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Euginia Question
« on: May 09, 2013, 08:09:56 PM »
I know that taste is subjective but which has a better flavor Cherry of the rio grande or Grumichama? I have a big Surinam hedge and I think they are pretty O.K. but nothing to write home about. It would be nice to have a better tasting Euginia. So to all you experts out there which do you perfer?

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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2013, 08:16:38 PM »
Alex,

its really a matter of opinion...and the plants are highly variable...some are wonderful, some are blah.

I used to hate surinam cherry, until I taste about 30 different fruits, from different trees...then I found out that surinam cherry is better than both grumixama and cherry of rio in my opinion...but you must find the right surinam cherry cultivar.



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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2013, 08:23:35 PM »
Thanks for your reply Adam. Having grown up in Ft. Pierce where everybody has a Surinam cherry bush I like them and it just so happens that I bought a house that has a bush that has fruit that taste excellant to me. However I want to extend my fruit tree arsenal and thought that one of these choices would be good.

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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2013, 08:38:32 PM »
AlexO....

thanks for the info!!

I'd say go for Eugenia candolleana!!!

Or Eugenia luschnathiana!!!

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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2013, 08:52:55 PM »
What are those?

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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2013, 08:54:33 PM »
I like grumichama best, but you need to consider whether or not it will be a good fit for your scenario. It is drought sensitive and therefore needs supplemental irrigation during the dry season. The wood is tougher than steel and may not be easy to prune without a chainsaw once it gets older. For tall (15 foot), untrimmed hedges with supplemental irrigration, the grumichama is ideal -- it's almost like (clumping) bamboo. Also, some years fruit fly can infest the fruit.

Cherry rio grande is a mediocre fruit in my opin. It's also drought sensitive. My gigantic specimen met the chainsaw recently, since it would not produce without irrigation, and the fruit quality wasn't really worth fighting for. A mango tree replaced his spot :-).

If you can get a high quality surinam cherry, I would think that would be the ideal plant for a low hedge. I think they are more drought tolerant too.
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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2013, 09:02:58 PM »
Another Question if I do decide to get one of these, where is the best place to get it from? With all of the variability that they have who would have the best?


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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2013, 12:15:43 AM »
Cherry of rio grande i've had here are very similar to grumichama. In my opinion best eugenia, of the ones i've tasted so far is Eugenia candolleana = rainforest plum. Also very productive plants and start bearing when only 3 feet tall.
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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2013, 03:44:39 PM »
At one time I had about 80 surinams growing , eliminated most and only kept the great ones .
I have one called Loiita ( red ) , that is always very sweet , smaller fruit but comes true to type from seed .
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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2013, 03:53:43 PM »
Oscar, will Eugenia candolleana grow and fruit in Florida? I was thinking of ordering so of the seeds from you.

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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2013, 04:42:21 PM »
Oscar, will Eugenia candolleana grow and fruit in Florida? I was thinking of ordering so of the seeds from you.

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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2013, 05:15:05 PM »
Adam I should have just asked you lol. If it fruits in Florida then you probably have it.

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Re: Euginia Question
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2013, 06:58:59 PM »
Oscar, will Eugenia candolleana grow and fruit in Florida? I was thinking of ordering so of the seeds from you.

Definitely. This is a widely adapted fruit. Will fruit in tropics as well as sub tropics.
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