Part of the goal is self-sufficiency and growing our own food supply.
Since we are attempting this in our current day and age, the variety of plants available to us from all around the world is exponentially increased from just a century or two ago. For this reason, we are willing to try growing just about anything that we can eat that will grow in our growing zone. I was sharing some of this with @humanearl last night.
It amazes me that so many wonderful varieties of plants from all over the world can now be shared and transported into other areas that have similar climates. Since that is the case, you'll see all sorts of interesting things at our homestead as time goes on. Today, I bring you the Che Tree.
This variety is a self-fruitful female, so it is seedless. Normally a female would need to be pollinated by a male plant in order to bear fruit. When pollination occurs though, the fruit will have seeds in it, which, I've heard can be unpleasant.
If you notice from the tag in the photo above, I ordered it from Edible Landscaping last year. I had heard of this plant, but did not know where to purchase one until I came across this video of YouTube.
Interestingly enough, the tree featured in this video may be the parent tree from which my little ones were propagated.
If you saw on the tag in the photo above, mine are grafted onto Osage Orange root stock. The fruit of the Che Tree actually look like little red Osage Oranges, and they are in the same family so they can be grafted together. Here are two photos I just took of my Che and some wild Osage Oranges.
OSAGE ORANGE
CHE
The final size of these two will also be different, and the Che is more bite-sized and the Osage Orange can get bigger than a softball. Also, people do not eat Osage Oranges, although I heard that you can make a form of "lemonade" from them. Perhaps I'll try it later this year.
Personally, I was amazed to see these little trees fruit already. I am so excited to see how they look when they are ripe and to finally taste one. I might do an update along the way, but I will definitely let you know when the ripe fruit are in!
It seems that the Che Tree is originally from Asia. Has anyone ever tried these? Have you encountered the seedless variety featured in the video above?
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
Until next time…
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