I know sleepdoc was growing it  last year, but not sure how that turned out.  What were your experiences?

For some reason, I am a glutton for punishment, and want to give it a try, despite the fact that it needs babying to make it through winter.  I just love the way the tree looks. 

I have a few 3g mango trees that didn't work out for me after attending several tastings this past season. 

AVAILABLE:

OKRUNG TONG

FLORIGON

GRAHAM

All 3 for $45 or make an offer on an individual tree.  Let me know...Going to plant them rogue-style (in park) otherwise

have 1 toledo from mango mania and i want to get it right.  is it a sucking mango like turpentine?

Thanks

I recently had a bombay mango, and i loved it.  SO easy to twist and remove the stone and spoon it out.  I think that the tree is an alternate bearer here in FL.  2 questions:

1.  Is the tendancy to bear alternately based more on climate or on the tree's ability to bounce back one season after it has already expended so much energy fruiting?  For example, is it possible for one to have 2 trees that bear in alternate years so as to ensure a good crop each year (not talking about better pollination, but to have one fruit one year, and the other in the next year).

2.  In the alternate bearing year, does the tree fail to set fruit, or does it just set less than the previous year?

Thanks!

Sapodilla is too syrupy sweet for my liking, but it is productive and available when other fruits are not.  therefore, i decided to try a few things so that i could have a new appreciation for this fruit.  To me, it needed a tart component so I used tamarind.

Ingredients:

3-4 sapodillas
3 bananas
1 pack goya frozen tamarind
2-3 tbspoons sugar
3-4 oz coconut milk

Blend smooth, and enjoy!  Now my wife is bugging me to make more, when before, she wouldn't even care about sapodillas.  To me, it tasted like a green apple jolly rancher, but i may be embellishing unknowingly

I have a small amount of longan seeds from some longans I bought from Robert is here.  Let me know if anyone wants them.

Just wanted to post the upcoming F&S park events.  They are listed on the website [url]www.fruitandspicepark.org[/url, but wanted to make everyone aware, as I have often overlooked it.  This is the last year Chris Rollins will be working there, as he is retiring soon.

April 26:  Establishing a small grove w/ Chris Rollins  $25

May 10:  AM:  Children's Cane Pole Fishing Tournament
              PM:  Compost and Worm Tea $15

May 16-18:  Redland International Orchid Festival $8 admission

May 24:  Plant propagation (grafting, air-layering, etc.) w/ Chris Rollins  $40

June 14:  AM:  Lychee and Longan Workshop w/ Chris Rollins  $25
               PM:  Cooking With Mangoes $25

June 21-22:  Redland Summer Fruit Festival  $8 admission

July 9-13:  Rare Fruit Conference (see other thread for more info)  $100 for weekend; $150 for entire conference; $75 for students

July 12-13:  Mango Festival at Fairchild Garden

June 28:  Mango Mania! w/ Chris Rollins $40

July 19:  Indian Cooking $25

July 26:  Ice Cream for Tropical Fruit $25

September 6  AM: Vegetable Gardening for your yard w/ Chris Rollins  $25
                     PM:  Cooking with Jackfruit $25

I have been reading up on annona threads recently, and wanted to have one where we just rank the annonas into tiers (top-tier, 2nd tier, 3rd tier etc.  I am trying to figure out what annonas to plant, and which to admire from afar.

I know there may be variability within fruit (for example, big red sugar apple may be top-tier, while most others are 3rd tier, etc.), but in general where do they rank in relate compared to each other?

I haven't tasted many annonas, but from what i have read, I would guess the following:

Top-tier:
cherimoya (though it doesn't fruit in FL, at least well)
reticulata (custard apple)
soursop

2nd tier:
atemoya (some varieties may be top-tier)
ilama
rollinia

3rd tier:
sugar apple
(fingersop)
A. cornifolia
A. glabra (pond apple)

Thanks!

I was at Fairchild Farm this weekend for a beekeeping class with Noris Ledesma and she showed us a few of their experiments in breeding.  I hadn't hear about this before, but apparently there are other "species" of mango from Borneo that were collected and planted out.  One has totally white flesh.  Anyway, they are screening the borneo types in with mangifera to create new hybrid mangoes (first they must plant out the seeds from this hybridization so it won't be any time soon) ..Just thought it was worth passing on.

Not exactly sure what traits they are hoping to incorporate--maybe just to diversify the genetics at the Farm.

Hello.  Does anyone know about Hialeah Red Avocado?  The red avocadoes I have eaten in the past were very bland with a loose seed.  Is this a good variety?

I am in the market for a chlorine filter to attach the hose to so my seedlings and other trees won't be affected by the chlorine (and other harmful elements).  Anyone have a good one to recommend that is fairly inexpensive?

Thanks

Hello.  I was offered some sweet nance seeds by a friend of mine and was wondering if anyone has fruited them in Florida.  Thanks.

The best way to consume carambola thread was helpful--and inspired me to find out more about canistel.

I enjoy them, but haven't quite figured out the best way to eat them, and tasty recipes that you use.  For example, starfruit is a better juice than out of hand fruit.  What about canistel???

Thanks!