That is some really good news about your Reed tree Mark.  I'm happy for you.

 William

 Very nice Mike !

    Good morning group

 I was looking over the plant list for papaya tree nursery and Alex has a sugar apple variety called " White Sugar " listed. I did a forum search but it turned up nothing. Does anyone in the group have any experience growing this tree ? I'm curious and considering buying one but would like to know more about it first.

 William

 I just bought a 4 pound bag off ebay .

  Jack

 Thank you for sharing this creamhart seedling story. It sounds like it is worthy of propagation based on your description of the fruit irreguardless whether it’s the real one or not . In my opinion it needs to be propagated and made available with clear discription that it is believed to be a seedling of a creamhart, then let the patron decide if he wants to buy it . I had a couple of Stearns planted . Had them a number of years but they never set and held any fruit. I  eventually lost the trees after some really hot heat wave . If you ever have any of your creamhart F1  grafted trees that you want to sell , I’d be interested in purchasing one.  But one question still bothers me , I’m sure that Orton being a Nurseryman must have sold lots of creamhart trees ? Not one in existence in so cal ?  Same with the tertoh avocado ? All those groves over so cal and no ones knows of a tree tucked in a grove somewhere ?  I just find it hard to believe that there’s not one tree somewhere out there .

William

  Reading the post about the Corona avocado earlier , reminded me about the tertoh avocado which I had read about quite a few years ago. It was a introduction of a 3 pound giant from the property of Mr. Castillas from Guatemala, by Wilson Popenoe. Don't know why it never really caught on as it was said to have excellent flesh , small seed , and of course lots of meat. Once while having a phone conversation with Jim Nietzel I brought up this avocado to him and he said that he actually thought that he came across fruit of this type at a exibit at the San Diego fair. I tried tracking down some budwood and found that there appeared to not be a source in california . Florida did have it listed in a germ plasm , But when I finally made contact with someone about ordering budwood I was told that the tree in their collection had sun blotch virus. I am writing this more as a curiousity to see if any readers might have heard of or even better might know of a tree to source budwood from.

 William

   Nana7b

 That looks like a 7 gallon Kampong Mauve ? Is that correct ? I have a kampong mauve in a 7 gallon squat that gave me 1 fruit during thanksgiving weekend. It set probably half a dozen fruit but over time all but 1 fell off, I'm guessing because the tree is young. I have since assembled a few greenhouses to provide a more humid environment for my annoas. That was my first time trying a sugar apple .  It was good but I think cherimoya beats it hands down. Still waiting to try ilamas and reticulata.

 William

 I looked again after I posted the inquiry and noticed that one of the pots have 3 shoots . Thanks for the info guys, I appreciate your help.

 William

    Hi Group

 I have a few achachairu seedlings started a few months ago and now a couple of the seedlings are getting a second shoot coming up . Is this normal ? This is my first experience trying to grow these so i'm not sure what to expect .

 William

 My  Ice cream mango is starting to develope flower panicles too .

 William

    Great job Ethan !

  Alex

 I have a alano in a squat 15 gallon that has a trunk about as large as yours. After seeing your pic I see the need to pug it to cause it to become more bushy. Does yours hold any fruit yet ? Mine flowers off and on all year but hasn’t held anything yet. I suspect that the tree is still too young. How old is your tree ?

William

    If any of you all need some help eating your cherimoyas , I'm available . I'm just saying .


 William