They look close...
I’m growing about 10 seedlings directly from Bill Whitman’s original ‘Ross’ introduction from 1968.
I look forward to seeing what differences may occur between them since Ross is generally grafted.
Nice to see Shot has some direct specimens from Bill. Were they all grafted?
I'm also growing a single seedling tree, that started VERY slow and is now picking up steam. I plan to plant-out the seeds from the above pictured fruit if its decent to see what I get. I also have a grafted specimen that's about 6ft tall now. But these fruit in the photo will be my first opportunity to taste it. I know there are better varieties of Canistel than the Trompo I have planted in my yard, but damn that Trompo is bad; its relatively dry and there's just something about the taste that is off-putting. But good lord does it fruit HEAVILY!
Anybody have any recommendations on Canistels that they believe are even better than Ross? I ask because the Trompo I have will most definitely get top worked in the Spring