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I think soursop and cherimoya are from different groupings within the genus and you would not expect compatibility.It would be easier to imagine a cross within the fleshy flowered, shiny leafed types or the sugar apple/cherimoya/reticulate/ilama group. It has a A.montana thing going on.
Hey guys she sent me some better pictures of the fruit and one cut open, this is definitely A. montana
Quote from: Mike T on July 31, 2013, 04:56:57 AMI think soursop and cherimoya are from different groupings within the genus and you would not expect compatibility.It would be easier to imagine a cross within the fleshy flowered, shiny leafed types or the sugar apple/cherimoya/reticulate/ilama group. It has a A.montana thing going on.I've read a study from Indian where they grafted soursop onto cherimoya rootstock. I have not be successful have you tried it?? Mike, when I cross cherimola x reticulata and diversifolia will the fruit change in appearance or taste?? I have a few fruits that have set what can I expect in the next few months as the hybrids develop??
Graft compatibility is dificult to predict.Try to find several published "Annona graft compatibility" charts to compare. You will find they proclaim rather different conclusions!The fact is that different varieties can be as different in their compatiblities as if they were different species.Try to know what tree your rootstock seed comes from, and label the batch accordingly. Keep records of which varieties of scions flourish on that rootstock batch.Yes it can get very involved, but it is easy to waste time and money when one doesn't keep records and just tries over and over willy nilly. Speaking from experience!
David,Thanks for posting the pictures, it looks like a nice A. montana. Reading up about it, some are not very good quality (it sounds like this tree has a good quality fruit).
JF there are a number of folk with more annona 'muscle' than me on the forum who could answer questions more definitively.It seems you are asking if cross pollination influences the maternal tissue and makes for halfway fruit. I reckon no, it is not possible but others disagree.This has been discussed before and there was evidence presented that on some occasions hybrid pollination may influence fruit character.The hybrid fruit result in the next generation when the seeds with the mixed genes grow.
Somehow I missed this thread before. It is definitely Annona Montana, or as I would prefer, Guanabanus montanus.Pollen usually doesn't influence anything obvious, other than the actual seed inside the seed coat. One glaring exception is Annona glabra pollen put on Sugar-apple or Ilama: Fruit larger, different skin shapes, spongy inedible pulp, and only liquid inside the seed coats.
on the same subject, I got cuban red flowering, can that pollen be used to cross pollinate onto cherimoya?