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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Great speaker for rare fruit clubs
« on: February 12, 2019, 06:22:25 PM »
So informative!
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Well, that's a bummer! I bought an Excalibur Red earlier this year based on the pictures and descriptions of it being a superior variety, on this forum.Flavor of ours was similar to imported jackfruit - some sweetness with mild hints of cantaloupe and banana, but musty. The texture was crunchy, but flavor makes it unworthy of grafting imo.
For those of you who have tasted it, how would you rate it? I would be ok with the color not matching the description as long as the flavor was good.
Same experience here. Except mine was from budwood that came from the mother tree. Someone must be color blind.
That is terrible. I have an Excalibur Red in the ground and I expect fruit off it in couple of years...I have already been burned once; the Bangkok Lemon I got from Excalibur, which I later realized was a seedling and not a grafted one, turned out to be a soft fleshed variety. The nursery is now talking up Timor Red, but they are yet to release it.
Got the Tamarind and Custard apple from Geo and Lisa sang the mango song for them but just the first word thank goodness
Made my day! My favorite part of the sale is meeting all of the other growers!
The Manatee Rare Fruit Council's annual tree sale is Sunday, May 20th at the Bradenton Area Convention Center.
There are over 20 vendors and typically around 5000 plants.
Admission is free
If you come, stop by and say hello. We would love to meet other fruit growers. Our booth is in the back, inside left corner (Sulcata Grove)
Not to be a PITA but do you know what varieties of White Sapote may be present? Specifically looking for Bonita/Supersweet.
Thanks.
Thanks. I'll probably buy a couple trees. Will there be any mango fruit available for sale?
Are there going to be any mangos for sale?There should be many vendors with mango trees.
I'm really looking forward to this show! What are you most excited to bring to the show? Anything new and exciting?Probably grafted purple passion fruit vines (these are doing great at our place and out producing the non grafted vines with no signs of crown rot so far). Also Fe’i bananas, some Inga trees, a nicely branched Dream and grafted Jackfruit trees which look great right now.
I'm looking for a few fruiting size finger lime plants to add to my collection. Anyone have one they can sell me in Florida or direct me to a nursery in Florida that has fruiting size ? Thanks.I purchased mine at the Manatee Rare Fruit Councils tree sale. The next sale is May 20th at the Bradenton Area Convention Center if you don’t find one before then.
that last one isn't right, it goes to a model's page with only two photos.Thanks! Should be correct now.
Hi. I'm in Sarasota, FLorida. Looking some trees to fill my new home. 3 gal is a plus.
Logan,Mulberry,Guava,Jack Fruit,Sapodilla,Sapote, Kaffir Lime.
Looking to buy
Thank you
Looks 100% like namwa, not blue java. Lucky you--blue java is a great banana, but namwa is a thousand times better.
That is where tastes are subjective. I would rather have a perfectly ripe Blue Java over a perfectly ripe Namwa.
That is exactly what I am hearing as far as size of both Rob! And what you said about Praying hands, I have heard and read that also. It seems to be a bit of a pain to separate the fruit cleanly unless you know otherwise. A very cool specimen to have in the yard, that is for sure. I am literally amazed with the fruit quality of Nam Wah in a smoothie, I just can't see another banana beating it. I made sure to get two different sources of Blue Java, just in case.
I think people abuse the word dwarf. Just cause it has dwarf doesn't mean its going to stay small, its all relative. Yes, the dwarf Namwa can get to 10 feet with no problem but compared to its taller non-dwarf which can exceed 15 feet, its a "dwarf". The same goes for the Reds.
As to Agristarts and tissue culture mixups, I have only seen the problem with Ice Cream and Dwarf Namwa (which after the hiatus in producing the Ice Cream, problem is supposedly fixed). Other mixups could be nursery driven...