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Personally never tasted anything better than KJ Pinks, if only they could reduce the seed count of this strain I would be very satisfied.But what is it with you Australians and your eugeno-centric approach to breeding and the "quest for the best". It's almost as if you are motivated to ameliorate the skeleton in the closet of Australia's own "founding stock." Please stop the mongrelization of the Annona genus for your Galtonian ends. Mieschlings like me are personally offended with this unbridled pollen hacking agenda that is flooding the public plasm with Franken fruits of no humility.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-07-30/custard-apple-variety-research-a-long-road/11362214Things are heating up with atemoya breeding in SE Queensland.New varieties have to be excellent to push out the likes of Paxton prolific.https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-01-02/custard-apple-new-variety-struggles-to-meet-demand/9282268It seems there is always another new great variety.Some more general Annona and atemoya reporting
Hey Mike,Thanks for all the information regarding the new Atemoya varieties being developed in Australia. There are a few of us here working on backyard scale breeding projects but it’s going to be a long road ahead for us. Simon
Is there a reason they predominantly grow atemoya instead of cherimoya in Australia? Asian market tastes?
Atemoyas have always been more popular here and cherimoya is more of a novelty fruit that don't fetch the same prices. Atemoyas have fewer seeds, usually bigger fruit, have smaller trees and are more productive. With market research they don't score as high in taste tests as PP,PM,MG and HW that are the preferred atemoyas. Asians pay crazy prices for 1kg plus, low seed atemoyas so that would drive it as well. Even with the new crosses with Fino de Jete cherimoya tested, the pinks mammoth style flavour is looked for in the taste rankings.I know many people on the forum prefer cherimoya to atemoya but in a market sense atemoyas are more in demand and sell for a higher price.Individual pinks mammoth fruit over say 1.5kg from the best almost seedless lines fetch crazy prices in asia.
People ,,prefer,, atemoya because they cant cultivate Cherimoya wich is a superior fruit but subtropical not tropical.In those tropical countryes cherimoya doesnt fruit because it doesnt get enough chilling hours so they try to breed atemoyas to have a substitute of Cherimoya.