今にも咲きそうな「白梅しだれ」の巨樹

　やっとピントを合わせることができました。これは「白梅しだれ」で樹木が驚くほど大きくなりました。ご覧の通り、蕾の中が白いことが分かります。立春に少し咲くでしょう。６月には実が収穫できます。

　昨年は長女がこの「白梅しだれ」で梅酒を作り持ってきてくれましたが、長女は酒が強いので梅酒までアルコール度が強いです。ご存じの通り、私は酒が弱いので割って飲みます。樹木の根元に毎日、水を与えているので今春は花がたくさん咲きそうです。

 At last I was able to focus well. This is "Weeping white plum", and the tree has become amazingly large. As you can see, the inside of buds are white. It will be bloomed a little at the first day of spring that is "Risshun" in our tongue. I can harvest the fruits in June.

 Last year, the eldest daughter brought me plum wine made from this plum. She is strong in alcohol so that her made-plum wine includes strong alcohol as well. I must dilute because I am weak in alcohol as you know. Water is given to the roots of the tree every day, so a lot of flowers are likely to bloom this spring beyond expectation.