Great Custard Apple and Bernie's Tamarind

[Mike T]

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.

[Mike T]

Oh yeah the achachairus on public land are setting fruit and I might revisit in 10 weeks or so.

[Mike T]

Nearly forgot that gold was struck in the soursop department.

[eduardo_98]

If I could like your posts I would 👍. How does that soursop compare to others you’ve had?

[kh0110]

A yellow soursop? Now that is worth a hunt even if it doesn't taste good.
Very nice find, Mike!

[Mike T]

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.

[Mike T]

I meant whitmans are bluish. Golden Soursop is what these are usually called and they rare.

[Frog Valley Farm]

No news here.

[Guanabanus]

Does the Golden Soursop also have golden seeds, when they are fresh in the pulp?  Does the flesh have a light yellow color?

[Mike T]

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.

[Mike T]

I do suspect the golden soursop could add to the market appeal of soursop being so bright yellow and be of commercial interest.

[palmtreeluke]

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.

[Raulglezruiz]

Nice color reticulata Mike looks fleshy, Bernies tamarind is Diploglottis Campbell?

[Mike T]

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.

[Mike T]

Tried another one of these custard apples and it really is an excellent one.

[Ulfr]

Thanks Mike. Have you had Diploglottis australis? Have one as a street tree but never eaten one.

[Mike T]

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.

[sclateria]

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...

[Mike T]

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.