Hi,

found this huge (780g/1,72p) lemon in Gran Canaria. Very thin rind, sour but not too sour, salty, very juicy. All fruits look the same, seeds do not look like lemon seeds. Vendor says the only thing special about it is that it was grafted on "wild orange".
Most giant lemons i know are just rind and no juice. This one seems a very good lemon for lemonade or lots of juice. Is it a named variety or sth new?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kOMxUsfwFU

Hi,
Found over 400 fruit species in Borneo a year ago, my most succesfull fruit trip so far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbdhahikKZs&list=PL2AyaQ9frDUvlYqSgv6aILA2bI_CxPrxI
 This time i am going to West Malaysia starting from new years eve. Where shall i look for fruits (wild durian species, durian cultivars, rare jungle fruits)? Where is the fruit season in January? And most important are they some fruits enthusiasts there who would like to meet and help me hunting down the rarest fruits?
Looking forward to any tips.

Hi

just compiled three playlists from short trips this year:

-Fruits of Cote Azur, Monaco and Italian Riviera: Mostly subtropical fruits grown at the same latitude as Southern Canada:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCwoDgOZyOs&list=PL2AyaQ9frDUsWSdIlRfakCL7X2hSA53cy

-Fruits of Naples/Amalfi: Mostly lemons, giant citrons and kumquat hybrids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNWiUur3_dE&list=PL2AyaQ9frDUu_FMlMlEe---iHvmSmN4mV

Fruits of Marburg botanic garden: Greenhouse fruits as well as some amazing collections grown on a windy mountaintop in zone 7a:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjYpY5SDZVk&list=PL2AyaQ9frDUs-UE1q8l3358jLcClyAvOk

Hi,
bought some long avocado from the Dominican republic in an ethnic Indian shop in Germany. The biggest fruit there were 1,2 kg or 2,64 pound. Not sure about the variety. Could it be Persea schiedeana? Or if not can anyone guess the variety?

https://youtu.be/EB2zDSpLwK4

Thank you.

Hi,
Im going fruit hunting on Tenerife in Nov.  Can you tell me the best botanic gardens, parks, farms, nurseries? And are there any TFF members there willing to meet and share some experience? Also, i have been travelling in mountain areas of Borneo and SE-Asia and i am looking for someone ( preferably on the north coast or Anaga/Teno) willing to try growing fruit like mountain durian, Artocarpus, garcinia, rambutan in Tenerife.

I have already been to the Botanico, the Higuela, Sitio Litre, Jardin Aquatico, Garcia Sanabria and the Palmetum and know about Hamilton Gardens, Tigaiga gardens,Victoria gardens, la Constitution and la Granha. Im even more interested in tropical fruit farms and nurseries and most of all in fruit addicts like me.
Thank you in advance☺️

Hi,
going to S France next week. Lyon and then s towards the Mediterranean or sw towards the ocean. Any ideas about good places to find rare fruit (best botanic gardens, fruit farms, nurseries, arboretums, tropical fruit forum members, shops)?
Thank you

Hi,
found the perfect Loquat for temperate climate. Seems to belong to the Japanese type of varieties with whitish soft tasty flesh. Was brought from Brazil as a fruit and has been growing and fruiting regularly in Heidelberg/Germany (USDA zone 8a, now rather 8b) for almost 10 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqMsqexWF_U

Hi,
due to the mild winter now we have a lot of out of season fruit here in zone 7-8 in Germany. But what blew my mind were the ( not very good) ripe figs on two trees in mid May.
https://youtu.be/Nkqj7hXodg4
 Here the fig season does not start before August in normal years.

Hi,

Found this amazing fruit in Belaga, Borneo (tastes like cooked sweet potato)

https://youtu.be/uTyf3BPNRtE

Found it on the market and later in the jungle, too. No idea what it is but someone suggested Xanthophyllum. Any ideas?

Hi,
here some confusing eggplants from Thailand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adfzAIyta5E


My questions (internet just cunfused me more):

- The pea eggplant (Solanum torvum?) is very different from the one eaten in Java. Are they two separate species?

-The green eggplant (S. virginianum?) Is smaller than the S. virginianum i know, tastes differently and has no green stripes. Could it be a hybrid with pea eggplant?

-Could the purple eggplant be a hybrid between udumalped eggplant and pea or thai eggplant?

All the other eggplants i mentioned are here (if i id them right):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvh1RLWPHsw&list=PL2AyaQ9frDUudYOxs_TpXo5hgkbeWLc3V

Hi,
found this fruit in a remote Borneo jungle. Looks like a yellow lychee. Any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVhtHvSbFSI

Hi,
I used to think that the sour Borneo eggplant is Solanum ferox and made a few videos abou it:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5RmAastdIwM&list=PL2AyaQ9frDUudYOxs_TpXo5hgkbeWLc3V&index=4&t=0s

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CTQfY1bfDdo&list=PL2AyaQ9frDUudYOxs_TpXo5hgkbeWLc3V&index=2

Recently somebody questioned that and i think they might have a point:

S. ferox seems to be a small hairy fruit used as a medicine in wide parts of Asia.

The people of Borneo insist that their sour eggplant is exclusively found on the island, it is larger, with a smooth shiny surface, a pleasent sour taste, a tough thin skin and is used as a common vegetable in Borneo/Kalimantan.

A great plant which should be cultivated throughout the tropics because its taste is nothing like the other Solanum species i know.

Has anyone eaten the small hairy S. ferox from Asia or the sour Borneo eggplant and do you have any info if they are the same or not?

Hi,
Since some folks were interested as to what exotic fruit trees you can grow outdoors in Germany I decided to share a few. Here is a video of an outdoors Poncirus trifoliata flowering opposide of Heidelberg castle
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e4YSmyJxNWE