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The biggest surprise? My 10 year old likes it too. :)
[edited by: Wlauzon at 4:33 pm (utc) on Nov. 12, 2006]
Very tasty fruit, but when the they drop they permanently stain the sidewalks, and yellowjackets love them!
WBF
Almost as much fun as a watermelon spitting contest, which I learned at a party when I was 22. Everyone sits around in a circle with an empty plate in the center and spits tne pits out so they land on the plate. It isn't as easy as it sounds, try it sometime.
Only olive trees come close to being as messy.
My parents had a house with a huge olive tree in front. Gorgeous, especially in the spring when it flowered. It was considered by just about everyone to be the nicest one in the entire neighborhood. The house is at the end of a short cul-de-sac and the tree really set the picture for the whole cul-de-sac.
But the olives were truly a mess! During the few years when we were actually able to spray the tree during the very short pollination window to prevent most of the flowers from being pollinated, it was only half a mess.
They sold the house in '88 and I drove by a few years ago to see what the tree looked like then. The new owners cut the entire tree down! Now the whole cul-de-sac looks naked.
lotta work for a little fruit
But it is worth every penny
