The Tropical Fruit Forum

Yesterday I was up in Palm Beach County and a street seller was selling bags of this little green fruit that she called "Hermacito" They bear a striking resemblance to Lemon Drop Mangosteen in several ways except obviously its green versus yellow color.

Size, the same thick outer shell as LDM, fruit meat held tightly onto the large seed (thought the meat is stringy) and is "challenging" to eat but it's tart and sweet. It's flavor has citrus overtones also.

Does anyone have info on this one?   Google was of no help despite trying several spelling variations.  PS, I've saved seeds since I KNOW if this is in any  way interesting I'll get requests for them :-)

I need a dozen or so scions. Anyone locally have them? Sell / trade it's all good.

I have a "ruby supreme" guava from a big box store in ground a couple of months and it's happy and growing like a weed at over 7' tall from a 5' twig.

My q is about the tag on it which says 4-2022. Is that tbe date they potted it for sale or the date it was put out in tbe field or something else?

Great to hear. The seedlings are all gone.

Quote from: gnappi on April 24, 2023, 07:02:18 PM

Well, I'm sorry to say my GF was underwhelmed by the flavor mostly because it left a banana peel type astringent film on the tongue. I ate the majority of the two fruits and while I'd not consider it a "top tier" fruit to rival the best mango I found it more refreshing and complex than mango. I look forward to the next crop.

Question? does anyone know if the seeds are viable after being refrigerated?

Hmm, last time I refrigerated one it killed the flavor and texture...maybe this was your problem?

Good point, I wonder if it was the refrigeration that can influence it? I mean unless I cut the fruit and ate half before refrigerating it I'd not know. This season I'll eat some and not refrigerate them.




 

I pressure clean my roof every 15 months or so, and my trees feel no ill effect from it. If your guy is using one of those rotary floor cleaner types and you have a tile roof I'd worry about the  guy breaking tiles.

Well, I'm sorry to say my GF was underwhelmed by the flavor mostly because it left a banana peel type astringent film on the tongue. I ate the majority of the two fruits and while I'd not consider it a "top tier" fruit to rival the best mango I found it more refreshing and complex than mango. I look forward to the next crop.

Question? does anyone know if the seeds are viable after being refrigerated?

I hope so for me too! I planted the tree a few years ago and had not tasted the fruit. The picked fruit is 2lb. 5oz. and I have no idea if this is a typical size but the second one on the tree looks even larger :-)

My GF absolutely ADORES Annona and she's pumped about my bringing it there Saturday.

We got a couple of good soakings here and even though the swale was full last night, it was dry this morning... the  soil was thirsty.

What months do the fruit ripen in your yard?  I'm looking for something that is a winter bearing fruit.

My Kajang gave me fruit all winter through February.

Thank you!!! Grafting a larger variety on the bottom below the graft is a GREAT suggestion as is all of  the other advice you gave me.


Thanks again,

  Gary

Last winter I grafted an unknown lemon cutting from a big box store to an unknown seedling fron a grocery store for my girlfriend and her granddaughter.

By the time I got to the seedling it was already pretty big and 1/3 of an inch thick, so the graft is pretty high up.

The graft took perfectly and the scion has pushed a lot of growth upwards of 10" already. My Q's are:

1. I know the rootstock from the seedling will continue to push growth but since I do not need nurse branches should we keep cutting them off or leave them be?

2. If we leave them I suspect it would be several years to fruit and but... can the rootstock kill the graft?


3.Since the scion is growing so agressively, at best to worst when can my GF expect fruit?

Note it's in a large ceramic coated clay type pot.

PS, can I graft another variety like tangerine on the scion or rootstock and not endanger either?

I have a Kajang (heavy producer) and Kari (shy bearer) and I had and removed a Bell because it was underwhelming. If left on the tree  to ripen fully the Kajang is the best of the three.