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SOLD OUT. Thanks all.

$20 for 5 seeds includes shipping in a padded mailer with slightly moist sphagnum.

Hand cleaned and only shipping seeds that pass the "float test". No BS. These were harvested on Monday.

More details here.  http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=35410.0

Shipping in USA only. I will hand pollinate in spring and hopefully open up international shipping next year to spread this ultra rarity around.

PM for paypal address.

Thanks! -Josh




All of these are underwater.

I got my first fruit yesterday. This is the second fruiting in the USA that I know of. Steve from Fruitscapes on Pine Island was the first a few months back. Both of our trees came from the same seed batch that the late great Ray Jones germinated.

The fruit was mildly sweet and very seedy. It was fully tree ripened and eaten within hours of picking. The flavor was reminiscent of Rollinia. Definitely edible. Nothing objectionable flavor wise. This is an unimproved wild fruit and a collector item. The tree is absolutely gorgeous with giant pubescent leaves.

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First fruiting on a small tree. I got these seeds from Kona Fruit Farm which came from an almost 8lb fruit. This was a little under 1lb. Taste was excellent. Harvested yesterday.

I have 3 packs of 9 seeds. $10 each pack which includes shipping. Shipped in vermiculite inside a padded envelope with tracking. USA only.

PM me for purchase and my paypal address.

Thanks!






Jeff's original picture.

Does anyone know what species are graft compatible with Mangifera caesia?

I have some more seed available. Fresh fruit picked today and some more on the tree. Message me if you are interested.

Pitomba Eugenia luschnathiana seeds

Just harvested.

$2 per seed. $4 shipping with tracking in a padded envelope.

USA only.

These are really good. They remind me of apricots. I think this is a better strain then some others since I have tasted bad ones and other people have bad taste reports. I have branches from another tree from the same seed batch grafted onto this and they taste the same so they should be similar high quality.

I love working with Annonas. You can heavy prune in late winter here in Florida just before they pop and really get into detail work combing over every inch and stripping leaves. During the growing season you can prune and strip multiple times and force flowering and extend fruiting season with hand pollination.

Here are some examples of some trees I have worked with and the troubleshooting and rejuvenation I dealt with when the Manatee Rare Fruit Council hired me to maintain the planting at Palma Sola.

Pruned Dream canopy at my good friends Darryl's place sweetsonggroves.com here in Sarasota. I did this a few weeks back and it is starting to push out new growth now.





These are the Lisa and Gefner at Palma Sola. I don't know how much pruning was done in the past but these had some real gnarly scaffolding architecture.

Lisa a little over a year ago. Planted for years without proper training.



After corrective pruning. This really scared some of the club members. hahaha



Lisa after this year. A little bit of shaping during the growing season.



Lisa after I pruned a couple a few weeks back.



Gefner a little over a year ago. Planted and left untrained.



Initial reset a little over a year ago.



Gefner after the growing season.



Gefner after pruning about 3 weeks ago.



Right now is a good time to prune and strip all the leaves off here in Florida. This will work with the common Annona species like Atemoya, reticulata, macroprophyllata and squamosa.

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Fresh cut Dream scions for sale.

3 scions for $13 which includes shipping.

USA only.

This has been the best tasting Annona that I have fruited here. I find myself scraping the skin with my teeth like an animal getting every last bit. Lots of info on the forum about it. Perfect time to graft. PM me for paypal info. Thanks. -Josh

My friend just picked the last of these. The tree was purchased as a Winter Mexican but the few photos I found online don't match. Grown in Sarasota, FL. The tree seems somewhat dwarfish.

Grafted October 2017.

Topworked a non fruiting Sabara.

First flowers showed up on the rootstock and just noticed the trunciflora flowers. Very excited. I haven't tasted these before. I got the scions from Phelipe Castro out in California.

From left to right: Arka Sahan, RH-1, African Pride, Giant Yucatán, Pink’s Mammoth, Big Green

Exciting news on my little experiment. I have germination on two groups of treated/untreated Annona macroprophyllata seeds from Luc and Raul after 2 -3 weeks. Half were soaked in 200ppm ga3 and the other half in water. Here is the main trick. The seeds from Luc were stored in a mason jar for about 2 years and the seeds from Raul were stored for over a year. I will try to germinate the rest without ga3 because I believe that negatively effects the plant health. The treated Luc's White germinated and the untreated haven't come up yet.

Har is excellent. Come out if you are in the area.

Calostro seems to be doing well here in Sarasota. I try to get out and hand pollinate when I can but this also seems to set readily on its own. Fruits are tasty and it grows well on my Dream rootstock.

This fruit set after the heavy pruning I did for hurricane Irma. I picked it in early May and it still tasted good despite overwintering and hanging on the tree after it was HEAVILY pruned in Spring.





 
The La Habra Sun is quite prolific and great flavored.

I have some LM-3s hanging now which I am really excited to try


Also, various other stuff has small fruits or flowers. Anona Dulce, Arka Sahan, Birula, Pink's Mammoth, Big Green......

Thanks Frank! It is exciting to try all this stuff.