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Is this a true Jackfruit or is this some other artocarpus variety?

thank you, I'll try that! They seem very finicky indeed.

are the fruits edible?

I'm looking to buy some seeds from Forest House Cameroon but I don't have an import permit. Is anyone also about to order from them and if so can I piggy-back off of your permit?

Quote from: akanonui on August 27, 2016, 11:38:04 AM

The mamey I tried in Tampa tasted to me like pumpkin or sweet potatoe pie, only with a hint of tropical citrus flavor. One of the most delicious fruits I have tasted. I wish I could eat them more often, but I don't think I'll be able to find them anywhere in Michigan, as most of the latino markets here are of Mexican or Guatemalan origin, rather than Cuban or Puerto Rican origin, where the fruit is most popular.

That is not true. The origin of mamey sapote is from the Yucatan. Mexican are huge fans of Mamey. The best Mameys in the world are from that region and as I mention to Sam in SoCal we get delicious Patin from Guerrero MX

I wish the mamey fans lived near me:( I lived near Mexican Town in Detroit growing up and I never saw any mamey and I visit markets around there frequently and have yet to find any mamey. It is such a delicious fruit I wish it was more popular around here.

I just don't think it's scientifically possible for two different families of fruits to cross pollinate.

Update: So far I have found fresh mamey, hua moa bananas, june plum, quenepa, rambutan, breadfruit, muscadines, sugar apple, cherimoya(even though it's vastly out of season), pond apple, various star fruit and dragon fruit, jackfruit, and a few other random as well as jarred chonta, frozen acerola, cupuaçu, caju, cacao, jaboticaba, and guanabana at various markets. I have visited The Florida Botanical Gardens(meh) and I have heard of Liên Hoa Oriental Market which carries fresh gac and canistel. I was just wondering if there are any more places that might be worth while in my 3.5 days left here to do. I would also like to find duhat, canistel, wax jambu, jaboticaba, inga, white sapote and that sort of thing somewhere around here if possible. I wish the markets near my house carried more then just the regular jackfruit, dragon fruit, lychee etc. but this is as good as I can get it.

I know you're looking for seedlings, but I bought seeds from tradewinds and they sprouted fairly quickly. I now have 2.5 plants(the half coming from the fact that two of the plants are cinjoined.) and the only reason I am not offering them is due to me needing all of them in case of emergency since I live in Michigan and they'll be in greenhouse.

Thank you all for the info. I will be snooping around trying to find anything rare and exotic. I hope the Cuban and Asian groceries will have some things as well.

Cheers for the info akanonui 😀👍🏼

No problem!

It makes sense now to me because not only can they tolerate extreme cold but also extreme heat. There are a few cherry relatives that are low chill, like Prunus ilicifolia, Prunus salicifolia, and Prunus lyonii as they are from subtropical areas like California and Central America. I don't know of their quality first hand but I do know their fruits seem to be more similar to the common cherry in size and flavor. Seeds of these cherries are sold on TradewindsFruits.com when they are in season, if you would be interested. They also sell wild black cherries, chokecherries, mahlab, and your Nanking cherries.

That is actually very surprising, since they are almost arctic. Anyway, I don't have seeds but I do know you should plant a few different varieties as fruit quality increases with genetic variation.

To me plant #1 looks like a guajilote seedling, but I could be wrong.