The Tropical Fruit Forum

Clay, the best one I've had is a no named, supposed Vietnamese variety I purchased at an Asian Supermarket. It tastes exactly like the holy grail Cherimoya I described above. I will try to visit the supermarket to ask the owners if they will sell me some scions.

My friend that got me into Cherimoyas also has a tree that produces similar quality fruit but it's been nearly 25-30 years since I've had the fruit and that was before I've had the chance to taste all the top tier varieties.

Frank, your fruit looks awesome and your flavor description has me extremely interested and salivating!

Simon

I don't recall ever a dating Burton. Looks like a nice fruit though. Good size, nice shape and sounds like high Brix? Does it have good acidity?

My holy grail of cherimoya is a fruit with good sweetness, juicy, large fruit with few seeds and most importantly, very high acidity!

Simon

I don't remember exactly but probably somewhere around 3-4 years old from seed. This tree was completely neglected and I'm sure it would have fruit sooner if I actually took care of it. I transplanted it into a larger pot last year and started watering and fertilizing it properly and it exploded with new growth.

Arvind, take care of those seedlings and you'll probably get fruit in 3 years or less.

Simon

Nice spread, best part is, you know what( and what didn't) go into your fruits. No Mango:)

Simon

Here's what I just found on the ground. The wind was blowing today but it was very gentle, the lightning and thunder storms last night must have blown all these Moyas off. Several of these fruit were already half eaten. I prefer hand harvesting these fruit, I hope these drops will ripen properly. Luckily most of them are still firm.


Simon

Thanks for the tip Xue! I love Longans. Do you know of any nurseries that sell air layers? Do you happen to know if the fruit is big and how large the seed gets? Looks like another variety I must get:)

Simon

If adding a tap root to an air layer, which has a dense fibrous root system already, it may be beneficial but you may not see accelerated growth until the tree is established. It appears that my trees are expending considerable energy into growing out its tap root. I've pushed and tugged on some of my Double Stone Grafted mango trees and they are really well anchored.

Simon

I just got more info from my friend and he said his tree has been in the ground 3 years and this is the first fruit his tree has produced. He did not fertilize and he also didn't thin the fruit.

Simon

Alphonso suffers from fungus here in California as well but it depends on the microclimate. I never sprayed my tree and still got fruit set but many of my panicles were infested with Powdery mildew.

Simon

Sam, I hope you can find this Durian, it's excellent!

On a side note, I believe this is Durian I ate is more likely a Mao Shan Wang as opposed to a Musang King. If this is true, that means I have yet to taste the holy grail of Durian.

Simon

Thanks for the information Xshen!

I just opened up this Durian and Oh my Friggin &@$!!! This thing was crazy complex sweet, bitter, extremely rich and buttery. Comparing it to a Thai Mornthong, it tastes like the Mornthong is watered down where as the King is much more concentrated in everything.

On first bite, my palate immediately noticed a very prominent bitter component which had notes of fresh roasted coffee beans. The bitterness was very complex and at first, I thought to myself I don't like this because it is too bitter but my head and stomach kept telling me more, more! The second thing I noticed was the perfect level of sweetness. This is a very sweet Durian but the bitterness takes the edge off the sweetness. In my hand, this Durian literally felt like thick creamy butter.

I don't know how else to put it, this Durian is extremely concentrated as if you put five regular durians together and condensed it into one. The flavor and sweetness lingers in the mouth for a long time so don't eat this if you are about to go out.

This Durian was so rich, creamy, thick and sweet that you almost need something to cut it with. I suggest you eat this Durian with a side of coconut sweet sticky rice with a few pinches of salt thrown in. I had Durian sticky rice when I was in Thailand and this is how I recommend you eat this Durian. Hands down without a doubt, this is the best Durian I have ever eaten!




Simon

For the more advanced Durian eaters out there, here are some close up shots of the spines and the ends of the Durian.







Simon