Quote from: 1988GD on August 12, 2017, 05:49:06 PM

It is getting soft and the spikes some  turning black on the ends
So it seems to be getting ripe in a day or two. Would the seeds be worth saving and germinating to try to grow it?

Definitely a rollinia (aka biriba), not atemoya. You can eat it now. Spikes don't need to turn black. Some like it better before full ripeness as they tend to get a bit mucous when fully ripe. Yes the seeds are worth saving and easy to sprout.

I think it's a #4. I need to see the tag. I got it from a local nursery. I did not graft it myself. Supposedly its the dwarf nam doc mai version of the larger tree. I am trying to condense trees to make more space.

As with many from South Florida, the concensus seems to be be that the rains created a less than stellar mango flavor year.

I'm in Indian River county with above average rainfall this year.

Glenn- Early ones were not as flavorful as some of the later fruit

Carrie- Great taste this year with good production

Nam Doc Mai- Good production with three separate blooms, did not seem to be affected flavor wise from the rains.

Lancetilla- Mine dropped early from the trees and only a few are ripening properly

Valencia Pride- Splitting and off flavors

Keitt- Still on the tree, yet to be determined

Cogshall- Mixed bag, some less than flavorful and some outstanding. Kind of a mystery

Ice Cream- Great flavor this year but small production

All in all a steady production summer, we have had a plate or two of mango in the kitchen each day since mid-late May.

...and I think I'm up 10lbs. 

The only fruit of mine that was lacking in flavor was Coco Nut cream I got maybe 25. Just not that coco nut cream taste. A little washed out. Ice Cream I had 2 they were ok .Truly Tropicals were better. Angie had 10 on 2 trees ok just not real sweet. Carrie 100 on first bloom good 100 on second bloom better. Venus 3 first fruit on tree good never had one before.

So I have an Angie. May be a Angie/Mah/NDM since all 3 are rather compact growers? Thoughts. I do have a pina colada and coco cream that I can put together as well. Just trying to make room.

It was very juicy. Very little fiber.
I would say it was perfectly ripe.
Here it is still on the plant...



Also... I was looking at FruitLovers website last night and noticed the photo of Star Cherries shows a fruit with a loose looking seed.

My plants came from Adam in Florida.

Kevin

Here's a couple of photos of the fruit and seed.
I noticed another fruit today was also sprouting.

Kevin

Quote from: johnb51 on August 10, 2017, 03:05:22 PM

I find it a little hard to believe that you can get commercially grown stone fruits that are equal to homegrown, tree-ripened fruit, due to the fact that they have to picked hard to withstand handling and shipping.  Maybe if the fruit went directly from a small, specialty grower to a fruit stand or a specialty store...

The farmers market here actually have very good fruit selection.  These pluot I got today at the farmer market.  Dapple dandy, flavor grenade, and flavor gem.  They told me these were from Fresno area.  Too me these taste like they picked them yesterday.  Really fresh and juicy with lots of sweetness and sour for the dandy and gem.  Where as the flavor grenade was like and explosion of fresh watery crunch of sweetness.  I think the fresh fruits in San Diego and LA is pretty fresh.  Often time it is about a day in delay from pick to shipment to store when it comes to produce delivery in California. 

Looks 100% like namwa, not blue java. Lucky you--blue java is a great banana, but namwa is a thousand times better.