10/2 Broward Rare Fruit Council Meeting

[FloridaGreenMan]

The October meeting is a joint meeting with the Master Gardeners on TUESDAY, October 2nd.  The meeting has with social time starting starting at 6:30pm, with the speaker starting at 7:00 PM – please note the time, as this is earlier than our regular meetings.  The speaker is Dr. Richard Campbell and his topic will be “Tropical Plants for Broward County FLA ”.   For those of you who don’t know of him, he is the Director of Horticulture and Senior Curator of Tropical Fruit, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and is one of the best speakers in Florida.  Don’t miss a rare opportunity to hear this excellent speaker.

Broward County Extension office
3245 College Avenue  Davie, FL 33314
(954) 357-5270

[BENDERSGROVE]

I hope to get out of work early and make the meeting, Richard Campbell is a great speaker,should be educating for sure.

[murahilin]

Noel, are you going?

[HMHausman]

Would like to make the scene........I am expecting a call from my younger fruit growing associates with better memory to help me not forget.

[FloridaGreenMan]

Noel, are you going?

Yes, I plan on being there!

[murahilin]

Would like to make the scene........I am expecting a call from my younger fruit growing associates with better memory to help me not forget.

So you should be expecting a call from everyone you know then.

[Squam256]

I'm probably going.

[HMHausman]

Would like to make the scene........I am expecting a call from my younger fruit growing associates with better memory to help me not forget.

So you should be expecting a call from everyone you know then.

So if you don't snag that legal job.....you should definitely try stand up comedy......or maybe sit "down at a computer" comedy would be more appropriate.

[ReneeFLL]

This will be my first meeting. Looking forward to it and to meeting more people from the forum.
Renee

[JF]

Would like to make the scene........I am expecting a call from my younger fruit growing associates with better memory to help me not forget.

So you should be expecting a call from everyone you know then.

So if you don't snag that legal job.....you should definitely try stand up comedy......or maybe sit "down at a computer" comedy would be more appropriate.

stand up comedy?? is he trying to show his sense of humor?

[HMHausman]

Would like to make the scene........I am expecting a call from my younger fruit growing associates with better memory to help me not forget.

So you should be expecting a call from everyone you know then.

So if you don't snag that legal job.....you should definitely try stand up comedy......or maybe sit "down at a computer" comedy would be more appropriate.

is he trying to show his sense of humor?

Yes, unless you think that he acurately portrayed me as the oldest person of everyone I know.  Now that I think of it, it wasn't funny, its was true.

[BENDERSGROVE]

Would like to make the scene........I am expecting a call from my younger fruit growing associates with better memory to help me not forget.

So you should be expecting a call from everyone you know then.

So if you don't snag that legal job.....you should definitely try stand up comedy......or maybe sit "down at a computer" comedy would be more appropriate.

is he trying to show his sense of humor?

Yes, unless you think that he acurately portrayed me as the oldest person of everyone I know.  Now that I think of it, it wasn't funny, its was true.

These young-uns will get old one day too Harry!, i remember when I used to crack jokes about age,now the jokes on me!!!!!!

[JF]

Would like to make the scene........I am expecting a call from my younger fruit growing associates with better memory to help me not forget.

So you should be expecting a call from everyone you know then.

So if you don't snag that legal job.....you should definitely try stand up comedy......or maybe sit "down at a computer" comedy would be more appropriate.

is he trying to show his sense of humor?

Yes, unless you think that he acurately portrayed me as the oldest person of everyone I know.  Now that I think of it, it wasn't funny, its was true.

Harry
Why would I depict you that way if I am in the same boat as you, I'm 53 years old? I just don't like hot shot lawyers, who pass the bar in their first try, disrespecting their elders.

[Hollywood]

It was a good talk. Campbell mentioned that Zill's is going to start importing trees from Costa Rica to Florida this year, including a bunch of new varieties, particularly sapota. Anyone have more details on this?

[murahilin]

It was a good talk. Campbell mentioned that Zill's is going to start importing trees from Costa Rica to Florida this year, including a bunch of new varieties, particularly sapota. Anyone have more details on this?

By sapota do you mean mamey or sapodilla? If mamey, Gary mentioned to me earlier this year that he has some new cultivars of mamey that are supposed to be really good. He mentioned one was dwarf and very precocious and another had a yellow flesh if I remember correctly. Did Dr. Campbell mention if the trees would be for sale immediately?

[Hollywood]

Campbell was vague on the details of exactly where and when people could get all the fruiits he ta
Ked about, but he specifically and intentionally lumped ALL the sapota together and stated his view that someday most people would do the same.

[FloridaGreenMan]

He mentioned a new Mamey Sapote cultivar from Costa Rica called "Mentosa Amarilla" which he said was incredibly delicious and very precocious. He claimed it was the best Mamey he has tried and it has deep red flesh.  The second half of the name "Amarilla" means yellow but it refers to the name of the town in CR where it was found. He also said  that there are several new delicious Sapodillas from Nicaragua that Zill will eventually release and that they are easy to identify because the new emerging leaves are red colored. He did not give a time frame for release of these cultivars. You guys missed a very good and informative lecture! The place was packed with over 100 attendees.         

[ReneeFLL]

It was a good talk. Campbell mentioned that Zill's is going to start importing trees from Costa Rica to Florida this year, including a bunch of new varieties, particularly sapota. Anyone have more details on this?

By sapota do you mean mamey or sapodilla? If mamey, Gary mentioned to me earlier this year that he has some new cultivars of mamey that are supposed to be really good. He mentioned one was dwarf and very precocious and another had a yellow flesh if I remember correctly. Did Dr. Campbell mention if the trees would be for sale immediately?

I don't think he mentioned if they were available yet. From what I took from it was that they would be ready "soon". Who knows what their definition of soon is. He talked about 24 different fruits. Different kinds of mamey, but I don't have my notes in front of me. I'm on cat toilet training atm.

[murahilin]

He mentioned a new Mamey Sapote cultivar from Costa Rica called "Mentosa Amarilla" which he said was incredibly delicious and very precocious. He claimed it was the best Mamey he has tried and it has deep red flesh.  The second half of the name "Amarilla" means yellow but it refers to the name of the town in CR where it was found. He also said  that there are several new delicious Sapodillas from Nicaragua that Zill will eventually release and that they are easy to identify because the new emerging leaves are red colored. He did not give a time frame for release of these cultivars. You guys missed a very good and informative lecture! The place was packed with over 100 attendees.       

I was ready to leave my house to go to the meeting but I got hungry and decided to eat tacos instead. I am waiting for Harry to give his reason for missing the meeting. I even spoke to him at 3pm for his reminder!

No time frame means we could be waiting years. Any pics of these fruit or just descriptions?

[Hollywood]

Noel and Renee- I didn't see you or I would have said hi!

Did Campbell say that Mentosa Amarilla had "horticultural problems" that they were working on, or was he referring to something else? That was the tree I found most tempting.

[Hollywood]

No, Campbell said Zill was going to begin importing THIS YEAR.

Sheehan, I can't believe I gave up 2-for-1 Taco Tuesday on the beach while you gorged yourself.

There were lovely pictures. Interestingly, Campbell is not good at describing the taste of fruit. He mentioned that he grew up with tropical fruit, so abiu to him tastes like...abiu. But everything else about s lecture and lecture style is outstanding.

[ReneeFLL]

Katie when I saw you, you were busy talking to someone. I turned around for a few minutes and then you were gone.

Sheehan, I hope you get smacked up side the head with a soggy taco in a nightmare tonight. That was way to good of a meeting to miss for food. Ok, I should not have said that since I don't know you, but tacos???!!!

I want to learn more about the dwarf jackfruit trees he talked about.

[jabotica]

report from my out post in okeech0bee. GOOD SHOW FROM DR Campbell
  but the highlite was meeting Florida green man and Suuam256 and sampling
 fgm's abue

[HMHausman]

As is often the case, I had great intentions and problems on the follow through.  Actually, I got hung up at the office with late arriving clients who had waited until the last minute to avert horrible things to their legal well being. Even then though, I was actually still planning to go, but got screwed up on the timing.  The usual BRFVC meeting is at 7:30 and doesn't really even get going speaker-wise until 8 PM.  I was beginning to scarf down my dinner at the office at around 7 when sheehan called me to see if I had gone. He reminded me that the meeting was at 7 and not the usual 8 pm. So I rushed my dinner even more, packed up and went to leave only to find a major monsoon outside.  I figured I'd stay in the office and sign mail for a few minutes until it let up. It rained heavily until just before 8pm.....too late to head that way.  Sorry I missed the talk. Sounds like it was interesting.

[phantomcrab]

Someone (or a committee) needs to record and post meetings that are going to be interesting so all can view them. Broward County is 4 hours away for me at impulse speed. I am assuming there are no legal impediments to recording them.

[Squam256]

Pretty good talk, didn't even have to mention mangoes, although he did go over Kastoree, Lalejewe, and Rampagni. He was supposed to cover 24 species of fruit but ended up discussing a lot more than that.

He made a point to note what grew better in Broward's soil as opposed to Dade's (practically everything).

In addition to the new mameys and saps he touched a little on the "new" avocado cultivars they're introducing. I didn't take any notes but the one whose name I could remember was called "Blass", a black skinned type which he claimed to be of "pure West Indian" heritage. The description of the fruit and where it was discovered made it sound like a Guatemalan type though.

[cbss_daviefl]

I highly enjoyed the talk and getting another taste of Marrisa Abiu from Noel.

The first avocado was something starting with P "de vida". The second, a seedless avocado, was called Juan Jose. 

[BENDERSGROVE]

It was a very good presentation,great to see Katie and Noel, the new avocado,and Mamet varieties tha will be available soon definitely perked my interest, I did not take many notes other than writing on the back of a home depot receipt! Lol,gues next time I will come more prepared!!

[Tropicalgrower89]

He mentioned a new Mamey Sapote cultivar from Costa Rica called "Mentosa Amarilla" which he said was incredibly delicious and very precocious. He claimed it was the best Mamey he has tried and it has deep red flesh.  The second half of the name "Amarilla" means yellow but it refers to the name of the town in CR where it was found.

Cool.   

[BENDERSGROVE]

Best part for me was getting some clarification on what Fairchild was going to do with Angie mango trees, I spoke with Dr. Campbell and I got the go ahead to graft and sell them all I want!!! That made my nite,and we will start next week propagating the heck out of them next week, wish I had more rootstock. Always something!! Lol

[Tropicalgrower89]

He made a point to note what grew better in Broward's soil as opposed to Dade's (practically everything).

I agree, but up to a certain point. So mamey grows better in poorly draining muck soils of western broward than in deep sandy soils of hialeah, fl (northern dade)? Well, at least half of hialeah has sandy soil like where I live now in eastern pembroke pines.  I've seen some HUGE mamey trees in that area (hialeah)and I know the soil is sandy cause I used to live there until I was 9 years old. I lived just east and south of meadowlane elementary (just to give you an idea of my old location). My backyard neighbor had two grafted pantin mamey trees that used too give lots of delicious mameys.

[murahilin]

I highly enjoyed the talk and getting another taste of Marrisa Abiu from Noel.

The first avocado was something starting with P "de vida". The second, a seedless avocado, was called Juan Jose.

I had a Juan Jose avocado tree once. I killed it.

[murahilin]

No, Campbell said Zill was going to begin importing THIS YEAR.

Sheehan, I can't believe I gave up 2-for-1 Taco Tuesday on the beach while you gorged yourself.

There were lovely pictures. Interestingly, Campbell is not good at describing the taste of fruit. He mentioned that he grew up with tropical fruit, so abiu to him tastes like...abiu. But everything else about s lecture and lecture style is outstanding.

Where has 2-for-1 Taco Tuesdays? Have you had Zona Fresca's tacos? They're excellent.

Katie when I saw you, you were busy talking to someone. I turned around for a few minutes and then you were gone.

Sheehan, I hope you get smacked up side the head with a soggy taco in a nightmare tonight. That was way to good of a meeting to miss for food. Ok, I should not have said that since I don't know you, but tacos???!!!

I want to learn more about the dwarf jackfruit trees he talked about.

It didn't have to be tacos. I would have missed the meeting for any food probably because I was hungry at the time I was supposed to leave for the meeting and I had to make an important decision.

[BENDERSGROVE]

141 attendees last nite,would have been 142 if Katie signed in!!!! Hahaha,pretty impressive turnout.

[ReneeFLL]

I had a Juan Jose avocado tree once. I killed it.

I never, ever kill anything. My orchids, fish, corals, etc commit suicide!

[FloridaGreenMan]

I highly enjoyed the talk and getting another taste of Marrisa Abiu from Noel.

The first avocado was something starting with P "de vida". The second, a seedless avocado, was called Juan Jose.

I had a Juan Jose avocado tree once. I killed it.

You might be the Charles Manson of fruit trees!

[ofdsurfer]

He mentioned a new Mamey Sapote cultivar from Costa Rica called "Mentosa Amarilla" which he said was incredibly delicious and very precocious. He claimed it was the best Mamey he has tried and it has deep red flesh.  The second half of the name "Amarilla" means yellow but it refers to the name of the town in CR where it was found. He also said  that there are several new delicious Sapodillas from Nicaragua that Zill will eventually release and that they are easy to identify because the new emerging leaves are red colored. He did not give a time frame for release of these cultivars. You guys missed a very good and informative lecture! The place was packed with over 100 attendees.       

This is what is was thinking of.  Has anyone found out the names of the new sapodilla releases?  Maybe it's the Campeche that Squam has.

[Squam256]

He mentioned a new Mamey Sapote cultivar from Costa Rica called "Mentosa Amarilla" which he said was incredibly delicious and very precocious. He claimed it was the best Mamey he has tried and it has deep red flesh.  The second half of the name "Amarilla" means yellow but it refers to the name of the town in CR where it was found. He also said  that there are several new delicious Sapodillas from Nicaragua that Zill will eventually release and that they are easy to identify because the new emerging leaves are red colored. He did not give a time frame for release of these cultivars. You guys missed a very good and informative lecture! The place was packed with over 100 attendees.       

This is what is was thinking of.  Has anyone found out the names of the new sapodilla releases?  Maybe it's the Campeche that Squam has.

The thing that makes me think it wasn't one of these is because those saps were said to be from Nicaragua, and the name 'Campeche' would suggest its from Campeche state, Mexico.