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Seedless atemoya and cherimoya
« on: September 04, 2017, 09:48:54 PM »
Are there such things as seedless cherimoya and atemoya?  Please list the name of these if you know.

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Re: Seedless atemoya and cherimoya
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2017, 07:46:58 PM »
They are being developed. There's seedless sugar apple. It's just called "seedless sugar apple" I think.

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Re: Seedless atemoya and cherimoya
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2017, 11:17:59 PM »
They are being developed. There's seedless sugar apple. It's just called "seedless sugar apple" I think.

I see the seedless sugar apple.  How does the seedless taste compare to top annonas?

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Re: Seedless atemoya and cherimoya
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2017, 12:42:34 PM »
I have no idea. Never had the chance to see one on person. I heard it tastes like a regular sugar apple. Maybe you mean does a seedless banana/watermelon taste better than a seeded banana/watermelon? Probably, since your whole mouth is full of the flavor without those pesky seeds.

I'd imagine cherimoya will always be better than sugar apple and atemoya. The Spanish researchers are trying to create seedless cherimoya out of seedless sugar apple. They don't care about all the seedless atemoyas they will make in the process.

So if you pollinated a cherimoya with pollen from the seedless sugar apple, there's a chance that the resulting atemoya will be seedless as well.
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Re: Seedless atemoya and cherimoya
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2017, 01:49:32 PM »
I have a aeedless sugar apple seedling growing....
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Re: Seedless atemoya and cherimoya
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2017, 03:28:53 PM »
Mine only germinating. Very difficult to get to this stage.

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Re: Seedless atemoya and cherimoya
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2017, 02:29:41 PM »
Haha, is that the citrus definition of seedless?

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Re: Seedless atemoya and cherimoya
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2017, 09:22:43 PM »
"Maybe you mean does a seedless banana/watermelon taste better than a seeded banana/watermelon? Probably, since your whole mouth is full of the flavor without those pesky seeds."

The common elongate seeded watermelon is sweeter than the round seedless version. I for one prefer the normal seeded type, but stores sell them at high price than the lesser seedless. Don't know why.