Christmas harvest

[JF]

Calostro
Pink Mammoth
Birula
Hass
Fuerte
Saijo
Navel

[Vernmented]

So good. 

Are the pink ones Birula?

[JF]

So good. 

Are the pink ones Birula?

yes
Horrible Birula harvest this year. I tried to hand pollinate in October none set. The drought hasn't helped but if I would've HP in July I wouldn't be bitching.   

[forumfool]

Very nice! Does Saijo have any significant taste difference compared to hachiya?

[JF]

Very nice! Does Saijo have any significant taste difference compared to hachiya?

I think they are better tasting hachiya. Nice spicy taste super sweet reminds me of an improve Chico sapotes of course don't even think of eating them unripe it's like maranon

[gozp]

Wowswww


Cant wait professssorrrr

[ScottR]

Nice harvest Frank, your in fruitopia land! Saijo means very best one in Japanese I believe, very intense spicy flavor!

[JF]

Nice harvest Frank, your in fruitopia land! Saijo means very best one in Japanese I believe, very intense spicy flavor!

Yes Robert it translate to simply the best
Here Is the best West Indian avocado you've ever tasted:
Ismael 1
It's creamy sweet it ripes perfectly even and easy to peel. If it was nutty it would beat Hass , Reed and Kona hands down



Big one pound Red

[Guayaba]

Frank....you are killing me once again with your awesome fruit collection!  Great job!  How long does the Big Red fruit here in southern California?  Is the season wrapping up?

Bob

[JF]

Frank....you are killing me once again with your awesome fruit collection!  Great job!  How long does the Big Red fruit here in southern California?  Is the season wrapping up?

Bob

Hey Bob
Big Red flowered in one year from seed. Fruited the second year and this year it held 12 fruits. I'm trying to keep it at 8-9' sugar apples are the slowest growing anonas in socal.

[FruitFool]

Nice harvest, JF!

I have been looking for Saijo tree in local nurseries in san diego but have not seen it yet.

-FruitFool

[jakal1545]

 I know L.E. Cooke Co. in CA sells Saijo's.

[JF]

Quang sells it in SD

[marklee]

Qiana sells it in SD

Yes, Ong sells the Saijo.

[FruitFool]

Thank you marklee/JF/Jakal1545.

I will check out Ongs.

-FruitFool

[Mark in Texas]

Nice harvest Frank, your in fruitopia land! Saijo means very best one in Japanese I believe, very intense spicy flavor!

Yes Robert it translate to simply the best
Here Is the best West Indian avocado you've ever tasted:
Ismael 1
It's creamy sweet it ripes perfectly even and easy to peel. If it was nutty it would beat Hass , Reed and Kona hands down



Big one pound Red

WOW!  Now there's some mighty fine health food.  That Ismael looks delish.

[Mark in Texas]

Curious, any of you SoCal growing rollinia?  I've got 3 seedlings going from some giant Kona fruit.

[JF]

It's very good Mark. This variety is from Oct to early January quiet a difference when grafted. In the mother tree it ripens from December to March. You should give this a try if you like WI race much better than Catalina and infinitely better than the ones we receive from Miami in winter: croquette and Monroe

[Guayaba]

Mark, that is a nice size Rollinia fruit! I have a 15 gallon Rollinia, but I am not sure what variety it is.  Perhaps when it fruits I will have a chance to figure this out. A few nurseries in southern California have these, but I am surprised more people don't grow it.  I have heard they don't fruit much outside of tropical areas, so that may be a reason.

[JF]

Rollinas grow as vigorous as any anona in SoCal the problem is they don't like our arid climate. I'm now experimenting with a special variety and rootstock hopefully this will correct the problem so far things are looking promising

[Guayaba]

Rollinas grow as vigorous as any anona in SoCal the problem is they don't like our arid climate. I'm now experimenting with a special variety and rootstock hopefully this will correct the problem so far things are looking promising

Good to know this Frank.  You and others have made great strides in demonstrating that we can grow/fruit Ilama in southern California by choosing the best rootstock and varieties.  This was something I would have thought impossible.  Sounds like you are on the right track to getting us closer to the same results for Rollinia.  Keep us updated on the progress!  Sorry for this detour of the original thread topic.

[JF]

This west indian avocado is matching well with all the great California winter cados......Sir Prize, Fuerte, Pinkerton.  Ismael is the absolute best west indian avocado I've ever had and it gets better the longer it hangs on the tree

[johnb51]

It looks like Ismael 1 and Mantequilla might be choice avoacados for South Florida.  It seems that Carlos was experimenting with Ismael 1 (Is it one and the same?), but he stopped reporting on it.  Do you think anyone else around here has it?

[JF]

It looks like Ismael 1 and Mantequilla might be choice avoacados for South Florida.  It seems that Carlos was experimenting with Ismael 1 (Is it one and the same?), but he stopped reporting on it.  Do you think anyone else around here has it?

Carlos report was vague. I'm not sure which one he fruit I believe it was Ismael 2. He claims it ripened uneven and that it was watery which are contrary to our experience in California. He claims he terminated his trial so I assume he's no longer growing it. I'll have scions in March of both avocados(mantequilla & Ismael)

[JF]

Anona rosada delicious blueberry cheesecake taste