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My first sugar apple of 2013
« on: January 11, 2013, 03:35:35 PM »



It's not huge but not bad for a winter sugar apple. 

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2013, 04:58:33 PM »
I didn't know any sugar apple varieties were still fruiting. What is the cultivar? or did you grow from seed? Congrats on the winter harvest!

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2013, 05:18:08 PM »
It's a seedling.  I bought it from pine island nursery eight or nine years ago.  It is only holding eight more fruit right now.  It is usually done fruiting for the year around late November or early December but with the warmer temps it is holding them longer.

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2013, 08:27:47 PM »
How big is the fruit normally?  How was your harvest overall? Do you know what variety it was a seedling of?

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2013, 08:41:00 PM »
The fruit reminds me of ASaffron's Giant Mexican sugar apple. It still has a few more weeks to go.

I hope you would share pictures of the cut fruit once you get it to ripen. :)
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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2013, 08:43:22 PM »
I believe it's a Thai-lessard seedling.  The main season for me is late August to early October but it will continue to mature fruit sporadically until early December in most years.  It will usually have a dozen or so fruit that don't mature when the tree starts to lose its leaves but this year it hasn't stopped growing so they are maturing later than normal.  The size is usually right about a pound.

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2013, 08:56:44 PM »
... The size is usually right about a pound.

ONE POUND? For a Thai Lessard? But you did say it was a seedling, so it's possible that you've hit a jackpot! :)
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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2013, 10:06:16 PM »
Your sugar apple does not seem to be fully ripe...Most sugar apple trees in Florida have a second crop in the winter. This was a terrible year and I had about 15 fruits in December from my 2 trees including several over one lb. The quality is not as good as the summer fruit.  The photo shows what a ripe fruit should look like.   
   

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2013, 10:52:01 PM »
I agree with Greenman, that sugar apple isn't going to ripen up
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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2013, 05:41:46 AM »
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The quality is not as good as the summer fruit.
I agree.
I tried a locally grown green one last week and it did not measure up to summertime standards in either size or flavor. The tree had some leaf burn from a chilly night but was still holding a few fruit. It has been pretty dry lately and maybe that has hurt the quality.
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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2013, 07:12:54 AM »
Yeah I might have pulled it early it's hard for me to tell with a poorly pollinated fruit.  The other side is opened well but the side that's up is still tight.  I agree the summer fruit is much better than the winter.
Noel does your red produce as well as your green?  The big red is by far my favorite sugar apple hope it comes true from seed.

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2013, 07:53:37 AM »
Yeah I might have pulled it early it's hard for me to tell with a poorly pollinated fruit.  The other side is opened well but the side that's up is still tight.  I agree the summer fruit is much better than the winter.
Noel does your red produce as well as your green?  The big red is by far my favorite sugar apple hope it comes true from seed.

My Big Red does outproduce the green one by far. It sets gobs of fruit without hand-pollination.  The foto shows my tree from this summer.


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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2013, 09:07:12 AM »
Well it ripened up fine, not as sweet as a summer fruit but good.  For some reason it's not loading the pics don't know if its my phone or postimage that's not working I'll try again later.

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2013, 09:38:25 AM »
The fruit reminds me of ASaffron's Giant Mexican sugar apple. It still has a few more weeks to go.

I hope you would share pictures of the cut fruit once you get it to ripen. :)

Kh0110,

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I agree...looks like a Mexican giant...I know pine island had some for sale a year ago!

I'd bet $ that's a Mexican Giant...look at the layer of pith by the skin...and the large areoles.
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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #16 on: January 17, 2013, 09:59:23 AM »
It could be.  I purchased it from pine island nursery at the BRFC sale around eight or nine years ago.  It was just labeled sugar apple and wasn't grafted so I assumed it to be a Thai lessard seedling since that's only variety of green SA they have listed on there website.

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2013, 10:24:41 AM »
Yes,

I'm quite certain it's a giant mexican.

Now you should sell the seeds, and make some of your $$ back from your initial plant purchase.

those seeds are sort of rare, and in demand I'd imagine.

Nice growing!!! This is late in the season for sure...it must be a late season variety.
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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2013, 07:05:22 PM »


I pulled the last two remaining fruits off today.  This warm winter has extended the season quite a bit for me.

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2013, 07:41:53 PM »
I had a bunch of soon to ripen sugar apples with the largest at over 2lbs.I found jewel beetles, elephant beetles and sparkling day flying scarabs feasting enmasse on the fruit a few days ago and nearly all were consumed.The looked like Xmas decorations and my camera had flat batteries.At least the ducks enjoyed the beetles but the big elephant beetles had to be crushed for them.

My plan to show a giant sugar apple with real size could be over for the season unless the new fruit flush and flowers do the right thing.The season here is from late summer until the start of winter, with a few strays outside this period.

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2013, 08:21:03 PM »
Sorry to hear that Mike.  I had to cross fence the yard to keep my golden retriever from eating them off the tree since the seeds are poisonous.  I picked my first fruit of the year last year in late August and the last in late February, but normally it ends in December at my house.  The one pictured is right at one pound.

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Re: My first sugar apple of 2013
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2013, 10:27:18 PM »
My purple sugar apple has about 3 dozen fruits still on, after three lows that knocked most other things around, so I'm super happy about that. I'm starting to bag now Mike to keep the green note scarabs (the black ones with the fluro green ampersand on their shell), X Mas beetles, brown beetles, rhinocerous beetles and amblypeltas away from the softening fruit. Not to mention the resident flying foxes. Should get a good haul for the first fruiting!  ;D