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Food and Garden Garden Notes

Adkins Mystery Monday: Astringent at First then Sweet in Winter

October 26, 2020 by Adkins Arboretum
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We had a great response to last week’s mystery! The mystery fruit was the native persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), one of the last fruits to ripen in our region. Right now, the fruits are very astringent, but come November and frosty weather, these fruits will be pleasantly orange and very sweet!

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Filed Under: Garden Notes

Adkins Mystery Monday: One Sweet Tree

October 19, 2020 by Adkins Arboretum
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Happy Mystery Monday! We are starting to see lots of mid-October fall color here at Adkins Arboretum, including on today’s mystery! This native tree produces a super sweet fruit in late fall. Do you recognize it?
For those wondering about last week’s mystery, we highlighted two examples of the larval stage of the white-blotched heterocampa (Heterocampa umbrata)! The caterpillars exhibit different colors as they age. The adult moth is mostly black and white with some grey and green. You might see them in the woods next time you visit!

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Filed Under: Food and Garden, Food-Garden Portal lead, Garden Notes

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