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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: Mike T on October 16, 2020, 10:39:47 PM

Title: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 16, 2020, 10:39:47 PM: If I ever said a bad word about Annona reticulata I take it all back.This Russell's Selection is the best I have ever tried Sweet, grit free and of excellent taste. I also stumbled across a loaded Bernie's Tamarind.They taste like tamarind grannie Smith and a hint of tomato. A good mornings find.
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Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 16, 2020, 10:43:39 PM: (https://i.postimg.cc/bZyT8tsN/20201017-100241.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bZyT8tsN)
Oh yeah the achachairus on public land are setting fruit and I might revisit in 10 weeks or so.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 16, 2020, 11:43:58 PM: Nearly forgot that gold was struck in the soursop department.
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Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: eduardo_98 on October 17, 2020, 12:04:30 AM: If I could like your posts I would 👍. How does that soursop compare to others you’ve had?
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: kh0110 on October 17, 2020, 12:10:59 AM: A yellow soursop? Now that is worth a hunt even if it doesn't taste good.
Very nice find, Mike!
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 17, 2020, 12:54:57 AM: (https://i.postimg.cc/r0rgJcWF/a-golden-soursop-flowers.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/r0rgJcWF)
The flowers of the golden are pretty nice also and I posted about it a couple of weeks ago. They are very good quality and up there with Arusha or lisa. Whitman's has a bouish leaf blush and these have a yellow. They have internal similarities with Cuban Fiberless but I think are better.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 17, 2020, 12:57:20 AM: I meant whitmans are bluish. Golden Soursop is what these are usually called and they rare.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Frog Valley Farm on October 17, 2020, 07:05:55 AM: No news here.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Guanabanus on October 17, 2020, 11:06:33 AM: Does the Golden Soursop also have golden seeds, when they are fresh in the pulp? Does the flesh have a light yellow color?
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 17, 2020, 04:14:00 PM: Flesh and seeds are of normal colour with the golden soursop.The trees however are quite striking having bright pale green foliage with a yellow tinge.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 18, 2020, 05:19:09 PM: I do suspect the golden soursop could add to the market appeal of soursop being so bright yellow and be of commercial interest.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: palmtreeluke on October 18, 2020, 05:36:02 PM: nice finds Mike. The flesh looks smoother, wow a grit free reticulata. any idea on brix sweetness?

Josh, regarding the soursop flower. My 'miami' Soursop petals are bright golden yellow but fruit are of a normal green skin. I am seeing variability though in soursop flowers. I have some other varieties with green petaled flowers.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Raulglezruiz on October 18, 2020, 06:42:50 PM: Nice color reticulata Mike looks fleshy, Bernies tamarind is Diploglottis Campbell?
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 18, 2020, 07:40:19 PM: Heya Raul. The two best Diploglottis in my opinion are D.smithii and the pictured one D.bernieana . Bernie's tamarind is a small tree and prolific bearer. Reticilata was good and I have tried a lot of mediocre ones.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 23, 2020, 10:22:14 PM: (https://i.postimg.cc/14KyY3Dg/20201024-092232.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/14KyY3Dg)

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Tried another one of these custard apples and it really is an excellent one.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Ulfr on October 24, 2020, 12:26:35 AM: Thanks Mike. Have you had Diploglottis australis? Have one as a street tree but never eaten one.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on October 24, 2020, 12:41:12 AM: Australis is similar with yellow/orange fruit perhaps a little sourer and not such big fruit bunches. Trees have have huge deep green leaves hence the common name. They are good for drinks and sauces. Red fruited species have a little more tomato taste in them.
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: sclateria on October 24, 2020, 10:56:20 AM: Quote from: Mike T on October 23, 2020, 10:22:14 PM
Tried another one of these custard apples and it really is an excellent one.

Great looking fruit! I have a small reticulata of what they call "aztec red" here in Brazil, but otherwise we don't see to many custard apples around here. Looking forward to it fruiting in a couple of years...
Title: Re: Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind
Post by: Mike T on April 24, 2021, 09:48:50 PM: Ok I did some digging on Russell's A.reticulata selection which is as I said the best I have tried. It turns out that it is a small world. Russell received the small tree from a friend of mine, who recieved the seeds from a friend of mine at Mission Beach who received the small tree from me. I obtained the seeds from our very own forum Guru Raul. This fruit is the grand daughter of Raul's Sarteneja from which seeds were sent to me only around 6 or 7 years ago. The trees grow and fruit very quickly.