There’s something so exciting about spotting the first tiny nibs of fruit, after the blossom has gone. It’s a boost after the sadness as the delicate fallen petals turn brown. 
Crossed fingers that this year’s fruit harvest will be good, there has to be some benefit of all the spring rain. The tiny frilled caqui [above] look the cutest, as if they’ve come out a Polly Pocket set. I’m already planning what to cook with the plum [below] glut. 
The figs [below] are the biggest of the baby fruit, these are destined to be poached in sugar syrup and eaten for breakfast with thick Greek yogurt. 
5 to remember
la caqui – persimmon/Sharon fruit
la ciruela – plum
la tristeza – sadness
la cosecha – harvest
minuscule/a – tiny, miniscule
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