The Tropical Fruit Forum

Anyone else growing this or tried it? I grow mine a few miles from the coast in southern California and it doesn't get too hot and the fruit is real good.

My friend brought back some seeds from Costa Rica and couldn't remember what they were from. Any ideas on the three? They were from fruit that she ate.

Images of a seedling cherimoya leaf, I believe it is a "lucida". I couldn't believe the size of this thing. I guess I'll try and grow the tree to maturity.

So, I was at Jim Neitzels and he showed me a plant he bought many years ago at a local nursery only labeled as Smithii. The leaves are a lot larger than the uniflora, and the fruit when ripe is orange, it doesn't have any nasty after taste if eaten ripe.

Has anyone seen this type of Eugenia, I don't recall seeing a Eugenia Smithii listed anywhere, so I'd like to know if it is just maybe a different Uniflora cultivar or another Eugenia I'm not familiar with


One of the smaller fruits next to the seeds.



And the leaf

Hi,

I'll be in Mendoza and San Juan Argentina on Saturday until the 12th of Feb. Are there any nurseries or contacts in those towns I can visit to check for fruit and seeds.

Thanks

Checking to see if anyone has seeds of this and what are some of it's characteristics, the leaves seem like they could handle the some southern California climate. Also interested in the taste, it looks nice.

Thanks,  Mark

Hoping that all of the trees that flowered recently will hold their fruit. This is the first year the Pitomba, has flowered, not sure if it will develop some fruit. The Imbe seems to be holding fruit for the first time, There are 2 males in the ground and one female still in a pot, I grafted males onto the female and females onto the  males. Also have fruit developing on the Pickering, Heidi, Corriente, Kensington Pride, Sweet Tart, NDM, Coconut Cream, Harvest Moon,  Cogshall, Okrung, Neelam, Jakarta, Alfonso, and Lemon Zest mangos. A single fruit on the San Pedro Custard Apple held over the winter but not sure if the cold stunted the fruit development. Fruit on the Makok, Alano and Ox sapodillas have done fine, through the winter. The Sweetheart, Brewster and Emperor lychees are holding fruit. Also the Wampee is flowering real nice. The red smooth skin Suriname Cherry is out of control, it has had fruit full time for 2 1/2 years straight.
The only problem I have had with certain trees is we don't get any real heat here near the ocean, never any frost just that cool onshore maritime flow. My jackfruits are fine through the winters, but grow real slow. I've had a Mamey in the ground for a few years and it has flowered but has yet to set fruit and just recently lost about 3 feet off the top, also a biribia that set fruit only to drop it around November. I had fruit mature on a Kampong Mauve Sugar apple, the coffee produces fine each year, the bananas are always fruiting, dragon fruit do great, starfruit has been a little shy to hold fruit, but the tree is still young. I also have one of those Manila or Christmas palms I started from a seed I brought back from Malasia that has been growing outside for 6 years. Also I planted one of the seeds of the Royal palms from the Rio botanical gardens that I picked up. And also the Fijian fan palms are doing fine with no protection. I have had a canistel in the ground for a while, but it I think it needs some more heat to start producing, it goes dormant and sheds leaves every spring and doesn't seem to take off. I also had a Ross sapote that didn't make it in the ground, it lasted a few years and slowly croaked. Probably need to find the little microclimates and plant accordinly. I'm excited to see if my Garcinia vleerackerii makes it here. Does anyone else with a similar climate have any success or failures they can share?
 
Anyway, here are some of the photos, the quality isn't too good, taken with phone camera.

Poha Berries

Vietnamese Bananas

Green Sapote

San Pedro Custard Apple

Blenheim Apricot

Red Lady Papaya

Daily 11 avocados

Brewster Lychee

Ha'a Ha'a bananas

Alano Sapodilla

Kei Apples

Yellow Coffee berries

Red Smooth Suriname Cherries

Dark Suriname Cherries, taste like Concord grapes

Pitomba

Imbe

Li 2 Jujube

Pickering

Wampee

I was in Canada over the weekend and went through China town, and picked up these real nice treats. The green lychees were exceptionally tasty, some of the best I've had. The mangosteens were all great, and the langsats had one or 2 seeds in the whole bunch. There were also sugar apples, dragon fruit, and some type of atemoya. I also picked up a few Haitian mangos, which I assume were Madam Francis, the one I have pictured is a green asian. There were also Palmer, Ataulfo, and Hadens.

Anyway, I have read that the fruit is not irradiated that is imported into Canada, can anyone confirm this?

Looking for the seeds or scions.

Thanks,

Mark

Checking to see if anyone has tips on germinating the calabash nutmeg?  GB, other acid, hot water?

Thanks,

Mark

Hi,
Looking for some litchee varieties that produce very large fruit, size of chicken and goose eggs. I just can't make it to the special provinces in China to get some airlayers.

Thanks,

Mark

I thought this was Uvalha, but Leroy which has the "Leroy" sapote out here in California calls it skunk fruit. It really stinks when it gets soft. I have a large one in a 25 gal. and gave one to Steve at Exoctica. Mine hasn't flowered yet. So if anyone can tell me exactly what it is I would appreciate it.