Sugar apple question

[Cythompson159@yahoo.com]

Got my sugar apple off of the tree, it was spongy soft on the bottom and a little soft around the top. The flavor was nice but the flesh wasn’t very moist and a little gritty. Is that normal or was it under/ over ripe? I expected to be a lot more moist.

[bsbullie]

Pictures always help.  Further description of actual fruit (size, color, etc.)?
 Tree size/age?   What type of sugar apple?

[achetadomestica]

I had my first NA Dai sugar apple the other day. It fell off the tree and was ready.
It is easy to tell when a sugar apple is ready it changes color and gets soft. The segments
also spread on the skin. If the sugar apple is hard it's not ready. Hopefully you have more
fruit to come and can sample more. I have several more that have turned color but they
are still hard. Once they change color it's fast, usually less then 2 weeks. If the fruit is hard
then leave on counter till soft.

[bsbullie]

You dont need to wait till soft to pick a sugar apple...as a matter of fact I personally dont recommend it (the rish if insexts or vermin getting to it or the splat factor is great). 

Whether red or green type, it will lighten in color, especially around the sections, and the sextions will seperate.  If picked properly and hard, will soften up in a day or two and be perfect eating (exxept for the high seed count).

[Guanabanus]

During hot dry weather, fruits can feel soft due to wilting, when they are nowhere near maturity.  When the tree gets water again, the fruits are soon back to being rock hard.

[JF]

That happens with atemoyas and cherimoyas in SoCal during a wet winter not in the tropics....real giant Yucatán and pink Yucatán don’t even split in the raining season

[gozp]

Whoa those r big atis... how big do they usually get?

and also what makes the name real giant yucatan vs giant yucatan? thanks

[JF]

That happens with atemoyas and cherimoyas in SoCal during a wet winter not in the tropics....real giant Yucatán and pink Yucatán don’t even split in the raining season

Whoa those r big atis... how big do they usually get?

and also what makes the name real giant yucatan vs giant yucatan? thanks

Giant Yucatán from Florida are fakes real giant Yucatán are straight from the motherland
Largest 5-7lb I will have wood and seeds available in my September anona scion sale

Typical 5 pounder

[JF]

Gonz
Please remove the unmarked real giant Yucatán from yr post. Nurseries in Florida have stolen dozens of my pix to post on their website

[gozp]

Gonz
Please remove the unmarked real giant Yucatán from yr post. Nurseries in Florida have stolen dozens of my pix to post on their website

Who would steal ur photos? Reserve me wood giant yucatan

[bsbullie]

How 'bout not totally hijacking someone's thread...

[JF]

Gonz
Please remove the unmarked real giant Yucatán from yr post. Nurseries in Florida have stolen dozens of my pix to post on their website

Who would steal ur photos? Reserve me wood giant yucatan

Rob, you got some never! Anyways Gonz, some unscrupulous nurseries that I would rather not be re mentioning.
Btw, real giant Yucatán do very well in SoCal

[Jani]

You dont need to wait till soft to pick a sugar apple...as a matter of fact I personally dont recommend it (the rish if insexts or vermin getting to it or the splat factor is great). 

Whether red or green type, it will lighten in color, especially around the sections, and the sextions will seperate.  If picked properly and hard, will soften up in a day or two and be perfect eating (exxept for the high seed count).

My sugar apple tree produces fruit with no seeds? How common is that?

[Orkine]

Jani, do you know what type it is?

[Jani]

A little context this is a 3 or 4 year old tree in a pot, I've gotten maybe half a dozen fruit to maturity between this summer and last summer and none have had seeds.

Variety unknown...

[vitiga]

I have imported a seedless variety from the Philippines last year.  Grafted trees but not fruiting yet. Seems pretty common in the Phillipines although I could not taste any so far.

[Jani]

Getting some inquiries and I'm happy to respond...

I just want to be clear first that I don't know if this is a true seedless variety, if it's just a temporary condition or whatever. The handful of sugar apples I got from this tree had no seeds, I figured maybe it just needed to mature or something...so with that disclaimer out of the way......

[achetadomestica]

Getting some inquiries and I'm happy to respond...

I just want to be clear first that I don't know if this is a true seedless variety, if it's just a temporary condition or whatever. The handful of sugar apples I got from this tree had no seeds, I figured maybe it just needed to mature or something...so with that disclaimer out of the way......

How was the taste? It doesn't look like an easy peal type?