Coll de Dama de Ciutat

[aaron]

I’m really looking forward to CdD Ciutat this year. This little tree has got 65 fruits on it!



Ripe fruit from 2020

[RosyPosy]

Wow, very nice! Fruit from last year looks tasty

I noticed that the leaves on yours curve up inwards, mine has been doing the same. Wonder if it’s typical for this variety?

[aaron]

RosyPosy I haven’t really paid that close attention. I went out and took a look now, and CdDC is still curled, so are a number of others, though mostly other Pons’, like De la Gloria, BNR reverted, and Tia Penya. Not sure what to make of that.

[goodfriendmike]

Could it be those varieties are more susceptible to heat?

[aaron]

goodfriendmike that’s possible. RosyPosy’s question is the first I paid much attention to it though.

[venturabananas]

This variety seems like a winner for my cool, coastal climate, too. Buds out early, sets fruit early, and, I hope, ripens them before the true CdD varieties -- I'll find out this season.

[venturabananas]

I had at least one ripen last year at a reasonable time (October 10th), from a graft done in March, so I'm hopeful with the early fruit set this year, it'll ripen earlier. We'll see.

[aaron]

Right on! I wasn’t sure how mine would do here as I used to struggle ripening Panache in some spots of my yard. Do you grow any of Pons’ other late ripeners? Like Morro de Bou or De la Senyora Hivernenca?

[venturabananas]

No, I’m not growing those ones. Well, tried with Hivernenca but graft failed. It happens!