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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: Kevin Jones on April 30, 2020, 05:13:52 PM
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Here are some photos of my E. Calycina fruit and a description of the fruit's taste.
The texture is similar to a japanese plum or an apricot with the taste of a mild apricot.
No bad or astringent after taste. This example was dead ripe.
The best tasting Eugenia I've tried to date.
Beautiful black skin with a golden orange flesh.
Here are the fruit photos:
(https://i.postimg.cc/4mf9fL7r/Caly-2020-01.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4mf9fL7r)
(https://i.postimg.cc/TptWpVnh/Caly-2020-02.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TptWpVnh)
(https://i.postimg.cc/VJ50MJFg/Caly-2020-03.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/VJ50MJFg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/TKSLcT76/Caly-2020-04.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TKSLcT76)
Kevin Jones
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Nice one Kevin.
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Looks good, Kevin.
This is not the Nelita seedling, is it?
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No... my Nelitas are fruiting... but they are about a month behind.
This is one of those "Cherry of the Rio Grande" variations.
Kevin Jones
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How long did it take for your Nelita to fruit?
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About 3 years from seed... which came from Miguel in Portugal.
I have five Nelitas and four have bloomed and fruited.
Still small and green... too soon to give a culinary report.
Here's what they look like now:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Wt0Pcgkq/Nelita-2020-01.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Wt0Pcgkq)
Kevin Jones
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Interesting. Thanks for posting this!
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E calycina vs E involucrata. Anyone have real life experience in tasting differences?
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Thanks for taste report Kevin, wow beautiful inside and out with great sounding taste report 8)
I may or someone may have asked this but how long from seed to fruit for you?
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No... my Nelitas are fruiting... but they are about a month behind.
This is one of those "Cherry of the Rio Grande" variations.
Kevin Jones
Kevin, will you offer seeds for $$ ?? Let me know. PM me
Thanks!
-Jon
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So far... every seed has gone into a pot.
I need rootstocks for grafting the mother plant onto.
Last year I successfully grafted a couple of them onto Cherry of the Rio Grandes.
Yesterday I tried to graft a few more.... but I have now run out of rootstock.
I guess I could start top grafting them onto some of my 3 and 4 year old Cherry of the Rio Grandes.
Kevin Jones
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E calycina vs E involucrata. Anyone have real life experience in tasting differences?
I like both of them and have had them side by side recently several times over the past 2 weeks. Both are great, but seem very variable in flavor dependent on the plant. I am assuming that is one reason for grafting them is due to the strange variation. Some are just like a cherry and others taste like spinach and cucumber combined.
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About 3 years from seed... which came from Miguel in Portugal.
I have five Nelitas and four have bloomed and fruited.
Still small and green... too soon to give a culinary report.
Here's what they look like now:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Wt0Pcgkq/Nelita-2020-01.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Wt0Pcgkq)
Kevin Jones
Wow, received mine from Miguel also and they are only 10' tall and seeds were planted 2 years ago.
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I don't know if it makes a difference... but all of mine are growing in pots.
My Mother Calycina is around the 11 foot mark in a 15 gallon pot.
My "Nelitas" are in 5 and 10 gallon pots and only 2-3 feet tall. Much smaller.
Because they are in my greenhouse I hand pollinate daily.
My Mother Calycina has been blooming now for over 2 month.
Kevin Jones
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About 3 years from seed... which came from Miguel in Portugal.
I have five Nelitas and four have bloomed and fruited.
Still small and green... too soon to give a culinary report.
Here's what they look like now:
(https://i.postimg.cc/Wt0Pcgkq/Nelita-2020-01.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Wt0Pcgkq)
Kevin Jones
Wow, received mine from Miguel also and they are only 10' tall and seeds were planted 2 years ago.
10 feet tall or 10 inches... just checking as 10 feet seems pretty tall.... ( one apostrophe for feet and two apostrophe for inches)
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I bet he mean 10 inches.
10 feet would be pretty impressive for 2 year old Nelita seedlings.
Kevin Jones
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I bet he mean 10 inches.
10 feet would be pretty impressive for 2 year old Nelita seedlings.
Kevin Jones
Correct 10 inches.
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8)
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Kevin,
Any nelita seedlings fruit you got
similar to Miguel's?
His seem like huge fruits.
Would be interesting to know if seedlings produce true fruits.
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The photo I posted above shows the "ripple" looking fruits similar to Miguels.
This is their first fruiting and the fruit is still too small to eat... but I am... as usual... hopeful!
I'll keep you posted.
Kevin Jones
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Nice! One of my Nelitas has begun flowering as well. I know of one other persons who have also. Pretty cool to see multiple different people getting fruit and flowers on plants that are consistently 3 years old! Thats some good data.
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(https://i.postimg.cc/bGhXTNZ9/E-calycina.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bGhXTNZ9)
This is my 4 year old E. calycina
Guess how many fruit it had this year?
(https://i.postimg.cc/6ybd3bvN/cor.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/6ybd3bvN)
Here's a freebie COR
The center died and a small living side branch became the new center
Check out the Leaves in the next picture. I have 4 COR and none have a round leaf
(https://i.postimg.cc/1nRdSYFN/cor-leaves.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/1nRdSYFN)
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Mike,
That 4 year old is HUGE! Congrats man.
You sort of left us hanging about the number of fruit.
It's either hundreds or none?
Kevin Jones
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Mike,
That 4 year old is HUGE! Congrats man.
You sort of left us hanging about the number of fruit.
It's either hundreds or none?
Kevin Jones
Around 400