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This is caimito, which fruit is outside red and the pulp is very similar to abiu ;-)

Actually the texture and taste is very different in caimito from abiu. But yes these 2 often get compared.

I’ve been seeing some amazing abundant bunches of big island pulasan on the HTFG facebook. Any other Hawaiian growers having a big pulasan harvest right now? I remember last year being a bust, any ideas as to the cause, climatic or just needed a rest?

Those were my photos. Usually pulasan season is earlier: September-October. It's hard to generalize as to causes of off years, as not too many folks have pulasan trees here. Still very rare.

First you need to find out what the problem is, why they are not releasing it? They are supposed to send you a seizure notice if they confiscated it, but lately this is not being done consistently. They often destroy the material without even letting you know if procedures were not followed, like having small seed lot permit enclosed.
Suggest phoning them to see if your package is still there, and to see if you can correct the problems.

White sapote fruits fine here in lowland tropics Hawaii. Does not need chill hours.

This morning I found two of the fruits on the ground! The work of macaques, who had taken a bite from the fruits and not finding them sweet, had discarded them. One was slightly soft, but full of seeds, with hardly anything to eat! I have now covered the plant with a net, and hopefully will get to taste the remaining fruit!

Edilson Giacon just posted this on FB, and i thought you would be interested Jaime West: "The mangosteen plants grafted, grew to the sides, horizontally not upwards.
Probably by the Garcinias growing coniferous-like, an apical yolk up and side branches growing to the sides, thus pimples removed from side branches, will grow horizontally, reason for failure.
Today in Paraná, we already have a protocol of techniques to graft Araucaria - Araucaria angustifolia, and this technique can be partially used in Garcinias.
In Garcinias, we have more than one branch of apical growth, something less common in conifers, that need to be induced, but we can also induce more of them in Garcinias.
Below a search for coniferous grafting, need to watch, read several, to separate more correct practices."

i believe, oscar, i said something like, "rather bland, kinda like a rollina."   rollinias arent so bad!

Quote from: fruitlovers on November 05, 2021, 01:00:11 AM

Quote from: Mike T on October 17, 2021, 07:29:35 AM

Supposedly this species is highly variable and the fruit less flavourful than some better known Annonas. It would be good to get a first hand appraisal.

Jim West told me they are like a bland rollinia. Marco from e-jardim told me they were quite good, not bland at all, and he got his seed start from Jim West, so i'm eager to hear what Chandromohan thinks of their taste?
I'm going to have to try hand pollination because my trees flower like crazy but don't set any fruit....so far.

I wouldn't describe rollinias as bland. Just not ultra sweet like other annonas.

Quote from: fruitlovers on November 06, 2021, 03:59:17 AM

Quote from: W. on October 28, 2021, 07:30:10 PM

Is this book still largely unavailable due to COVID issues in Brazil, either in the Portuguese print edition or the English language eBook?

The publisher is still not sending books out of Brazil. The english language eBook you can access online.

Other than at Apple Books, which I do not use, is there anywhere else where I can get the English eBook?

Not that i know of.

Is this book still largely unavailable due to COVID issues in Brazil, either in the Portuguese print edition or the English language eBook?

The publisher is still not sending books out of Brazil. The english language eBook you can access online.

Quote from: fruitlovers on October 01, 2021, 06:32:04 PM

Partial shade till they get 3-4 feet high, and then can go full sun. Looks like you planted it too close to your shed. The reflected heat is good while it's small, but eventually that tree will get very wide, up to 30 feet wide when old and healthy.

Yea my yard is a little small so I dont have much space left with 25 other trees. I doubt it will get too big here in our marginal climate. I'd be happy if it survives winter here.

They are from foothills of the Andes mountains where it gets cool, but doesn't  freeze. As long as they are not exposed to frost they should be ok.

Congrats. I have been tempted to buy some Annona conica seeds, since a couple of people have been offering them for sale recently. But, I have never had any luck germinating rare Annona seeds. Good to see others are having luck with them. Those are some neat looking fruits.

This species of annona, unlike some other annonas, is very easy to germinate. The trick is getting it to pollinate. It's best to plant 2 or 3 plants very close to one another. Otherwise you will get lots of flowering but no fruit set.

Partial shade till they get 3-4 feet high, and then can go full sun. Looks like you planted it too close to your shed. The reflected heat is good while it's small, but eventually that tree will get very wide, up to 30 feet wide when old and healthy.