Don't know what to do with unripe green papaya or mango, make green mango or papaya salad. Both are so good and goes well with lots of bbq meats or as I simply like it with sticky rice and pork rinds or cracklins, mmmm a complete meal for me for sure. Very refreshing and spicy but also very pungent. But don't let that fishy, fermented aroma scare you from trying this delicious southeast Asian dish. There are lot's of variation to this dish from different regions (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam) try it and you'll be hook unless you can't get over that smell.

How to Make Papaya Salad in Luang Prabang, Laos

and mango salad, less pungent but still very good 

How to make thai spicy Mango Salad

Lucky you, new house and it comes with an already planted mango tree. Wish I could grow one here in the central valley in ground unprotected

Thanks Herman, for that info. I do like crunchier guava that are not to sweet, so maybe I'll like these too.

Hi, i'm new here, but long time lurker and I mail order these two Taiwanese guavas? from a nursery down in southern Cali last year and was told they are varieties from Taiwan. They are still small, about a 1 1/2 years old and 1' tall cuttings. Does anyone know or grow these two varieties to know how the fruit quality is like ie. crunchy or soft, sweet or bland, etc. I don't know how to post pictures yet, but have the link from the nursery's site attached. They are the first and 3rd pictures on the top row(pearl and emperor guavas)
http://www.tropicalbonsainursery.net/on%20sale%20item/tropical-guava/guava.html

As lychee season comes to a start over there in florida, is there any way I can get some of those fresh tree ripen Florida lychee shipped here into California? I wanted to get some from Erickson's farm but on the site it says no shipping to CA or HI I really wanted to try some fresh ones and not those unripened Mexican Mauritius, we usually get over here.