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I was curious if there are any named varieties of Ross sapote ? The reason that I ask is because the 3 gallon tree that I bought a few weeks ago from champa nursery is a grafted tree. I repotted it yesterday into a 7 gallon and then I started wondering why they would graft it unless the scion was from a tree with desirable characteristics. Anyone have any ideas about this ?William
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think Ross is a named variety of sapote. It's a sapote named Ross.
Also Whitman correctly noted it is Pouteria sp., not canistel. Look at p. 206. Whitman also believed that due to fruiting in clusters "it is not P. campechiana, (canistel) p. 401..
Quote from: fruitlovers on May 07, 2017, 06:31:19 PM Also Whitman correctly noted it is Pouteria sp., not canistel. Look at p. 206. Whitman also believed that due to fruiting in clusters "it is not P. campechiana, (canistel) p. 401..I'm confused about the oft repeated"fruiting in clusters". My specimen of Ross sapote doesn't do this, nor have others I've seen.
Quote from: Zafra on May 07, 2017, 02:01:10 PMMaybe I'm mistaken, but I think Ross is a named variety of sapote. It's a sapote named Ross.Yes you are mistaken. It's not a named variety. I think almost all the trees out there are seedlings. Ross is a name that was made up by Bill Whitman. He was given this fruit during his travels in Costa Rica. The only thing he knew was that it was given to him by a fellow named Ross. He noticed it was different from regular canistel. The story is in his book Five Decades with Tropical Fruits.It's not known with certainty if it's a type of canistel. It probably is not. Probably is a different species of pouteria. This from a pouteria specialist on pouterias T.D. Pennington in personal converstation with him. Also Whitman correctly noted it is Pouteria sp., not canistel. Look at p. 206. Whitman also believed that due to fruiting in clusters "it is not P. campechiana, (canistel) p. 401..The only reason to graft it is to find good quality types and speed up fruiting. But as far as i know there are not named varieties.
I have fruiting Ross, Bruce (from Pine Island Nursery) and Trompo (from ECHO). In my small nursery, most of the ross seedlings look like the other canistel seedlings and none really look like Ross. Ross has rounded leaf ends, doesn't look the same as other canistel leaves and more leaves per twig.I would be interested in knowing if it strongly out crosses and what the hybrid fruit is like.
Quote from: fruitlovers on May 07, 2017, 06:31:19 PMQuote from: Zafra on May 07, 2017, 02:01:10 PMMaybe I'm mistaken, but I think Ross is a named variety of sapote. It's a sapote named Ross.Yes you are mistaken. It's not a named variety. I think almost all the trees out there are seedlings. Ross is a name that was made up by Bill Whitman. He was given this fruit during his travels in Costa Rica. The only thing he knew was that it was given to him by a fellow named Ross. He noticed it was different from regular canistel. The story is in his book Five Decades with Tropical Fruits.It's not known with certainty if it's a type of canistel. It probably is not. Probably is a different species of pouteria. This from a pouteria specialist on pouterias T.D. Pennington in personal converstation with him. Also Whitman correctly noted it is Pouteria sp., not canistel. Look at p. 206. Whitman also believed that due to fruiting in clusters "it is not P. campechiana, (canistel) p. 401..The only reason to graft it is to find good quality types and speed up fruiting. But as far as i know there are not named varieties.Fascinating. So to say "Ross sapote" is like saying "mango" or "avocado"?