With Cangrejo's Sugar Apple you have to be very patient. I grafted mine in January and they started to push 2 weeks ago. They looked  like they were dead however after scratching under the buddy tape, they were still green. I think Ethan had the same experience when he first grafted Cangrejo's S.A. I don't know if this latency is typical of the variety or is typical for a S.A. when grafted or grafted on Cherimoya.

I also noticed that in my area now is the best time to graft Custard Apples and Ilamas.

Cherimoyas are the kings of Annonas. The flavors are so complex that one has to experience it, before one fully appreciates it. My faves Santa Rosa, Campas, and Pierce. Some of these varieties are so delicious that you can eat the skin.

I wonder if the fruit is from a seedling tree?

Carlos, most likely. The known cultivars like San Pablo, Fernandez, IMHO, are excellent. I have yet to try Sarteneja, or some of the Yellow ones that JF brought from Yucatan which I have heard are of excellent quality. Back home, I've never had a bad Chirimoya (reticulata).

Carcarlos, I've had both Fernandez and San Pablo and those pics are not. Both that I had were excellent.

Coņo cubano, que pinta que tienen esas reticulatas!

How would you rate/describe the taste of San Pablo and Fernandez?

To me, definitely there is a difference in taste. They only grit I noticed on both was when you get really close to the skin. So, I wouldn't describe them as gritty. Both were like scooping a berry yogurt. Very creamy. San Pablo had more of an annona taste than Fernandez. Both were gorgeous fruits inside and out. San Pablo had more of sweet scent than Fernandez. I couldn't smell any scent on the Fernandez.  I didn't think they had a lot of seeds considering the size of the fruit. San Pablo seemed  seedier than Fernandez. This was my first time eating any red flesh Custard Apples. Never saw any red ones back home. Both San Pablo and Fernandez are fine cultivars worth propagating. Based on what I remember of how the yellow Custard Apples taste like, I would prefer the taste of the yellow ones, however I have not tasted any yellow ones here in the U.S. Hopefully, I will get to taste one soon. Hope that helps.

Cubiche, that thing looks toxic, are all the San Pablo Red inside? The ones that I have are white and no hint of Red

Carcarlo, all of the ones that I had are red, however the  Fernandez has a more intense red color than San Pablo.

Fernandez - courtery of Julian Lara

Carcarlo, if you successfully grafted all of the ones you mentioned, you shouldn't have any problems grafting annonas. It's very easy. Cleft, veneer, side cleft or side veneer will work. Here in SoCal we use Cherimoya as the rootstock of choice. It has a nice cambium layer and it's very forgiving if you don't line up the cambium layer just right. Hope that helps.

J, that Lisa is Super. Less than a week ago I saw it and it was all stripped.

David, if you get budwood for J, you may be disappointed with the results in Fla.

I have been successful grafting guavas. The only success that I've had was using the veneer graft method. That's it. Nothing else has worked for me. Also the freshness of the budwood is critical. I've had the best results when the scions are grafted the same day they were harvested. It seems that once they take, they grow fast. I did not document the time of the year that I performed those grafts. The last successful graft that I performed I think it was in the middle of the winter. It was Red Malaysian Guava and is pushing already. One more thing, it seems like some of the grafts take awhile to push as well. Hope that helps.

CTMiami, very nice looking fruit. Great for casquitos de guayaba.

Thanks Cubano, did you prep the scions before you harvested them, I tipped mine back 2 weeks before harvesting.

Nope, but I will next time.

Well done, Ethan. I have tried it a few times with no success. I will definitely get some budwood again and give it another shot.