one or two freshly fallen that had no damage. I think it's safe to assume they were ripe, but none on the bush showed any signs of splitting. We were eating them off the bush for the next 2 weeks, and even brought some back with us. They were all sweet, even the smaller ones, so I would surmise the colors we saw were those of the finished product. I'll confirm when we visit again next September, and possibly bring back some cuttings too.

A few years ago, no one would believe a Pomegranate would grow in zone 6. I proved them wrong, with the right varieties it can be done.
Here's my tree now.

Pete, what varieties are you growing?

Pete and Repeat?

You're welcome. I didn't realize you had a Chinese background, so you're excused. If my Mandarin was as good as your Chinglish, I'd be one happy bunny.

LOL. That's right Gina, so you'd better watch out. I'm on your case, and I'm monitoring you very closely. Just one slip, and it's the slammer for you.

Well, we try to amuse. And my wife says I'm very trying.