The Tropical Fruit Forum

I have caught myself again eating R2E2 in the company of culinary inferiors. Each time suckered in by its well-endowed figure and curves in the right places. But not worth it at all. #R2MeToo

Did anyone bring a bag of white powder to the party?

I've heard it's better than the liquid hormone for striking cuttings and healing grafts.

Last year I attempted a bud graft of an orange cultivar onto a grapefruit tree. The reason I did this is because the branching higher up is weak, leaning, and just a matter of time till snapping.
Unfortunately, I had to go overseas for a year, and just now have inspected the graft. I did the large rectangular piece for a grafting lower down on tree. Nothing ever shooted, but it still appears to be green and alive. If I were to prune all the growth above the bud, would it start to push growth from the bud? Though it is heating up for summer in Australia, this new growth would be in the shade due to other branches on my multigraft tree.

Pouteria butyrocarpa (Butter sapote, Cupã) - $5 per seed (Minimum 5 seeds)
This black swan of the Pouteria world has reemerged from the shadows in a big way. No longer is it just fodder for famished loggers and lumberjacks. The meat is reminiscent of lucuma, medjool dates or cream sprinkled with chocolate powder. Can be eaten at moist stage, or later dry stage caused by natural fermentation which enhances quality. Large and ornamental tree, but could be disciplined on to a rootstock of other Pouteria I think. Adaptable to subtropics.

Pouteria torta subsp. torta (Cerrado Abiu, Grão de galo, Abiurana, Abiu piloso, Guapeva) - $4 per seed (Minimum 5 seeds)
This is one for those truanting outside the tropics. You want something like abiu, but are simply too cool for temperature school. Well this is the consolation. Fast growing, drought tolerant, allegedly withstands -3°C. Large tree with twisted/tortured trunk, hence the name torta (you thought it meant tart/pudding, didn't you?). Helton's legendary palate registers a comparison to condensed milk, so, do you want this 'milkshake' to bring all the boys to the yard?

Hancornia speciosa var. pubescens (Cerrado mangaba) - $5 per seed (Minimum 5 seeds)
The great thing about this cerrado variety of mangaba is that it makes a smaller bush and is more cold tolerant. But I'm not going to lie; raising these is like getting pandas to breed in captivity. Tree grows in soil of poor fertility, so that needs to be mimicked. Try cactus mix. Very sensitive to phytophthora, phosphorous, cow manure and excess water.  Can handle down to -3°C. The fruit are tasty and healthy. If your better half is wasting space on barren and cliche frangipanis, cut a deal by offering to plant this instead (it is closely related).

Plinia nana (Jaboticaba-peba, Crawling jaboticaba, Dwarf jaboticaba) - $4 per seed (Minimum 5 seeds)
Beware the cerrado curse. It hails from the sandy-soil terrains between Minas Gerais and Goiás. Very drought tolerant once established, and will send out runners (vegetative reproduction). Good tasting fruit. Hardy to -3°C... no I'm still not going to convert that to Fahrenheit.

Plinia spp. (different varieties) - $5 per seed (Minimum 5 seeds per variety)
Four types available: Caipirinha, Peluda jequitinhonha, Rajada and Olho de boi Tatuí. I used to be quite agnostic about Plinia, having not been impressed by Sabara. But then I saw her taste - now I'm a believer. Without a trace element of doubt in my mound. Evergreen, productive, shade tolerant, can take some frosts.

Postage:
0-500 grams                                     501-1000 grams                                     
Regular: $43                                     Regular: $50                           
EMS: $60                                          EMS: $65

Seeds sent in vermiculite. Thanks to all those who inquired, but sold out pretty quick. Might be second round offers later.

Please PM me if you have seeds of Albert's Pride, Bubblegum, Albert's Supreme. If pollination parent also known, even better.

Hello.
Does anyone know of a good nursery, or fruit society or even individual collector in Athens, Greece? I am especially interested in cultivars of avocado, mango, capulin cherry and white sapote. thx

I'm not about to tear-ap my plans for a nomenclature overhaul, I guess I will now just focus on changing maprang to gandaria. the fruit isn't even endemic to Thailand so bugger their name.

Starting to get get dizzy with all the similar sounding, unrelated fruits. Marang, maprang, mangaba, mangosteen, mango. Quite confusing, would be good if there could be some kind of resolution on this...

Slightly off topic: Can pitangatuba be pruned to a bushy 1m tall hedge without drastically affecting fruit production long term?

Looks like beetroot mousse

People should be aware that it is not in the Sapotaceae family but rather Chrysobalanaceae, though the flavor is typical of the former. I believe the binomial Moquilea platypus now has priority again.

Fantastic, alien looking flowers, but regrettably small.

Some of the Spanish common names are funny: Zapote borracho (Drunk sapote), Caca de niño (Poop of a boy).