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A friend recently brought me over some giant canistels to try out. Wow! They were mind blowingly good. I'm not a huge fan of canistels. But these ones i devoured right away. I liked them so much i forgot to take a photo. They look like my Phillippine Pointed but are much wider, especially at the top. They were much better than the PP and also way better than Ross Sapote.. Much more moist, and none of that strong cloying musky taste most canistels have. Another big plus was zero latex. I will have to beg my friend to bring me more fruits, and hopefully some scion wood. Will post more later if i can get them.
Quote from: fruitlovers on May 22, 2015, 12:32:23 AMA friend recently brought me over some giant canistels to try out. Wow! They were mind blowingly good. I'm not a huge fan of canistels. But these ones i devoured right away. I liked them so much i forgot to take a photo. They look like my Phillippine Pointed but are much wider, especially at the top. They were much better than the PP and also way better than Ross Sapote.. Much more moist, and none of that strong cloying musky taste most canistels have. Another big plus was zero latex. I will have to beg my friend to bring me more fruits, and hopefully some scion wood. Will post more later if i can get them.scionwood me.i'm sold...just tell me what to call it maybe "cannibal", because it taste so good you'd bite your friends hand off if they tried to take it?Cannibal canistel has a nice ring to it...maybe i will have to start a death metal band if you don't choose this name... ( I could tour all the fruit clubs in FL!...Simcox brothers on guitar and drums!)
is Ray Jam still alive? a fruit collector in Hawaii?
Adam - do you grow canistel locally? Would the cold hardiness be on par with white sapote?
Quote from: FruitFreak on May 22, 2015, 08:30:12 AMAdam - do you grow canistel locally? Would the cold hardiness be on par with white sapote?I think they are more tropical
Oscar....that thing is money!!get some scion woods circulated...a new canistel variety is hard to come by...and it's a top notch fruit with a bright future!!I will pray you get this one going!good luck!
Quote from: FlyingFoxFruits on May 22, 2015, 12:45:21 AMOscar....that thing is money!!get some scion woods circulated...a new canistel variety is hard to come by...and it's a top notch fruit with a bright future!!I will pray you get this one going!good luck!Adam, Put me down for a pre-heal if you get scions!
lol Preheal McNeil gets a deal!(I might need to start a subsidiary nursery that only sells prehealed grafted plants...call, "Prehealed McNeil's")Quote from: gunnar429 on May 22, 2015, 10:16:24 AMQuote from: FlyingFoxFruits on May 22, 2015, 12:45:21 AMOscar....that thing is money!!get some scion woods circulated...a new canistel variety is hard to come by...and it's a top notch fruit with a bright future!!I will pray you get this one going!good luck!Adam, Put me down for a pre-heal if you get scions!
Quote from: FlyingFoxFruits on May 22, 2015, 01:33:52 PMlol Preheal McNeil gets a deal!(I might need to start a subsidiary nursery that only sells prehealed grafted plants...call, "Prehealed McNeil's")Quote from: gunnar429 on May 22, 2015, 10:16:24 AMQuote from: FlyingFoxFruits on May 22, 2015, 12:45:21 AMOscar....that thing is money!!get some scion woods circulated...a new canistel variety is hard to come by...and it's a top notch fruit with a bright future!!I will pray you get this one going!good luck!Adam, Put me down for a pre-heal if you get scions!I would take a preheal as well if there available in the future.
This sounds good. Would love to try it and see if I like it. That would be nice to be able to spread the variety around and have your hand in putting out a popular new Canistel, Oscar. I don't enjoy most Canistel. It feels like eating pudding left out until it was dry. Lol. Then I've only eaten the Philippine type. Maybe there are other types I would like.
I would ordinarily say that "Canistel" following the words "outrageously delicious" seems like one of the greatest non-sequitur lines of all time. But you have this Canistel tolerator intrigued. A bit about the growing conditions......elevation, etc. when you get a chance. And no pictures? Oscar, I am a bit concerned. Are you OK?
Interesting. As a Canistel lover, I wonder if it would strike me as vastly superior. Would love to try it, and grow it.