Harvesting Fruits

The fruits I have harvested so far this season:

Strawberries
Rhubarb
Cherries - tart Montmorency
Gooseberries
Raspberries
Currants - black, red, white
Wolfberries - still ripening
Bush Cherries
Boysenberries
Blackberries

That is also the approximate order they were ripening.  Peaches will be ready soon.  The time of harvest partly depends on the variety you plant.  Apples and peaches can ripen over a wide time period.  For a longer harvest plant trees that ripen at various times.  Be sure to have a pollinator for the types you want to grow - especially for apples, sweet cherries, bush cherries, and pears. 

Blackberries

Bush Cherries

Wolfberry/Goji Berry

Wolfberry, Goji berry, Matrimony Vine, and Gou-gi-zi are all common names for Lycium barbarum.  Wolfberry or Wolf Berry is probably the most well know common name.  Wolfberry has been grown and used in China for centuries.  The berries can be eaten fresh, dried, or juiced and are high in protein and anti-oxidants.  Wolf berries contain all the essential amino acids.  You can find products made with Wolfberries such as juice, skin care, and energy bars.  Also, dried Wolfberries or Goji berries are available from the same site or from your local health food store.

Wolfberry - first year

Wolf berries grow on a vine (or can be pruned to grow as a shrub) which is hardy in zones 3 - 10 and is drought tolerant once established.  Information, plants, and a cookbook are all available from Phoenix Tears Nursery.  Plants can be purchased from Raintree Nursery.  Plants, seeds, and dried fruit can be purchased from Richters.

Wolfberry recipes

If any of you have grown Wolfberries I would love to hear about it so please comment.

Wolfberry in Bloom

Wolfberry Fruit

Second year of growth - Wolfberry flowers and fruit