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

    Hello group

I'm curious about this for awhile. I have about 7 or 8 lychee varieties growing in my greenhouse all next to one another. I have lost 3 hak ip trees now and am wondering if they need cooler temperatures or maybe more humidity ? All the other lychee trees are doing fine but like I said I've lost a few hak ip trees now and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with it ? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

William

 I have a black beauty bs and it's been flowering the last couple of years but they never seem to take and develop into fruit. The tree is a couple of years old and is around 7 to 8 feet high and girth of trunk is a couple of inches thick. Am I expecting too much from this young tree ? I'm curious what others experiences have been time wise from planting to getting your first fruit set .

William

   Im interested in purchasing a few scions of golden pillow jackfruit.  Anyone who has scions for sale please PM me.

 William

    I spent the day going from nursery to nursery looking for tropical fruit trees today. I ended up at Champa at the end of my trip. This was my first time there and I was amazed at how many trees he had packed in there .  Lots of mangoes, lychee , longan , star fruit etc.  Then I came upon some nice 3 gallon grafted Ross sapote.  I got one of those. They also had a lot of nice looking 3 gallon green sapote. If your in the so cal area check out this little gem of a nursery 😊

 William

    I know that there are some members on this forum who for what ever the reason choose to grow their plants / trees in containers. I came across a vendor in Los Angeles who sells the fabric pots . The sizes vary from 1 gallon all the way up to 200 gallon. Have any members on this forum actually used these fabric pots ? I must admit I am curious if they actually " Air prune " the roots like they claim. I have several varieties of white sapote in 25 gallon and will need to repot in the spring and was curious about whether these might work for this purpose.

 William

    Hello

 I think I already know the answer to this question but I'm asking on behalf of a co worker and do not want to give him bad information. He has a single mango tree and was wondering if it would set fruit without a second tree ?

 William

    Hello

I'm looking for canistel seeds to use as rootstock. Pm me if you have any fresh seeds for sale.

 William

    I understand that taste is a subjective thing , with that being said I'm looking forward to hearing your different opinions about which green sapote taste best. I'm looking to buy one and would like to hear the pros and cons on IFAS  and Fairchild varieties . I have a Makawao on order but he said it would be over a year till it's ready.

William

    Just wondering if anyone , particularly in the southern california area might know of a source for budwood or grafted plants of the creamhart avocado ? This was a variety that Orton Engelhart came up with . Seems like nobody knows where any of these trees might have ended up being planted. There has to be some somewhere as Orton sold trees from his nursery.

 William

    I was looking for something on one of the shelfs in my garage today when I came across a box of Ilama seeds that I fellow rare fruit grower sent to me back in  '08 .  I wonder if any of them could possibly germinate ?  Anyone have experience germinating old Ilama seeds ?

 William

    I don't know if this is the appropriate place to ask about this but I've been curious about this old heirloom watermelon named mountain sweet. Anyone in this forum ever grow this one ?

 William