well Oscar,
this is my understanding:
escarlate is generally more precocious, usually taking only 3-4 yrs from seed..unlike Red jabo which can take 3-5yrs...also the fruit of escarlate supposed to have superior flavor when compared to red jabo.
I believe escarlate is the Red jabo, back crossed to M. aureana....
Probably making it even more like the white jabo, which has very low tannin, and thin skin.
but also, the white jabo is more sensitve than M. cauliflora...so it inherits the intolerance to city water or high ph..
on the other hand the Red jabo is quite resilient...and can be grown on lime rock as long as you regularly drench with chelated Fe, or take other measures to reduce pH
keep in mind my observations about Escarlate's sensitivity to pH are preliminary... I will know more as my plants progress..so far they are much less vigorous than Red jabos though.
Huertas....
thanks for sharing the information, although I'm not sure I understand the translation.
I've never noticed this "Ill of 4 yrs".
btw, one thing I've noticed so far when comparing Escarlate to Precoce (red Jabo)....its that the escarlate is much more sensitive to high pH (something like M. aureana)...so this is a bit disappointing for me.
Oh do prey tell jaboticaba sage, what are the other main differences between red and scarlet besides pH tolerance. Maybe this was covered before but if so i missed it. I'm a bit confused because scarlet is just a shade of red. What is the ancestry, and how is it really different from the red? Befuddled in Hawaii.