For the first time, I'm getting some muscadines. I've planted six vines (two had to be replanted when the first died). They have been in the ground for almost three years now, but this will be the first year I'll get more than one or two grapes per plant. The biggest crop this year is on my Ison vine, and it is the one that is ripening first:
It's only going to be big compared to previous years. The Ison looks like it has a couple of pounds' worth on it. The Late Fry has maybe one pound; some of the others have a couple of grapes as in previous years.

I've also picked some figs. I have yet to get a single fig off of a plant installed by me--actually, I have yet to have one planted by me live very long, a story for another day--but there's an old fig tree planted by the previous owner that I'm getting some off of this year. There were two originally, but ambrosia beetles attacked one and I took it out. The other one has probably been producing every year, but I haven't gotten many off of it--as I'm learning, the ripe ones are quickly attacked by wasps, ants, and June bugs.
The harvest from the fig tree is likewise pretty modest--there are many more that are too high for me to reach or that have ripened and been turned into bug food--but it's nice to have some (I got more than the picture shows; that's just one days' worth). I'm going to guess it's a Celeste fig, but that's only a guess.
I also have apples and pears pending...
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