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[Filitsa]

Pappou's backyard in New England: outdoor fourno and grill built into in embankment, grapevines growing over a rod iron purgola type structure under which sits a picnic table and from which hangs a swing. How he managed to keep the cherry and apricot tree fruitful in this climate was an awesome mystery to all.

[Nikitas]

Two potted olive trees, one lemon tree, one pomegranate, and also a herb patch with lavender, verbena, rosemary, marjoram, basil, spearmint, sage, thyme, scented geranium, and one other that smells like rosewater but is not rose. But I guess being in Athens it does not really count as anything special, it does smell like Famagusta in the spring though and that is what counts.

[denizaksulu]

My wife came in from walking Boris this morning. I had promised myself not to venture out in the expected blazing heat today. 31 deg C expected, but no sign of it yet.
She said don't go out, even to buy your Cypriot flat leaf Parsley. I said. 'Oh nooo, I cant do without my parsley salad'. My dear wife ventured out into the far end of the garden and after a little while, she brought in her entire harvest of 'Cypriot parsley'. Unbeknown to me she had made a corner of our miniscule garden a corner of Cyprus.

I have already chopped them up and will make my favorite salad with young cucumbers and tomato's (donated by Milti).

Sometimes I think she is more Cypriot than I am. She already got us invited to a Greek Cypriot BBQ in Welling-organised by the Greek Orthodox Church.

Oops nearly going of on a tangent again.

I will dedicate my salad to all Cypriots and all our loved ones, past and present - all those who love Cyprus. (17th July Saturday).

[denizaksulu]

Milti this is a picture of some of my crop of loquats(Eriobotrya japonica). In spite of my suffering tree, she still managed to produce.

More at the top of the tree.

Lesson one: never lend your ladder to neighbors; esp. if they are about to change habitat.

[bill cobbett]

My parents have a Cypriot Kaperi bush which took one dozen attempts around different locations in their yard. the Ayios amvrosios Chrisomila were not a success as it is a little too humid here and a bit of altitude is needed to freeze off all the bugs .In pre invasion times dozens of varieties were grown in Agios Amvrosios. I also have Lapithos glykolemona - Lemons which are sweeter than oranges. A favorite is my chocolate tree which is a carob tree. The most Cypriot feature are the baboutsosika(prickly pears) which have infested much of the yard.

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Reh Ski-preo ... greetings and much respect from a fellow villager. Can't look at an apricot without thinking of the old village, and i always have a tin or two of apricots in the larder.

Nice loquats D. We do have a tree in our back yard, but it's only five or six years old.... and it's only one. Presumably you have more than one for propagation reasons?

[denizaksulu]

My parents have a Cypriot Kaperi bush which took one dozen attempts around different locations in their yard. the Ayios amvrosios Chrisomila were not a success as it is a little too humid here and a bit of altitude is needed to freeze off all the bugs .In pre invasion times dozens of varieties were grown in Agios Amvrosios. I also have Lapithos glykolemona - Lemons which are sweeter than oranges. A favorite is my chocolate tree which is a carob tree. The most Cypriot feature are the baboutsosika(prickly pears) which have infested much of the yard.

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Reh Ski-preo ... greetings and much respect from a fellow villager. Can't look at an apricot without thinking of the old village, and i always have a tin or two of apricots in the larder.

Nice loquats D. We do have a tree in our back yard, but it's only five or six years old.... and it's only one. Presumably you have more than one for propagation reasons?

No other loquats in the vicinity. Mine was about 15 years old before it began to yield fruit. I have given cuttings to my neighbours but they are still only six foot tall and five years old. So they do not flower yet. I have no answer to that.

I tried looking it up . But I came across the following info on the etymology. Fancy that, in Greece they call what we call loquat 'moushmoula' while in Cyprus it is mespila/lo' . I dont wish to start another linguistic argument here.

"Etymology

The name loquat derives from lou4 gwat1, the Cantonese pronunciation of its old classical Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 芦橘; traditional Chinese: 蘆橘; pinyin: lújú, literally "reed orange"). In modern Chinese, it is more commonly known as pipa (Chinese: 枇杷; pinyin: pípá), from the resemblance of its shape to that of the Chinese musical instrument pipa (琵琶). Likewise, in Japanese it is called biwa, similarly named from the corresponding musical instrument, biwa. It is also known as the "Japanese medlar", an appellation used in many languages: nêspera or magnório (Portuguese), níspero (Spanish), lokaat (Hindi), japanska mušmula or nešpula (Croatian), naspli (Maltese), nespola (Italian), náspolya (Hungarian), nespra (Catalan), nèfle du Japon or bibasse (French), néspera (Galician). Other names include: שסק sheseq (Hebrew), إسكدنيا Iskidunya, إكيدنيا Ik(k)idunya, Aki Dini,Igadinya or Bashmala بشملة (Arabic), Akkadeneh or Akka Dhuniya (Lebanese), mushmula or Nor Ashkhar (Armenian), mushmala (Georgian), mushmolla verore (summer medlar) (Albanian), μούσμουλο/μούσμουλα moúsmoulo/moúsmoula (sg/pl) or mespilia (Greek), Japanse (wol)mispel (Dutch), yeni dünya, muşmula or Malta Eriği in Turkish,, mespila in Cyprus, mousmoula in Greecedespoles (δέσπολες) in Crete , Pibasy in Malagasy,мушмула (mušmulá) in Russian, and lukwart[4] in Afrikaans. The Armenian name Nor Ashkhar and the Turkish name yeni dünya literally mean "new world", while the everyday Turkish name for the fruit, Malta eriği, means 'Maltese plum', indicating perhaps confusion over the fruit's origin.

[bill cobbett]

My parents have a Cypriot Kaperi bush which took one dozen attempts around different locations in their yard. the Ayios amvrosios Chrisomila were not a success as it is a little too humid here and a bit of altitude is needed to freeze off all the bugs .In pre invasion times dozens of varieties were grown in Agios Amvrosios. I also have Lapithos glykolemona - Lemons which are sweeter than oranges. A favorite is my chocolate tree which is a carob tree. The most Cypriot feature are the baboutsosika(prickly pears) which have infested much of the yard.

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Reh Ski-preo ... greetings and much respect from a fellow villager. Can't look at an apricot without thinking of the old village, and i always have a tin or two of apricots in the larder.

Nice loquats D. We do have a tree in our back yard, but it's only five or six years old.... and it's only one. Presumably you have more than one for propagation reasons?

No other loquats in the vicinity. Mine was about 15 years old before it began to yield fruit. I have given cuttings to my neighbours but they are still only six foot tall and five years old. So they do not flower yet. I have no answer to that.

I tried looking it up . But I came across the following info on the etymology. Fancy that, in Greece they call what we call loquat 'moushmoula' while in Cyprus it is mespila/lo' . I dont wish to start another linguistic argument here.

"Etymology

The name loquat derives from lou4 gwat1, the Cantonese pronunciation of its old classical Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 芦橘; traditional Chinese: 蘆橘; pinyin: lújú, literally "reed orange"). In modern Chinese, it is more commonly known as pipa (Chinese: 枇杷; pinyin: pípá), from the resemblance of its shape to that of the Chinese musical instrument pipa (琵琶). Likewise, in Japanese it is called biwa, similarly named from the corresponding musical instrument, biwa. It is also known as the "Japanese medlar", an appellation used in many languages: nêspera or magnório (Portuguese), níspero (Spanish), lokaat (Hindi), japanska mušmula or nešpula (Croatian), naspli (Maltese), nespola (Italian), náspolya (Hungarian), nespra (Catalan), nèfle du Japon or bibasse (French), néspera (Galician). Other names include: שסק sheseq (Hebrew), إسكدنيا Iskidunya, إكيدنيا Ik(k)idunya, Aki Dini,Igadinya or Bashmala بشملة (Arabic), Akkadeneh or Akka Dhuniya (Lebanese), mushmula or Nor Ashkhar (Armenian), mushmala (Georgian), mushmolla verore (summer medlar) (Albanian), μούσμουλο/μούσμουλα moúsmoulo/moúsmoula (sg/pl) or mespilia (Greek), Japanse (wol)mispel (Dutch), yeni dünya, muşmula or Malta Eriği in Turkish,, mespila in Cyprus, mousmoula in Greecedespoles (δέσπολες) in Crete , Pibasy in Malagasy,мушмула (mušmulá) in Russian, and lukwart[4] in Afrikaans. The Armenian name Nor Ashkhar and the Turkish name yeni dünya literally mean "new world", while the everyday Turkish name for the fruit, Malta eriği, means 'Maltese plum', indicating perhaps confusion over the fruit's origin.

Oooh, so there's hope for my one yet.... 10 more years...

[denizaksulu]

My parents have a Cypriot Kaperi bush which took one dozen attempts around different locations in their yard. the Ayios amvrosios Chrisomila were not a success as it is a little too humid here and a bit of altitude is needed to freeze off all the bugs .In pre invasion times dozens of varieties were grown in Agios Amvrosios. I also have Lapithos glykolemona - Lemons which are sweeter than oranges. A favorite is my chocolate tree which is a carob tree. The most Cypriot feature are the baboutsosika(prickly pears) which have infested much of the yard.

......



Reh Ski-preo ... greetings and much respect from a fellow villager. Can't look at an apricot without thinking of the old village, and i always have a tin or two of apricots in the larder.

Nice loquats D. We do have a tree in our back yard, but it's only five or six years old.... and it's only one. Presumably you have more than one for propagation reasons?

No other loquats in the vicinity. Mine was about 15 years old before it began to yield fruit. I have given cuttings to my neighbours but they are still only six foot tall and five years old. So they do not flower yet. I have no answer to that.

I tried looking it up . But I came across the following info on the etymology. Fancy that, in Greece they call what we call loquat 'moushmoula' while in Cyprus it is mespila/lo' . I dont wish to start another linguistic argument here.

"Etymology

The name loquat derives from lou4 gwat1, the Cantonese pronunciation of its old classical Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 芦橘; traditional Chinese: 蘆橘; pinyin: lújú, literally "reed orange"). In modern Chinese, it is more commonly known as pipa (Chinese: 枇杷; pinyin: pípá), from the resemblance of its shape to that of the Chinese musical instrument pipa (琵琶). Likewise, in Japanese it is called biwa, similarly named from the corresponding musical instrument, biwa. It is also known as the "Japanese medlar", an appellation used in many languages: nêspera or magnório (Portuguese), níspero (Spanish), lokaat (Hindi), japanska mušmula or nešpula (Croatian), naspli (Maltese), nespola (Italian), náspolya (Hungarian), nespra (Catalan), nèfle du Japon or bibasse (French), néspera (Galician). Other names include: שסק sheseq (Hebrew), إسكدنيا Iskidunya, إكيدنيا Ik(k)idunya, Aki Dini,Igadinya or Bashmala بشملة (Arabic), Akkadeneh or Akka Dhuniya (Lebanese), mushmula or Nor Ashkhar (Armenian), mushmala (Georgian), mushmolla verore (summer medlar) (Albanian), μούσμουλο/μούσμουλα moúsmoulo/moúsmoula (sg/pl) or mespilia (Greek), Japanse (wol)mispel (Dutch), yeni dünya, muşmula or Malta Eriği in Turkish,, mespila in Cyprus, mousmoula in Greecedespoles (δέσπολες) in Crete , Pibasy in Malagasy,мушмула (mušmulá) in Russian, and lukwart[4] in Afrikaans. The Armenian name Nor Ashkhar and the Turkish name yeni dünya literally mean "new world", while the everyday Turkish name for the fruit, Malta eriği, means 'Maltese plum', indicating perhaps confusion over the fruit's origin.

Oooh, so there's hope for my one yet.... 10 more years...

Can you stretch your life that long?

[bill cobbett]

My parents have a Cypriot Kaperi bush which took one dozen attempts around different locations in their yard. the Ayios amvrosios Chrisomila were not a success as it is a little too humid here and a bit of altitude is needed to freeze off all the bugs .In pre invasion times dozens of varieties were grown in Agios Amvrosios. I also have Lapithos glykolemona - Lemons which are sweeter than oranges. A favorite is my chocolate tree which is a carob tree. The most Cypriot feature are the baboutsosika(prickly pears) which have infested much of the yard.

......



Reh Ski-preo ... greetings and much respect from a fellow villager. Can't look at an apricot without thinking of the old village, and i always have a tin or two of apricots in the larder.

Nice loquats D. We do have a tree in our back yard, but it's only five or six years old.... and it's only one. Presumably you have more than one for propagation reasons?

No other loquats in the vicinity. Mine was about 15 years old before it began to yield fruit. I have given cuttings to my neighbours but they are still only six foot tall and five years old. So they do not flower yet. I have no answer to that.

I tried looking it up . But I came across the following info on the etymology. Fancy that, in Greece they call what we call loquat 'moushmoula' while in Cyprus it is mespila/lo' . I dont wish to start another linguistic argument here.

"Etymology

The name loquat derives from lou4 gwat1, the Cantonese pronunciation of its old classical Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 芦橘; traditional Chinese: 蘆橘; pinyin: lújú, literally "reed orange"). In modern Chinese, it is more commonly known as pipa (Chinese: 枇杷; pinyin: pípá), from the resemblance of its shape to that of the Chinese musical instrument pipa (琵琶). Likewise, in Japanese it is called biwa, similarly named from the corresponding musical instrument, biwa. It is also known as the "Japanese medlar", an appellation used in many languages: nêspera or magnório (Portuguese), níspero (Spanish), lokaat (Hindi), japanska mušmula or nešpula (Croatian), naspli (Maltese), nespola (Italian), náspolya (Hungarian), nespra (Catalan), nèfle du Japon or bibasse (French), néspera (Galician). Other names include: שסק sheseq (Hebrew), إسكدنيا Iskidunya, إكيدنيا Ik(k)idunya, Aki Dini,Igadinya or Bashmala بشملة (Arabic), Akkadeneh or Akka Dhuniya (Lebanese), mushmula or Nor Ashkhar (Armenian), mushmala (Georgian), mushmolla verore (summer medlar) (Albanian), μούσμουλο/μούσμουλα moúsmoulo/moúsmoula (sg/pl) or mespilia (Greek), Japanse (wol)mispel (Dutch), yeni dünya, muşmula or Malta Eriği in Turkish,, mespila in Cyprus, mousmoula in Greecedespoles (δέσπολες) in Crete , Pibasy in Malagasy,мушмула (mušmulá) in Russian, and lukwart[4] in Afrikaans. The Armenian name Nor Ashkhar and the Turkish name yeni dünya literally mean "new world", while the everyday Turkish name for the fruit, Malta eriği, means 'Maltese plum', indicating perhaps confusion over the fruit's origin.

Oooh, so there's hope for my one yet.... 10 more years...

Can you stretch your life that long?

... had better keep a low profile ...

[denizaksulu]

My parents have a Cypriot Kaperi bush which took one dozen attempts around different locations in their yard. the Ayios amvrosios Chrisomila were not a success as it is a little too humid here and a bit of altitude is needed to freeze off all the bugs .In pre invasion times dozens of varieties were grown in Agios Amvrosios. I also have Lapithos glykolemona - Lemons which are sweeter than oranges. A favorite is my chocolate tree which is a carob tree. The most Cypriot feature are the baboutsosika(prickly pears) which have infested much of the yard.

......



Reh Ski-preo ... greetings and much respect from a fellow villager. Can't look at an apricot without thinking of the old village, and i always have a tin or two of apricots in the larder.

Nice loquats D. We do have a tree in our back yard, but it's only five or six years old.... and it's only one. Presumably you have more than one for propagation reasons?

No other loquats in the vicinity. Mine was about 15 years old before it began to yield fruit. I have given cuttings to my neighbours but they are still only six foot tall and five years old. So they do not flower yet. I have no answer to that.

I tried looking it up . But I came across the following info on the etymology. Fancy that, in Greece they call what we call loquat 'moushmoula' while in Cyprus it is mespila/lo' . I dont wish to start another linguistic argument here.

"Etymology

The name loquat derives from lou4 gwat1, the Cantonese pronunciation of its old classical Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 芦橘; traditional Chinese: 蘆橘; pinyin: lújú, literally "reed orange"). In modern Chinese, it is more commonly known as pipa (Chinese: 枇杷; pinyin: pípá), from the resemblance of its shape to that of the Chinese musical instrument pipa (琵琶). Likewise, in Japanese it is called biwa, similarly named from the corresponding musical instrument, biwa. It is also known as the "Japanese medlar", an appellation used in many languages: nêspera or magnório (Portuguese), níspero (Spanish), lokaat (Hindi), japanska mušmula or nešpula (Croatian), naspli (Maltese), nespola (Italian), náspolya (Hungarian), nespra (Catalan), nèfle du Japon or bibasse (French), néspera (Galician). Other names include: שסק sheseq (Hebrew), إسكدنيا Iskidunya, إكيدنيا Ik(k)idunya, Aki Dini,Igadinya or Bashmala بشملة (Arabic), Akkadeneh or Akka Dhuniya (Lebanese), mushmula or Nor Ashkhar (Armenian), mushmala (Georgian), mushmolla verore (summer medlar) (Albanian), μούσμουλο/μούσμουλα moúsmoulo/moúsmoula (sg/pl) or mespilia (Greek), Japanse (wol)mispel (Dutch), yeni dünya, muşmula or Malta Eriği in Turkish,, mespila in Cyprus, mousmoula in Greecedespoles (δέσπολες) in Crete , Pibasy in Malagasy,мушмула (mušmulá) in Russian, and lukwart[4] in Afrikaans. The Armenian name Nor Ashkhar and the Turkish name yeni dünya literally mean "new world", while the everyday Turkish name for the fruit, Malta eriği, means 'Maltese plum', indicating perhaps confusion over the fruit's origin.

Oooh, so there's hope for my one yet.... 10 more years...

Can you stretch your life that long?

... had better keep a low profile ...

I am sure you will make it. Just keep to the Cypriot diet; KEO and the rest.