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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Attention Big Island Durian Fans
« on: March 23, 2016, 11:14:59 PM »
Yes, thanks for giving me the opportunity to see this. The audio cut out with about nine minutes to go.
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They are doing research in Honduras on the problem trying to invent new types.
The movie The Fruit Hunters with DR. Richard Campbell in it, shows you the crew in Honduras working on the problem. Great movie and it should be on netflix.
I am am all for science, but this seems ridiculous, why not just replace one of the old defunct stations instead?
And then there's flavor. Reading this thread, I wish I could sit next to Oscar of Fruitlovers, sampling the same canistels, to see if the "strong musky taste or annoying cloying sweetness" he detects in many varieties are qualities I would also find objectionable, or maybe the flavors he dislikes are exactly the flavors I love about this fruit. \
Some of the native Australian fruit that occupy the fringes of edibility could easily knock off all on the list.
I'm producing many quality mangoes every year. But it's a lot easier right along the coast than upland. I think you are at 1000 ft. elevation? I probably could produce a whole lot more if i sprayed the trees regularly with copper sulfate, but i don't.
Picked up 3 varieties of canistel at the market, does this one look like a ross to you?
The tree is 6' tall. The pot is 15 gallon.
D24 is also the most popular durian variety in Malaysia.
Getting my Durian cut by the street vendor...woot!..
Yes, what did you pay?
I've been told that mothballs will keep rats and mice out of your engine compartment.
The fact that you had to struggle to open the fruit indicates that it wasn't really ripe.
She starts typing and out pops a new boarding pass...business class baby!!! ..