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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Eugenia stipitata in bloom
« on: March 27, 2012, 12:46:52 AM »
They make the best sorbet (IMO). Better than Mundu or Yellow Mangosteen sorbet.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mar 24th 2012 Photos: Mounts Botanical, West Palm Bch FL
« on: March 25, 2012, 11:49:15 PM »
I love the 'yellow mangosteen'. Poor name - I prefer 'punch in the face fruit', as on your first (second, third and fourth) bite you can't control your head jumping to the left. The Mundu is better out of hand, being almost identical but about half as tart, but even still, its among the tartest fruit you're likely to come accross.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help with ID
« on: March 25, 2012, 11:27:31 PM »
Something like Ficus nota http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/herbarium/digitallib/collections/hlaplants/pdfs/Mor_Ficus_nota_w.pdf
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: List of drought tolerant trees
« on: March 24, 2012, 07:27:47 AM »
Eremocitrus glauca
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrica rubra
« on: March 21, 2012, 06:23:20 PM »
What varieties did they offer?
Did anyone mangae to snare a BiQi?
Did you get any male trees?
Did anyone mangae to snare a BiQi?
Did you get any male trees?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: mouth-watering achachairu article
« on: March 17, 2012, 06:34:27 AM »
They are fantastic. Better in dry years. Seeds grow super easy. I got a 10kg box at the end of last season and now have a few hundred seedlings that i give to anyone with a few feet of dirt. They also come up easily out of the compost, volunteering themselves about the yard, in partial rain shadows even. Hard sun destroys them though. One of the research stations here were looking into breeding for better flesh-seed ratio.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is this Garcinia? I got from Garden of Delights, Mislabeled as Cherapu
« on: March 13, 2012, 08:53:20 PM »
Just another spanner to throw into the works. I dont think Daley's actually sell madruno. Small fruited shrub thought to be intermedia? The image on the tag could be madruno though, but their plants dont seem to match the label description. I wouldnt trust it as a source.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Capital Punishment, animals that anger us, stealing fruits, harming trees, etc.
« on: March 08, 2012, 05:22:40 PM »
We have large populations of Possums (quite different to the american Opossums), known for taking down entire crops in a night. Then there are the fruit bats, which will take your entire mango or papaya crop in a night. Then there are the daytime marauders in cockatoos - I live in the shaddow of a flock of around 300. All are aerial attackers, so prefer to stay high - especially as I have a pair of Schipperkke (Belgian ratting dogs) that will chase them to the eand of the earth if given the chance. I've found the most successful POA is the sacrificial crop - growing something tall that they can access without having to come too low and engaging the dogs. Here I grow an Inga sp tree near the roof that takes care of the possums, and grow a passionfruit vine up an old crepe myrtle for the cockatoos and bats. I also grow a few tall palms and tall vom papaya along the boundary of the yard that the bats seem content with. I've found it works quite well on a smaller block.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What's the most you'd spend per pound on a fruit?
« on: March 07, 2012, 06:04:01 PM »I know plenty of people travel all the way to Thailand just to eat their way through a giant pile of fruits. Fruit there is ridiculously cheap, but when you factor in your flight and other expenses then how much is that fruit costing per pound?
Oscar
The all-you-can-eat durian farms with ~10 spp sound like alot of fun.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: New Fruit So-Shang Elaeagnus latifolia
« on: March 06, 2012, 05:49:19 PM »1586
Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cactus fruits that taste good (sweet), other than Dragon Fruit/Pitaya
« on: March 05, 2012, 05:50:24 PM »There are some good koubo varieties around. Cereus peruvianus. These are spikier than the prickly pear though.
The cereus fruit usually has no spikes and is smooth, the cactus segments can be on the spiky side though.
I would love to get a hold of some of those superior Israeli varieties of Cereus. Right now I am growing the following Cereus;
Cereus comarapanus (This just what the cutting source told me but he was not 100%, this is a purple fleshed Bolivian native)
Cereus fernambucensis
Cereus peruvianus (From Roger Meyer)
Cereus peruvianus (From CRFG member)
Cereus peruvianus monstrose
These have unknown potential, I am hoping the fruit quality is good.
Cereus peruvianus monstrose x Cereus aethiops #1 (seedling cutting)
Cereus peruvianus monstrose x Cereus aethiops #2 (seedling cutting)
Cereus peruvianus monstrose x Cereus aethiops #3 (seedling cutting)
I had two imported cultivars, 'wonder white' and 'max golden'. One rotted in the wet season. The other I dug up and chopped up and distributed to folks around town in cooler and drier microclimates. I left the original rooted piece under the eaves of the house for 5 months and it is now flowering and shooting without any dirt.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Cactus fruits that taste good (sweet), other than Dragon Fruit/Pitaya
« on: March 05, 2012, 03:29:18 AM »
There are some good koubo varieties around. Cereus peruvianus. These are spikier than the prickly pear though.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Garcinia xanthochymus
« on: March 04, 2012, 11:47:26 PM »
It is worth growing if you dont have G dulcis, which is the same, but just about edible out of hand. It grows much faster than G dulcis though.
The sorbet made from these (less sugar needed for dulcis) is fantastic, almost as good as E stipitata.
Very different from all the other types of Garcinia listed.
The sorbet made from these (less sugar needed for dulcis) is fantastic, almost as good as E stipitata.
Very different from all the other types of Garcinia listed.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Myrica rubra
« on: March 03, 2012, 04:12:46 AM »
Seed grown ones can be very resinous.
There are a few videos from the local research station on this page: http://www.youtube.com/user/Varietyaccess1?feature=watch
There are a few videos from the local research station on this page: http://www.youtube.com/user/Varietyaccess1?feature=watch
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Better Eugenias than Surinam cherry
« on: March 02, 2012, 02:09:30 AM »
I prefer stipitata out of hand to uniflora out of hand. Im a bit odd though as I've been known to munch on Garcinia xanthowhatever fresh. The big redeeming feature for stipitata over many others is the sorbet it makes 
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: fruit you are dying to taste
« on: March 01, 2012, 09:56:51 PM »
Burmese Grape, Rambai, Tampoi and a few other baccaurea. I have seedlings, so maybe there is hope for my grandchildren!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mun mango
« on: March 01, 2012, 05:30:46 PM »
What is the size? NDM is pretty small. If they are much larger it could be what folks are calling NDMMun or Kwan, which is the same as NDM but fruits up to 2kg. Its almost certainly an NDM though.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Atemoya Most Like Cherimoya
« on: February 29, 2012, 10:09:44 PM »Quote
'It was introduced into Queensland by Langbecker Nurseries and 3,000 trees were released for commercial planting in July 1961. It was quickly adopted as a replacement for 'Mammoth' as it was free of the discoloration and bitterness next to the skin.'
I dont know about that. The 'Mammoth' I've had are all far superior to the African Pride. I'd say the AP overtook the Mammoth because it self-sets better and sets many more fruit per tree. Mammoth is a huge fruit and therefore much lower yield and harder to sell. Trees are also huge. In any case, these are both being replaced by newer varities like KJ Pinks (Paxton's Prolific) and Tropic Sun (for home growers). KJ Pinks is a budsport of Hilary Whites which is a budsport of Mammoth, which many growers have replaced their AP orchards with. http://www.anfic.com.au/kjpinks.htm
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Most Beautiful Tropical Fruit Trees (Small to Medium Size)
« on: February 28, 2012, 06:59:30 AM »
Malay Apple
Kepel Apple
Star Apple
Kepel Apple
Star Apple
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Parking Lot Fruit! This one for Lycheeluva!
« on: February 23, 2012, 06:04:03 PM »
The best 'parking lot fruit' here is the bunya nut. With the big female cones getting to around 10kg, they can make a bit of a mess in public. A $300000-odd BMW had its roof heavily dented and windscreen and windows blown out after one fell from the crown of a 50m+ tall tree!
We have mostly the same as Adam's list plus sour tamarind, Inga sp., hawaiian type guava, mac nut, small persimmons and more in the 'park trees' category is mango (kensington pride and turpentine) elephant apple and sometimes black sapote. Unfortunately the over abundance of the large guavas especially contribute to the huge numbers of pests - QLD fruit fly, possums and fruit bats especially.
We have mostly the same as Adam's list plus sour tamarind, Inga sp., hawaiian type guava, mac nut, small persimmons and more in the 'park trees' category is mango (kensington pride and turpentine) elephant apple and sometimes black sapote. Unfortunately the over abundance of the large guavas especially contribute to the huge numbers of pests - QLD fruit fly, possums and fruit bats especially.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Which cultivars are renamed, or just the same? Label swappers for profit?
« on: February 21, 2012, 10:38:39 PM »
Also, is the American 'Mauritious' Lychee the Tai-So?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Which cultivars are renamed, or just the same? Label swappers for profit?
« on: February 21, 2012, 06:50:57 AM »
here is the story on why mr Bosworth renamed Kwai Mai Pink
http://www.rarefruitaustralia.org/2005/11/28/the-bosworth-lychee/#more
http://www.rarefruitaustralia.org/2005/11/28/the-bosworth-lychee/#more
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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: New Seeds Available Right Now
« on: February 21, 2012, 06:06:29 AM »
Also, how different is this to the Brunei cherry/Kundong (G. parvifolia?) or G. forbesii?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mamey cultivars TARS USDA
« on: February 20, 2012, 05:11:47 AM »
Wow! The viejo looks fantastic, and the copan too.
Wish we had some of these types. We can only really get Pantin here. Good fruit, but I'd love some variety. Luckily Green Sapote grows really well.
Wish we had some of these types. We can only really get Pantin here. Good fruit, but I'd love some variety. Luckily Green Sapote grows really well.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is the best lychee?
« on: February 13, 2012, 10:22:57 PM »
I dont think he named it after himself. It sounds like the usual murdering of a Chinese cv name.
I'm surprised a research station released it to him though as they've been pretty protective with good stuff since the whole kiwi thing and chase away folks after their bayberry cv.s
I'm surprised a research station released it to him though as they've been pretty protective with good stuff since the whole kiwi thing and chase away folks after their bayberry cv.s
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