The Tropical Fruit Forum

Im starting this after reading a thread in which BS Bullie stated that most cherimoyas were of better quality than atemoyas. I have cherimoya seedlings but ld only grown them as rootstock. Locally as Mike said, they have a reputation for being inferior to atemoya. Howrver they do grow better here than  atemoya, so if this is true, id like to know which varieties/seeds to go for. After peoples opinions on how they compare.

I have three korlan trees, theyre not big enough to flower yet but are growing at a fast rate, im hoping in a year or so they will start. I want to try hybridising them with rambutan. Korlan are self fertile and more cold hardy but the fruit is smaller and less sweet. Id like to get some rambutan/pulusan genes in there and see if I can get sime more flavorful offspring. Howeverhave had little luck finding a mature male rambutan or pulusan to purchase. I was wondering if anyone knew if it was possible to store/post pollen of these plants and how to collect it? Im hoping to find someone in qld or the nt with a mature tree and get them to send me some when mine start to fruit.

Anyone growing this cherry? Its a supposedly low chill selection.

Hi everyone, Im still chasing seeds of pouteria hypoglauca, casimiroa tetramera, casimiroa pringlei, white iliama and a few others.

Anyone know anything about these guys? Based in California.

Im chasing seeds of this variety if anyone has any.

If everyone could humour me on this it may be a bit long winded. Back in 2014 Jackfruitwhisperer listed seeds of this tree in this post.

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=12112.msg155504#msg155504

I wasnt lucky enough to get seeds of it and thought no more about it. Then grapebush mentioned he had germinated seeds of a tree he was told was Pouteria sebertii but wasnt sure in this post.

 http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=18610.msg232268#msg232268

I posted some pics and expressed interest in some seeds. Then noted both members were in madeira and assumed that it was the same species as Jackfruitwhisperers.
But grapebush thought it may be a hybrid of  lucuma snd green sapote as the fruit seemed wrong for sebertii. I asked Jackfruitwhisperer and he pointed out the underside coloration of the plants was wrong for both parents.
It wasnt until I was looking for a colombian sapote named pouteria arguacoensium and came across this pic I started to wonder:



It had the same leaves as the members plants and the fruit was close to described as well. Its also a tree rather than a small shrub.  Then I read this:
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=10IMFSavIMsC&pg=PA1657&lpg=PA1657&dq=pouteria+arguacoensium+cultivation&source=bl&ots=7GiQu2JW8T&sig=c81l1CdIZcHXDHU0AD0trH6BRkQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGrN3UgcDPAhXIHpQKHb8JB48Q6AEIHjAC#v=onepage&q=pouteria%20arguacoensium%20cultivation&f=false
Apparently it was introduced to these islands for its delicious fruits and cultivated for a while. Now I  was really interested so I  looked for pouteria sebertii, syn becarellia/chrysophyllum/planchonella/pleioluma sebertii
This is what I found:

http://www.endemia.nc/flore/fiche1310.html

The big differences are the fruit, described as the size of an olive and is nothing like the cut open one Jackfruitwhisperer pictured. The only actual pic i could find for pouteria arguacoensium is this one the fruit is on the right but im not sure its accurate. But its closer to the fruit grapenush pictured.

Anyone seen pouteria siebertii in its homeland? Or have a plant not sourced from madeira? Id appreciate any thoughts or if people did get seeds of this specimen and theyve got pics id love to see it. If also appreciate any members opinions.

Ive just discovered a soils yard that mixes potting mix to order, its a little dearer but you see exactly what goes in. I purchased some standard acid mix for my bananas and was going to get some more for my jabos and eugenias and am wondering if its worth getting iron chelate mixed in? Are there any other minerals worth adding?

Okay, I've read the reviews about old seeds etc, but how do their seeds go for correct identification? In the past month theyve had 2 species I was after come into stock. The first was Pouteria glomerata. I  bought a 10pk as soon as I saw them and they were gone within a day or 2. When the seeds arrived they were a little fibrous on the outside unlike the other pouteria seed I've seen.  Theyre planted but I might pick one out and take a pic. The other is casimiroa sapota. A relative of casimiroa edulis. I have bought some but I  am thinking it may be just a mislabeled edulis, they dont normally respond to emails so I was curious if anyone had a track record with their seeds.

Does anyone know Carlos Simon from el hierro? Want to ask him a question about something he mentioned in an archived post but hes no longer on the relevant forum and I cant find contact details anywhere.

Just wondered if any of these would survive in a subtropical  climate?

Anyone growing this one? Its small size sounds good if the fruit size is still okay?