I saw 2-6 weeks, seems the latest varieties benefited the most. Black cross was one that ripened in early/mid September with pollen but after that nothing else ripened on the tree even by the end of October in storage. I was eating lsu Scott’s black mid August with pollen as well in Iowa without any head start.
For sure, I hope I can reproduce the same results this season with our late start. Many varieties were only in the 2-3 week range of speed up. I tried to pollinate the mid branch and some set later were ripening before the earlier set fruits so most of the fruit ripened at the same time. The flavors were much better as well but splitting became a problem when nights got cold due to thicker skin not stretching as easy from the cool weather in my opinion.
That one is ripe.
