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Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« on: November 04, 2018, 11:40:03 AM »


Hi everyone! I was wondering if someone could confirm if this is indeed a soursop. It has little spines you can see and was not just sweet but also had some acidity. Not overbearingly acid or just straight up sour like a lime. It had very good sweet and tart balance like a really ripe pineapple. 

I've only had a few cherimoya which were from LA farmers markets and these had zero/near zero acidity. I actually didn't care for them too much. Should I try cherimoya somewhere else or maybe they are just not my thing? Tried them in various ripeness stages but all from same source.

The fruit from my pic for ID was from a friend's home tree in Praia (Santiago Island) in Cape Verde. He called it pinha which online is Portuguese for sugar apple which confused me... but this is soursop right? Wanted to check with the experts. One of the most amazing fruits I've ever had. Had an intense burst of flavor with amazing sweet-tart balance. I tracked down some soursop in a large Spanish grocery store near me, paid good money for it, and let it ripen till soft and mushy which it almost already was when I purchased it actually, the skin of one next to it at the store broke very easily with a slight touch... so it did have some sweet and tart and seemed to have a somewhat similar flavor profile but was just not even close to the intensity of the flavor/was bland compared to the home grown Cape Verdean fruit it made me wonder if I got the fruit right.

Is there somewhere recommended to purchase yummy soursop assuming that's what this is?

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2018, 01:35:15 PM »
Have you considered planting the tree?
If you do and graft budwood from your friend's tree on to yours you can get (assuming it fruits in your area) the same fruit you enjoyed.
Who knows, you may even talk some of us into grafting it too.
 

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2018, 09:51:28 AM »
Yes, it truly is Soursop.  The appropriate names in Portuguese are Graviola and Fruta-da-Rainha.
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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2018, 01:38:04 PM »
Thank you so much for confirming this is soursop! So now that I know it was soursop... is there any place in Southern California I can buy a yummy/quality one to eat?




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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2018, 05:04:19 PM »
Fresh soursop (Annona muricata), and custard apple sometimes called sweetsop (Annona squamosa), are very expensive to buy in California. They're readily available in Vietnamese markets in the Westminster area.

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2018, 04:34:42 PM »
Hi, NewGen,
Any particular market name to buy
Annona squamosa? I am willing to make a trip
From San Diego just to buy them to orange county.

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2018, 04:56:47 PM »
Hi, NewGen,
Any particular market name to buy
Annona squamosa? I am willing to make a trip
From San Diego just to buy them to orange county.

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Even though they're expensive, I must admit I do reward myself, sometimes.  ;D I've also bought fresh durian, mangosteens, longans, jackfruits, and atemoyas.
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x80dd27bc523b97e5:0x99e67bd4e36e901e!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4shttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPGQJ-dDFj_0mf37Dzw_KG-KCdfN6hSGaDxKwzA%3Dw173-h175-n-k-no!5sabc+supermarket+westminster+ca+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipPGQJ-dDFj_0mf37Dzw_KG-KCdfN6hSGaDxKwzA
ABC supermarket: 8970 Bolsa Ave, Westminster. In the market itself, or in the smaller fruit stores adjacent to it.


Tien Phat fruit market: 9291 Bolsa Ave, Westminster.
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x80dd27b5edcfb7a5:0xfc65054dd3d2eb5b!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4s//geo1.ggpht.com/cbk?panoid%3Dxj8WsT2cJuLPmTmPn12Jhg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.LOCAL_UNIVERSAL.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D260%26h%3D175%26yaw%3D6.6325645%26pitch%3D15%26thumbfov%3D100!5stien+phat,+westminster+ca+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e2!2sxj8WsT2cJuLPmTmPn12Jhg

Anonna squamosa is available as of last weekend at the smaller fruit stores next to ABC supermarket.
There are several other markets in Little Saigon that sell them as well. Selection varies from week to week.




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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2018, 06:12:36 PM »
Thanks NewGen for this information, will check these
Markets this weekend.
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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2018, 09:28:50 PM »
Thanks, newgen, I went there and got few sugar apples.
Ate them after 6 years, last time it was in India.

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2018, 11:24:50 PM »
in season Next to ABC Vietnamese market in Westminster , corner of magnolia and Bosa 

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2018, 02:10:47 AM »
Thanks, newgen, I went there and got few sugar apples.
Ate them after 6 years, last time it was in India.

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How was the taste? You should plant the seeds, my friends get fruits within 4 years. Here's mine, bought it 3 years ago as a 1-year-old seedling.


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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2018, 05:55:23 AM »
fOR SURE-PLANT THE SEED
iN tHAILAND IT WAS 2 YEARS SEED TO PICKING FRUIT

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2018, 12:21:09 PM »
Yes, I will plant the seeds.
I already have a plant purchased online from Florida
Nursery one and half years back. No fruits yet.
Newgen your plant is beautiful with lush green foliage.

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2018, 04:50:36 PM »
Went to Westminster this morning and stop by tropical fruits store , there are selling cherimoya/Ate Moya

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2018, 12:33:57 AM »


pic. today at the market

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2018, 02:12:31 PM »


pic. today at the market

How much per lb?

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Re: Fruit ID confirm, soursop?
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2018, 09:24:22 PM »
cherimoya is $6 and Atemoya is $10