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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: BORNEO seeds for sale: Xanthophyllum, Lepisanthes, Prainea limpato - NEW SPECIES
« on: April 09, 2015, 11:58:33 AM »
Quote from: Cassio on April 09, 2015, 11:49:49 AM
Maryoto, wild mangosten (selabi) seeds are available? I´m talking about this fruit:
http://www.mysabah.com/wordpress/wild-mangosteen-of-borneo/

Is it a self-fertile species? The tree don´t appears to be so high as the popular mangosten, right? The fruit has indeed a good taste?

If seeds are available, whats the price?  :)


It is Willughbeia.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mexican Rheedia/Garcinia?
« on: April 08, 2015, 03:59:15 AM »
Quote from: ASaffron on August 24, 2014, 01:37:15 PM
Luc,

after a recent hunt for native Asimina sp, I feel your pain about the ticks....I pulled a nice one off my inner thigh.  Man I hate ticks...makes me want to never go in the woods again...but I'm off on another hunt soon, before its too late (already too late I'm guessing to find fruits).

and btw, what do we gotta do to get this name official?  It's always funny to me when I google search Garcinia vleerackerii, and see that it has a few results other than my initial post.

Here we believe, that good glass of beer, or B vitamin complex pill befor you went to forest helps to repel ticks.  Ticks do not like something  which apears in your sweat after eating B complex vitamin.
They will jump on you but will only walk not bite.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: how good is variegated pink eureka ?.
« on: April 07, 2015, 08:25:03 AM »
Table 14. Main characteristics of the Valencia cultivars in Cuba.

Cultivar     Origin      Diameter     Weight     Juice     Acidity    SST     Skin      Seeds

                                         mm              g            %         %        Brix     mm        Avg.

Olinda           California      74           209.6       53.9     1.17       10.6    3.1        6.4

Campbell      California       72           209.1       52.8     1.07       10.7   3.5         5.4

Source: http://fred.ifas.ufl.edu/cubanag
/pdf/cubacit.pdf

So Campbell  is slightly sweeter, slightly less juicy and has slightly less seeds, but it looks like they are nearly identical.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: how good is variegated pink eureka ?.
« on: April 07, 2015, 03:04:05 AM »
Quote from: EvilFruit on April 06, 2015, 04:05:55 AM
Quote from: Millet on April 05, 2015, 01:49:32 PM
Meyer lemon will out produce a variegated pink eureka many MANY times over. The VP eureka  is really just a novelty plant, and is a low producer. Personally, I don't care much for either one of them.  However, as cheap as citrus trees are to purchase, if you want it buy it. - Millet


Thanks Millet.

What type of orange and Mandarin do recommend for juicing and eating out of hand ?.

Varieties that we have.
http://www.lemontreenursery.com/products_detail.php?lvl=16


I am not Millet  :D but when it comes to oranges, Valencia oranges have more tough membranes  compare to navel or blood oranges, so they are more suitable for juicing than eating out of hand.
here I found a comment in gardenweb with which I do agree:
The Washington navel orange is probably the best out of hand eating orange variety in the world. No kidding. It is what put the city of Riverside, California on the map. The Valencia orange is THE juicing orange. Each has their own best qualities. Nevel oranges are not optimal for juicing due to the amount of limonin they contain, and the act of juicing will cause the juice to become bitter after storing the juice for a little bit, which is why Valencias (amongst other properties) make the better juice orange. Depends on what you want, Charles - the ability to eat out of hand, or oranges for juicing. You can always solve the dilemma by getting both on semi-dwarfing rootstock and keep them size-controlled with regular and minimal pruning, then have best of both!
Patty S.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Precocious tropical fruit seeds for impatient growers while they wait on cambuca
« on: April 07, 2015, 12:34:50 AM »
Eugenia neonitida Pitanga Tuba.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: african peach ( gambeya lacourtiana)
« on: April 03, 2015, 02:56:22 PM »
Quote from: Raulglezruiz on April 03, 2015, 02:18:42 PM
Coconut,  do you feel Allright?  Can you translate please?  Lol.  (found the flavor was off note more like a bad green sapote gone wrong to some tasting like a sweet potatoish ferment sour yogur gone wrong in the tropical sun and)........

I guess he means that it was awful.  ;D ;D ;D

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Mamey from Yucatan
« on: April 02, 2015, 11:07:41 AM »
Has anyone experiences with growing mamey from seed? I mean how long it takes to fruit. I have one grafted "Pantin", but also several seedlings from Thailand.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: All fruit species of the World
« on: April 01, 2015, 08:11:15 AM »
For example:
In the Svalbard Global Seed Vault,  the secure seed bank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen
on March 2013, the number of distinct samples in bank has increased to 770,000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: All fruit species of the World
« on: April 01, 2015, 02:48:33 AM »
Total  number of known flowering plant species is estimated around 400,000 according to info on web, how many of them produce edible fruits I do not know.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: The best Annona Crassiflora seeds for sale ever!
« on: March 29, 2015, 07:22:41 AM »
Quote from: Tropical Fruit Bonsai on March 27, 2015, 11:04:28 AM
I would add also some photos of Marolo from my friend trees:









Strange, because those two pics are on the web for years and are attached to many articles of Marolo.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: What is this fruit from Vietnam?
« on: March 27, 2015, 01:55:51 PM »
It is looking like kadsura coccinea,
If you have a seeds for sale I would like to buy some.


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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Helton
« on: March 27, 2015, 10:02:39 AM »
I have the best experiences with Helton too. I am in contact with him for years.
He used to have a problem to accept paypal payment so one german/brasilian farmer used to do it for him. Now this farmer announced that he is too busy.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: sicily
« on: March 27, 2015, 09:38:30 AM »
Quote from: bangkok on March 27, 2015, 09:28:47 AM
Have a look at this garden in Malaga Spain.

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=3703.0


Theoretically Malaga and Sicily are in the same USDA zone, but I have a strong feeling that practically it is not the same, in fact I have never heard or seen such stuff to be grown outdoor in Sicily.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: sicily
« on: March 27, 2015, 08:08:53 AM »
Sicily is famous as a source of the best blood oranges. I read, that fight for control over oranges producing farms also gave the birth of infamous  Sicilian Mafia, also known as Cosa Nostra in 19th century.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Wanted: pulasan seeds from Malaysia
« on: March 27, 2015, 08:02:32 AM »
Quote from: Mike T on March 27, 2015, 05:51:33 AM
Rob that is excessive.

I think the same, you can agree or disagree with someone, but bsbullie comments under bangkok posts in recent time made me think of click on "Report to moderator".

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: sicily
« on: March 27, 2015, 05:01:49 AM »
As far as I know, there is a lot of nurseries in Sicily and also in nearby main Italian peninsula especially in Lamezia Terme.
Sortiment is mainly subtropical: Avocados, Citruses, Annona Cherimola, Figs, loquats, Kaki.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Available seeds of rare species of the Amazon forest. **March 2015**
« on: March 26, 2015, 05:34:16 AM »
According to this map of known distribution Lepidota is mainly distributed in Venezuela, but there are also a few location in Brazil and Suriname.
http://eol.org/pages/1054717/maps

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Pouterias
« on: March 23, 2015, 08:48:53 AM »
From my experiences Pouteria campechiana does very well in subtropical climate, I have it together with citruses in my greenhouse, where temperatures during winter are close to 0 Celsius, (-1 or -2 Celsius rarely) and this tree is doing perfectly well.   

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: lamut sida - madhuca esculenta
« on: March 23, 2015, 08:41:10 AM »
Looks like the most popular of this genus is Madhuca longifolia aka Madhuca indica, which is grown for its oleaginous seeds. The fat (solid at ambient temperature) is used for the care of the skin, to manufacture soap, or detergents, and as a vegetable butter. It can also be used as a fuel oil.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Red Salacca affinis seeds
« on: March 23, 2015, 07:32:24 AM »
Quote from: bangkok on March 23, 2015, 07:20:03 AM
Quote from: GEMS on March 23, 2015, 03:44:33 AM
Dear Forum Members,

Who can offer me some Salacca Affinis seeds

br

I saw red salacca on the market this week but i don't know the variety name. Maybe it's easyier for the indo members.

maybe Salacca wallichiana -  Luk rakam in Thailand.

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Citrus General Discussion / Re: No Water This Year Available For California Citrus Growers
« on: March 19, 2015, 04:11:41 PM »
Maybe the water used to shale gas extraction is now missing in ecosystem of US continent.

US may inspire by Gaddafi´s Great Man-Made River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Any word on work done to create a Jakfruit x Breadfruit hybrid?
« on: March 18, 2015, 02:40:24 AM »
Quote from: fruitlovers on March 18, 2015, 02:20:00 AM
Quote from: Radoslav on March 18, 2015, 02:12:08 AM
I read that the best altilis selections are seedless - so can hardly produce a cross with something, if used as mother plant.

Most Polynesian selections are seedless, but often will have one or two seeds in the whole fruit. More important question would be even if hypothetically a cross can be made if the seeds would be sterile or not? If not sterile ofcourse the jackfruit could be used as female, and it produces lots of seeds.

Yes, if you use jackfruit as mother plant there will be a lot of seeds, but I think that seedling - if the seeds are fertile will be more jackfruit than breadfruit and I guess, that he is looking for  an hardy breadfruit.
I read that artocarpus altilis readily hybridizes with Artocarpus mariannensis, I used to have nice seedling of Artocarpus mariannensis which was clearly a cross because of number of lobes on leaf, but I lost it recently.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Any word on work done to create a Jakfruit x Breadfruit hybrid?
« on: March 18, 2015, 02:12:08 AM »
I read that the best altilis selections are seedless - so can hardly produce a cross with something, if used as mother plant.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Toddy palm (Borassus flabelliferus) in Myanmar
« on: March 17, 2015, 01:53:43 PM »
Quote from: bangkok on March 17, 2015, 09:47:46 AM
I know it now, my wife is expert for those fruits.

When they are ripe and you can grow the seed the meat becomes yellow. The Thai smash them and mix it with flower to steam into nice cakes. I ate them a lot but never knew that it was toddy palm.

Ripe seeds you can't open anymore and when they are still white they can become candy.

Thanks for info, now I have to think of it to find a way how to get the nut through customs without problems.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Toddy palm (Borassus flabelliferus) in Myanmar
« on: March 17, 2015, 08:18:47 AM »
Quote from: bangkok on March 17, 2015, 05:16:43 AM
Quote from: Radoslav on March 17, 2015, 03:48:13 AM
Is there a chnace to buy this palm in Europe?

You can grow it from seed if you like.

I googled about them and now i see that those brown coconutthings on the market are toddy palm nuts... ;D

Do you want a whole one?

But also in Holland or Germany i can't find them on internet. I'm pretty sure though that some palm specialst sells them in Europe.

I read that there are in fact 3 seeds inside one nut, so maybe if those seeds are small enough to travel inside big padded envelope without rising too many questions from customs, I could buy one seed if you will have it for sale.

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