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Tropical Fruit Discussion / 'Rosendo Perez' sapodilla
« on: March 20, 2024, 08:21:19 AM »
Just harvested 2, larger than large, sized fruits from my 7gal tree for the first time. Got it from TopTropicals in May 2022 as a 3gal and pretty much kept it in the nursery shade till stepping up in October 2023. At the time prior to purchasing, I think only Hopkins Nursery was propagating this and then TopTropicals had it available (I think they graft their own now. Not sure). I think Rosendo Perez was someone significant in Florida horticulture in the 1900s. There is an atemoya and caimito/ star apple named in his honor. This sapodilla could be a recent release. As a collector, I just had to buy and investigate for myself. Will sample this evening.
https://toptropicals.com/store/item/6651.htm
https://toptropicals.com/store/item/6651.htm