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NismoZtuner

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Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« on: July 27, 2020, 01:57:58 AM »
I bought some “sugar apple” trees from some lady in San Jose Ca a few days ago. She seemed very sure about them being sugar apple since she says she grew them from seed.
 
Somehow I keep thinking they’re cherimoya and not sugar apple. I’ve never seen a sugar apple tree in person before.  Any help is appreciated.









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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2020, 02:49:25 AM »
Sometimes a cherimoya pollinates a sugar apple and you get an atemoya.

If you want to be sure, you could always graft a sugar apple to it.

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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2020, 02:25:35 PM »
My guess is Cherimoya. Atemoya leaves are a bit different from these you pictured. Sugar apple leaves a much smaller.

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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2020, 02:49:57 PM »
They are definitely not Sugar Apple as leaves of Sugar Apple are very different.

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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2020, 05:11:15 PM »
Definitely looks like Cherimoya.
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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2020, 08:22:38 PM »
These are cherimoya, just as an fyi cherimoya seeds are mostly larger than sugar apple, sugar apple seeds are thinner too. It’s sugar apple season right now in FL so keep watch on the for sale section in the forum and some seeds are bound to be available.

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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2020, 01:08:32 AM »
Small leaves are sugar apple.
Big leaf is Gefner.




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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2020, 03:38:20 AM »
This confirms it. Thanks everyone for the help!

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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2020, 03:13:10 PM »
It's unlikely, but my Dream Atemoya leaves look identical

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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2020, 08:00:37 PM »
It's unlikely, but my Dream Atemoya leaves look identical

Im hoping for atemoya. I already have two small cherimoya trees.

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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2020, 08:42:24 PM »
It's unlikely, but my Dream Atemoya leaves look identical

Im hoping for atemoya. I already have two small cherimoya trees.

I planted 30-40 African pride atemoya seeds last year and I noticed some of the
plants had rounder more cherimoya leaves and some had more slender pointed
sugar apple leaves. None of them were as round as your leaves. Your leaves look like
cherimoya. They would be perfect root stock to graft a top tier atemoya or cherimoya
next Fall or better next Spring.

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Re: Help identifying: cherimoya or sugar apple..
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2020, 08:39:00 PM »




I bought a sugar apple a few days ago. Definitely not the same but the the cherimoya trees are very healthy. May graft ofther varieties to them later in the future

 

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