The Tropical Fruit Forum

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CASSABANANA OR MUSK MELON: HISTORY OF USES AND POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF CASSABANANA  http://herbs-treatandtaste.blogspot.pt/2012/07/cassabanana-or-musk-melon-history-of.html

Hello Mike,

Thanks for contacting us.  You can check our website for more info on our mango varieties and their cold tolerance data.  We would love to get a few field trial sites in those EU Countries that have mild frost growing areas.  Areas with hard freezes or temps much below 25 degrees F probably won't work.  Lets stay in touch.

Tim Thompson

Please how can i enter in the test? Do you want my adress?

http://fruitwarehouse.blogspot.pt/

Durian Haven

How are you liking the golden raspberries?

I have some and I'm just not sure if i like them.  I think part of it is a mental block involving the color.  The red ones certainly have more eye appeal.

Sometimes, not sure why, but my yellows will be almost flesh toned.

My golden ones are very sweet... and a diferente flavour than red ones. They are allmost like a diferente fruit!  This year i want to plant more

Yes of course, i will try everything to protect and save them... but of course i dream with this cold hardy trees! 

Anaxel   In answer to your questions, virtually all of our mango breeding is with mono-embryonic mango varieties.  As you probably know those do not come true to the parent if you plant mango seeds.  Each offspring is unique.  That is how we were able to get the variants we were looking for when it comes to low temperature tolerance.  Our mangoes do not seem to be effected by the higher end of the temperature scale.  I think that is because of their root system and leaf structure.  For example, Avocados have most of their root system in the top 5 feet of the soil they are growing in; Citrus are in the top 6 or 7 feet of the soil and a mature mango tree's roots may reach down to 20 feet.  In Southern California, when the Santa Ana winds start to blow, they are hot and dry.  Those winds will literally dry out a big avocado orchard if the farmers don't turn on their irrigation system so they use about 25 percent more water.  The leaf structure is also another factor when it comes to water consumption and high wind damage.  Of the three, the avocado leaf is the most fragile, citrus next and the mature mango leaf is tough and leathery.  The tougher leaves are the less vulnerable when it comes to wind damage.  When the Santa Ana winds blow strong here they may hit hurricane strength or 70 miles per hour.  The East side of my poor big Haas avocado tree is stripped of its leaves.  My mangoes just laugh at the wind.  After all mangoes evolved where they have hurricanes and typhoons.  I hope that helps you.  I don't know if you have those severe weather conditions in the part of France where you are located.  From what I am told, the French Rivera has a Mediterranean climate which should be more like our climate here in Southern California.

This is just great! When i start to buy and plant mango trees, everyone say i'm crazy... and i plant them with an inner feeling of loosing them in winter, but now you give me a real hope of have good quality mangos here in Portugal! Just for that i want to thank you so much! 

Muang Mai Market, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Quote from: Miguel.pt on August 20, 2013, 04:08:15 PM

Sorry for my late reply.
This book describes everything new and different the Portuguese found in Brasil... it dates back to 1587, which means only 87 years after the official discovery of Brasil by Pedro Álvares Cabral...  it is also known by the name "Tratado Descritivo do Brasil" and speaks about the animals, fishes, inhabitant/Indians, languages, costumes, rivers, soils, etc... for us the funny part is the descriptions from the trees and fruits... it is an important historical reference for anyone interested in these matters...

The curious thing about this is that some years ago when Helton was gathering historical information to write his first book he asked me for help to find this book here in Portugal, and I never managed to find it anywhere... now I just happen to find several at once... that's life!

The book sounds interesting. What are you looking to trade for a copy of the book?

Quote from: Luisport on August 20, 2013, 04:11:04 PM

Olá Miguel, as ferias foram boas? Podes tentar encontrar na editora livros do Brasil...

Luis, Feel free to post in Portuguese, but can you also please provide an English translation if you do so? Thanks!

I'm so sorry, i post in portuguese because it was difficult to translate... i was telling to Miguel to try to find this book in a brasilian bookstore in Lisbon that only sells brasilian books. 

Quote from: murahilin on August 19, 2013, 10:43:10 PM

Is this volume specifically about the fruit and trees or is that only a part of this book?

Sorry for my late reply.
This book describes everything new and different the Portuguese found in Brasil... it dates back to 1587, which means only 87 years after the official discovery of Brasil by Pedro Álvares Cabral...  it is also known by the name "Tratado Descritivo do Brasil" and speaks about the animals, fishes, inhabitant/Indians, languages, costumes, rivers, soils, etc... for us the funny part is the descriptions from the trees and fruits... it is an important historical reference for anyone interested in these matters...

The curious thing about this is that some years ago when Helton was gathering historical information to write his first book he asked me for help to find this book here in Portugal, and I never managed to find it anywhere... now I just happen to find several at once... that's life!

Olá Miguel, as ferias foram boas? Podes tentar encontrar na editora livros do Brasil...

Cherimoya are a native from the highlands somewhere in south America that is on colder climate and thus, can tolerate a colder growing temps. Sugar apple, are not as cold tolerant, but tolerate the heat better and grow in the lower plain elevation. Anyone wanna add anything else I miss?

Thank you so much!!!