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Taiwan guava
« on: October 25, 2020, 08:28:25 PM »
I brought this taiwan guava from the local supermarket.  It is big, crunchy, not too much of the guava favor, it is more like eating a crunchy pear.   It looks like a emperor or pearl guava compared the pictures online.  I am going to germinate some of the seeds.  Hope it come out true.




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Re: Taiwan guava
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2020, 07:21:49 PM »
This one is from my tree.  Not fully ready, just want to try the taste.




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Re: Taiwan guava
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2020, 08:01:10 PM »
When I am able to find these at the store, they almost always never ripen correctly and taste bad. I assume once tree ripened they have a better taste. They are not sweet imo, and I would rather eat a regular guava.

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Re: Taiwan guava
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2020, 08:28:52 PM »
When I am able to find these at the store, they almost always never ripen correctly and taste bad. I assume once tree ripened they have a better taste. They are not sweet imo, and I would rather eat a regular guava.

I usually eat them solid like an apple. I’ve never tried to let them ripen like I would with a pink guava.

I think you should try eating them “green”. I also like to dip them in salt as well.

I don’t recommend biting directly into the fruit but instead cutting it up into pieces because it can be too hard to bite directly into sometimes.
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Re: Taiwan guava
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2020, 10:22:24 PM »
I like to eat them when they are light yellow green.  Crunchy soft not too hard.

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Re: Taiwan guava
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2020, 10:41:28 PM »
I was looking for a pearl but couldn't find it anywhere, bought a generic Taiwanese guava from Champa instead which most likely came from Pine Island or an independent grower in Florida.  I will find out about the fruit next year hopefully, it flowered but didn't hold any fruit this year. I like guavas sweet and crunchy.

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Re: Taiwan guava
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2020, 10:52:52 PM »
Looks really tasty, I was looking for this kind of guava in the supermarket but I couldn't find it, what a pity...

I have couple of suckers in the 1 gal pots, if you are live close the area, just come pick one up with no charge.

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Re: Taiwan guava
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2020, 11:53:36 AM »
I have a couple growing in ground, some sourced from PIN (Taiwanese and Vietnamese) and I do prefer to eat em with some yellow on em or when "rust spots" appear. They are quite hard to bite into directly- also due to their large size as well. So I cut with a knife. The taste of the skin is also a turn off for me. It can be bitter.
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