Thank you for the insight
what you are both saying through trace of sarcasm and pinch of mockery is a bit grim
although possibly true
that is however good indicator for most tropic seed traders
if you were trying to buy artocarpus seeds lately you would have found that
the big majority of sellers are dealing with snake oil
from that aspect the seller from eBay is relatively better than many others
and you shouldn't judge him so roughly
I regard You Oscar as an exception in that trade, exception to the best
but the majority rule will offer A pig in a poke as a standard
most sellers are very generous with descriptions of taste :
ice cream, banana gum, and many others I don't even take it into consideration
However when it comes to description of the seed source
facts becoming very fluid
the answer of Recommended tropical seed seller in that forum to basic question
about his artocarpus seeds was:
"sorry I cannot help you"
that answer is the rule not the exception.
Mike You know that I want to try and establish a small jackfruit orchard
But I also want to get some exercise with that plant beforehand,
to see how it cope with the soil temperatures and humidity conditions
I acquired few dozen seeds of Jackfruit and his close relatives from variable places
to get as much diversity as possible, not expecting those seedlings to go pass 1 or two years
I do not have yet seeds that are good enough to consider as a backbone worthy of the investment of time and labor required to maintain even small orchard
as for seed sources, I'm not coming from a place of plenty
You'll be amazed how different things looks from here.