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Very beautiful Luis! It looks so peaceful. Congratulations on the jaboticaba.

where is the jabuticaba?  I see none.
;D I didn't receive them yet. Miguel will give me two jabuticabas, a jabuticaba de cabinho and a usual one...

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atten CRFGer's New cold tolerant Mango's
« on: August 20, 2013, 07:04:24 AM »
JF - I had an afterthought regarding your nice Timotayo tree full of beautiful mango fruit.  When I have a lot of mangoes on my trees, I sometimes get bored just eating them plain so I decided to include a recipe section on my website with a large variety of different ways to include mangoes in various dishes.  I think you might find something you could use to utilize some of your mangoes.  Try my favorite:  mango coconut meringue pie.  The link is: http://www.socalplantbreeders.com/#!recipes/crd8

Anaxel - You asked what the low temperature limits of our new cold hardy mangoes is.  Our location is in city of Camarillo in Southern California.  We use two recording thermometers to monitor the temperatures where we grow the mangoes, unprotected, outdoors.  During the last 25 years we recorded three occasions where the temperature hit the mid 20 degree Fahrenheit range.  All of our new mango varieties survived while two large manilla mango trees died.  Most of our new varieties suffered some frost damage but recovered.  We had one variety that had no apparent damage and in Spring bloomed normally.  It also produced a nice crop of mangoes.  For that variety, we don't actually know what the lower temperature limit really is.
This recipes are great! :P

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atten CRFGer's New cold tolerant Mango's
« on: August 20, 2013, 06:41:00 AM »
luisport,
you have your reply.
anaxel.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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...or maybe you're a professional tree pruner????

No, it just looks like a lot of work for a still-working 9-5 stiff.
But, hey, if you got the energy, go for it!  You will definitely
have a nice jungle in 8-10 years there.....


MangoPerro
Well only if they survive to our winter...  ;D

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...the more pictures you post, Luis, the better you get!

 ::)

You got your work cut out for you.  Everything looks like a nice beginning.
Hope you are retired, amigo!!!!!!!!!


MangoPerro
LOL why retired? I'm 38y...  ;)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atten CRFGer's New cold tolerant Mango's
« on: August 19, 2013, 01:12:21 PM »
Hello Luisport   It sounds like your are right next door to our Spanish friends. We will see it we can suggest to them to make you one of our field test locations.

To our other Tropical fruit loving friends.  We are looking for some field trial sites in the Southern Hemisphere.  We would like to make some new friends with people to work with on our cold hardy mangoes in Australia, Peru, Chile, Argentina and maybe a few other countries.  The only limitation we are placing on a site is they need to be in a Country that respects patent rights.  Any suggestions from our friends will be greatly appreciated.
WOW!!!! This would be just great! Thank's!  ;D

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atten CRFGer's New cold tolerant Mango's
« on: August 19, 2013, 12:18:04 PM »
Hello Anaxel,  we have friends in Spain who we will be sending some of our surplus So Cal frost resistant mango budwood to for field trial testing next Summer.  We can stay in touch and maybe we can help you get one of our new mango varieties to try out.  We  want to find out just how much cold they can take.  The coldest it has gotten her is 26 degrees F.   I read that the Mediterranean mango crop is down by 30 to 40 percent below normal because of the cool Spring weather.  Our new mango varieties were bred to live and grow in cool Spring weather because what Southern California has.  Maybe our new mangoes can help out the Mediterranean growers even out their mango crops.  You can visit our website to see some of the new varieties at SoCalplantbreeders.com.  Have a great day.
Tim Thompson
Please can you arrange me some hardy var to try here in Fátima?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atten CRFGer's New cold tolerant Mango's
« on: August 19, 2013, 12:05:06 PM »
Really? Our worst winter in 6 years we get -4C, but last winter we never get -1C... 0C at most!

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Recipes / Chocolate Sapote Cake with Kumquat Orange Marmalade
« on: August 19, 2013, 10:53:53 AM »

Chocolate Sapote Cake with Kumquat Orange Marmalade

Makes 1 6 inch 4 layer cake


Cake:
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour

1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup maple sugar

1 Tbsp grated orange zest
1 tsp baking soda


1 tsp baking powder


1 tsp sea salt

3/4 cup pureed black sapote

1/4 cup coconut oil
 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract

1 tsp orange extract
 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp orange juice

2 Tbsp lemon juice


Marmalade:

2 cups sliced kumquats (seeds removed)

1/4 cup fresh orange juice

1/2 cup agave nectar

seeds of one vanilla bean

pinch of sea salt


 Frosting:
 1 1/2 cup agave nectar
 2 Tbsp coconut oil
 1 3/4 cups cocoa powder, or more if needed
 3/4 tsp sea salt

1 Tbsp orange zest

2 Tbsp orange juice
 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract

 sliced kumquats for garnish

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and position rack in center of oven. Line two six-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides with parchment paper. Coat parchment paper and pan sides with nonstick spray. Whisk flour, baking soda, spices, salt, and sugar in a large bowl to blend well. Whisk sapote, oil, orange extract, vanilla extract, and orange juice together in small bowl to blend well, then whisk into the flour mixture until well blended. Whisk in lemon juice and stir quickly (pale swirls will be in the batter, which is the baking soda reacting with the lemon juice, which allows the cake to rise since there are no eggs). Transfer cake batter to prepared pan and bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on rack, about 1 hour. Cut around sides of pan to loosen. Turn cake out onto platter; peel off parchment paper. Let cool completely, then place in the fridge to chill until very cold to make slicing easier (since cakes with no eggs crumble easier). When chilled, slice cakes horizontally in half so that you have 4 layers.



To make marmalade, combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Cook until jammy, and liquid is reduced, about 15 minutes.  Let cool, and set aside.

 To make frosting, beat together all ingredients in a large bowl until very fluffy and smooth, and well blended.  Add a little more cocoa powder if a stiffer consistency is desired (I usually end up doing this). To assemble cake, place a layer of cake on a plate, and spoon a heaping 1/2 cup frosting over, almost to the sides, then 1/3 of the marmalade, then top with another layer of cake and repeat with another 1/2 cup frosting and 1/2 remaining marmalade. Top with another cake layer, another frosting layer, remaining marmalade, then the top cake layer. Spread the frosting over the top and the sides of the cake, and use remaining frositng to pipe decoratively around the top edge of the cake, and around the bottom of the cake as well.  Chill the cake at least a few hours to set filling before serving.  Garnish with kumquats if desired!

 *if you would like a 4 layer 9 inch cake, double this entire recipe and bake in two 9 inch cake pans. http://fragrantvanillacake.blogspot.pt/2011/02/chocolate-sapote-cake-with-kumquat.html


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Recipes / Sapote Smoothie Recipes
« on: August 19, 2013, 10:43:14 AM »
Sapote Smoothie Recipes

Basic Sapodilla Sapote Smoothie
 2 sapodillas, peeled and deseeded
 1 banana, peeled
 2 cups fresh baby spinach (or other leafy green)
 8 ounces of water

Calories: 401 | Fat: 4.4g (gram) | Protein: 4.5g | Carbs: 97g | Calcium: 14% | Iron: 4.7 mg | Vitamin A: 197% | Vitamin C: 86%

Tropical Sapote Smoothie
 2 sapodilla, peeled and deseeded
 1 mango, peeled and pitted
 1/2 cup pineapple, cubed
 2 cups fresh baby spinach (or other leafy green)
 8 ounces of water or coconut water

Calories: 472 | Fat: 4.6g (grams) | Protein: 4.7g | Carbs: 116.1g | Calcium: 16% | Iron: 4.9 mg | Vitamin A: 249% | Vitamin C: 182%

Mamey Meal-Replacement
 1 mamey, peeled and pitted
 1 banana, peeled
 2 tangerines, peeled and deseeded
 2 teaspoons of chia seeds, ground
 2 cups fresh baby spinach (or other leafy green)
 8 ounces of coconut water

Calories: 560 | Fat: 5.4g (grams) | Protein: 10.7g | Carbs: 132.7g | Calcium: 28% | Iron: 4.4 mg | Vitamin A: 261% | Vitamin C: 132% | Excellent source of Omega-3s!

Mamey-PinaCoco
 1 mamey, peeled and pitted
 1 cup fresh pineapple, cubed
 2 cups fresh baby spinach (or other leafy green)
 1 young green or Thai coconut (meat and 8 ounces of coconut water)

Calories: 577 | Fat: 5.2g (grams) | Protein: 10.5g | Carbs: 134.7g | Calcium: 16% | Iron: 3.5 mg | Vitamin A: 128% | Vitamin C: 147%

Black Sapote Pie Smoothie
 1/3 cup black sapote, mashed
 1 banana, peeled
 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
 1 dash cinnamon
 1/4 vanilla bean
 8 ounces of water or coconut water
http://www.incrediblesmoothies.com/recipes/sapote-zapote-smoothie-recipes-and-nutrition/

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atten CRFGer's New cold tolerant Mango's
« on: August 19, 2013, 10:26:14 AM »
Hi all,
olà luisport,
pleasure to know you luisport.
you're right, I agree with you, we need mango tree of california highly resistant to cold (20F =-6.6c), it is very difficult to reaching in this part of southern Portugal, the lowest is 40F (maximum at night).
there are some mango trees endure it and the drought in the region, they can be put in the ground, as gommera 13-1 mango tree of spain, it resists very low temperatures with periods of drought.

anaxel.
I'm trying kent and osteen... but this will be the first winter on grownd, so i don't know how it will stand!

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Recipes / Re: How would you extract oil from seeds ?
« on: August 19, 2013, 08:45:51 AM »

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Another new one... Randia Formosa! 

 


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Fruits on National Bee Day
« on: August 19, 2013, 05:47:37 AM »
My Good Lord, i never see a fruit so big! You can invite all family to lunch!  :P

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atten CRFGer's New cold tolerant Mango's
« on: August 19, 2013, 05:41:04 AM »
Hi all,

Dear JF,
I'm not a woman but a man aged 45 years, yes I live in France in zone 9a and also a house in the south of portugal of my parents (zone10a, setubal) place of my origins.

thank you.

HI TIM
thank you for answering me ,for your sharing ,of your experience ,your knowledge and your kindeness (it is good to read.).

Friendship.

anaxel
Hi Anaxel from Setúbal, how are you? We nead this cold hardy mangos here don't we?  ;D

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my moringas

pigeon peas 

 

White strawberries


The white stawberry is the fragaria chiloensis or fresa chilena?
No, i think it's this one... Fragaria Vesca or Pineberry.

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Wow Luis, a very nice variety of healthy  trees and what lovely scenery and sunset too.  So calming, even from here. 8)
Thank you Ethan! Yes the place where i live is really nice and peaceful  :)

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Recipes / Re: Grumixama Cheesecake!!!
« on: August 17, 2013, 03:52:53 PM »
Looks tasty indeed. Time to get my newly acquired seedling to produce ;D
you bet! :P :P :P

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Just beautiful fruit trees and so many kinds, good luck with your growing and thanks for posting! 8) 8) 8)
Thank's!  ;D

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Nice tree! You cut out years of waiting. Luis you are doing the right thing. Soon your place will be the garden of Eden. Keep collecting!

 http://www.backtoedenfilm.com/
When you have time...1 hr free film about an interesting gardening technique.  I am implementing some of his ideas.
Yes it's just great! Another great friend helping!  :D

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Yes it's impressive all this work in favour of tropical plants in Iceland! Congratulations!  ;)

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