tejocote

[sunny]

I can get a tree tejocote, is that a nice fruit?

[sunny]

Here is video, but i no understand it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKUV_p9yZzY

[JF]

It’s horrible just had it in oxkutzcab.....cheese sour taste have had it many time can’t get over that taste

[greenman62]

i had bought a few at the Latino market nearby.
They had a mealy texture i wasnt crazy about.
it was somewhat creamy at the same time
and the fruit was fairly soft.
they also sell it in jars of (water/or ?)

They are high in pectin and supposedly make a good jam.

its Crataegus Mexicana, supposedly the best one for fruit.
i have a Crataegus douglasii, but i cant get the damn thing to grow at all.
Haw jam is pretty popular down south. i had Haw-Kumquat years ago, it was pretty damn good.

[Jack, Nipomo]

Tejocote punch is a traditional seasonal drink in Mexico.  I agree on the description of the fruit's flavor, but it is popularly utilized in other forms.  Google gives several uses for the fruit. 

[sunny]

This is the tejocote tree but on internet the Crataegus Mexicana have different leafes. I think is not the same tree maybe.

[Ansarac]

People have (mistakenly) thought it was a kind of plum. I have heard all different, interesting kinds of descriptions of the smell (even like bubble gum.) I was curious about it being a kind of Hawthorn.

But, when I finally tasted some, I thought it was like a small apple.

I was able to plant some seeds, during "ponche" season, so will probably have a few, young trees, in the Spring.

[Ansarac]

[Guanabanus]

i.e. "Crab-Apples."

[Jack, Nipomo]

More info on commercial production: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/09/food/la-fo-tejocote9-2009dec09

[qwertzuiop]

Mmm, I tasted some fruits as well. I'd say I wasn't crazy of the taste of the raw fruit, similar to others above. I'd say you have better grow something more cool, like plectranthus rotundifolius. (Yeah, that's  a suggestion you may disagree with.)