The Tropical Fruit Forum

I am new to growing Mulberry trees and testing (trying) the Worlds Best Mulberry ("best" is not for taste) a bush type Mulberry..

https://youtu.be/m5T3XqaNHYk

https://youtu.be/pxHmg2T2qtI

Today I had my first Sharwil and I was in complete heaven I have to believe this is the most ideal texture to any avocado. I also have green gold, yamagata and several other unnamed varieties that I have picked from trees off the road or are seedlings grow from someone's backyard and sold at farmers markets.
With all these excellent varieties on the island why do we California avocado guys not see them grown or sold?

Sharwil is fairly common with CRFG hobbyist growers. I grafted some Sharwil scion wood recently.

Are images / photographs "implicitly" copyrighted, ie, if I upload a random picture from my camera to instagram with no claim of copyright, is it a violation of copyright law for someone to utilize it?

Yes.

Is it true that any person can order Avocado scion wood from Julie Frink?

Saying "yellow" Dragon Fruit is very misleading. Not all yellow Dragon Fruit is very sweet. I have been told that 100s of small farm Dragon Fruit growers in Asia have invested in planting the wrong yellow Dragon Fruit.

First, you need to learn the difference between the three most popular yellow Dragon Fruit varieties (and their cultivars).

Yellow skin Hylocereus undatus.

Hylocereus megalanthus.

The recently imported Ecuador "Palora" Dragon Fruit. The jury is still out on if Palora is just a Giant Megalanthus variety, or some new hybrid.

Do some more research to make sure you get the yellow skinned Dragon Fruit variety you want.

Back in the mid-90's, Sun World bought 120,000  3-gallon 'Keitt' mangos from Florida and planted them near the Salton Sea.  I wonder how they are doing.

http://www.earlsorganic.com/news/california-keitt-a-mango-not-to-be-missed/

Is there any advantage/disadvantage to cutting it back during the winter while dormant?
Kevin

I think the only disadvantage would be less fruit the first year after cutting back during the winter.

Thanks ricshaw,

Didn't know the skin was edible. So this looks like a new cultivar. Google knows nothing about it, Lol.

ONLY THE MEXICAN VARIETIES!!

Brad,
Sorry I didn't think to take photos. The size and shape is like that of the smaller Haas that are sold "8 for $1" along Highway 152 in Gilroy, CA. Exterior is completely shiny, black, even when unripe. Color stayed the same after ripening. Interior is lush green like Haas. I've never heard of "Spencer", but the seller told me that name. It was sold at a Farmer's Market, by the folks at Murray Family Farms in Bakersfield.

I have met and am "friends" with Steven Murray on Facebook. I will send him a message and ask details on Spencer Avocado.

Pictures?
URL links?
More information?

Kind of like that.

I'm not sure if this is necessarily the best way to do it, as there's only about 1 square inch in-between each slat. It would go well with the rest of the house though, and look a bit nicer (especially important as it's by my neighbor's front yard).  What do you think?

If that is vinyl plastic Privacy Screen, I agree with spaugh.
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Dragon Fruit does NOT need to grow up about 6 feet to fruit.