Bisbee Gal Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 Started seeing people high up in trees this past week in Ajijic. Turns out they picking ciruelas, Mexican plums. Has anyone seen these fruits for sale locally? Here's a link with good photos from a Nayarit blogger. http://explorenayarit.com/blog/in-season-ciruelas/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 My ciruelas won't be ripe for several weeks yet. My dogs can't wait as they go crazy for them. Birds often get to them first so those ones can't be sold. Once they are picked they don't seem to keep for very long so they aren't widely sold. I've seen them for sale along the highways. A delicious interesting flavour. As there is so little flesh on them it must take a lot of them to make an agua. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideSky Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 The wild ciruelas I've seen aren't ripe yet; not even the birds are interested. Seen a lot of people picking the curly pods, but can't remember the name though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafemediterraneo Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, WideSky said: The wild ciruelas I've seen aren't ripe yet; not even the birds are interested. Seen a lot of people picking the curly pods, but can't remember the name though guamuchil. those that like them, love them. we've seen people from toddlers to ancianos poking at the trres to dislodge the pods. they're said to have antiparasite properties, but to me they taste like a across between oysters and garlic....also, some talk about using them as a fungicide on strawberries instead of chemicals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 yes people are picking guamuchil not ciruelas also known as jocote.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted May 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 No, not guamuchil. Plums. On some trees they are about 1/3 ripe on trees on our street. Though the article I linked to says sometimes they are eaten green. This is what they look like, green and red: These are guamuchil....in pods. Definitely not what I am seeing being picked. Have two of the plum trees on our block. Maybe guamuchil are also ripe at same time but not the fruit I am referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 People usually pick guamuchil with sticks or poles.. if you have jocote trees around then it is what they are picking but I have not seen any jocote trees around where I live so no one in the trees.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 I've seen one or two guys walking around town selling plums. And yes, everyone in my neighbhorhood is shaking sticks at the trees collecting guamuchil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 I tried one of my ciruela this morning. Green, hard and bitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted May 22, 2017 Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 I have a tree full of green lichis as well....I read they were toxic when gree so I ll wait.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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