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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Butterscotch Sapodilla
« on: December 26, 2020, 11:28:52 AM »
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As stated above, after Ross, the next best IMO is Fairchild 2. I have had good examples of Trompo and Aurea but definitely not 100% consistent as top quality.
Oscar (Fruitlovers) supposedly has a very good selection but I haven't tried it.
Thanks Murahilin and Johnny Redland
I shall take both your suggestions and go forth on my search for a great Malay Apple tree in my own yard. I may go take a look at the one down at Fruit and Spice and decide if it’s pretty enough for the front yard. It’s so rare that I’m sure there won’t be too many fruit thieves. My front yard has solid sun.
Thanks again y’all
My ross fruits more often with bigger crops than my canistel.
They look close...
I’m growing about 10 seedlings directly from Bill Whitman’s original ‘Ross’ introduction from 1968.
I look forward to seeing what differences may occur between them since Ross is generally grafted.
Nice to see Shot has some direct specimens from Bill. Were they all grafted?
One word of warning about Malay apple, it seems like the common nursery stock in Florida (at least from PIN) is not that great.
I had 3 planted so far, one fruit after 8 years (only year to fruit) it been there for like 15 years at this point
I also have one planted at my current house since 2014 and no flowers yet.
Seems like everyone I know who bring seeds from "back home" has much better success with the quality fruit and precocity
Excalibur has two different grafted varieties. A white fruiting type and one that one that gets very dark that is named "Black". I've had the fruit from the Black one a few times and it was pretty good. If I remember correctly, the Black was from a fruit Richard Wilson found in a market in Central America.
In response to being called out, I will admit my daughter loves them. She was eating 3 per sitting of larger ones at the age of 2. But what do those darn kids know anyway
She has great taste in fruit. I was unsuccessful in trying to convince my kids to try Malay apple fruit this year.
Do you have a tree or did someone give you the fruit?
I might have to ban you from the forum for speaking ill of one of the greatest fruit in existence.
I would rather a malay apple any day over the majority of fruit.
More drainage, less watering is the answer to less rotting. Some types are worse than others for this. Maybe try a less prone variety. Which types have the problem?
have you tried dusting sulfur?
