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Looks interesting, Luc. I'll be looking forward to more details about the fruit. Is this a local species or is this a tree in your collection that has lost its marker?
John
I really like to eat the pitangatuba fruit but allot of people don't like it. I have 10 plants and am really
starting to have some fruit. I took two fruit today to my accountant along with yellow grumichama and
zill's black suriname cherries. My accountant did not like the pitangatuba but really liked the others?
I must have eaten 10 pitangatubas today. I have two children and one likes it one doesn't. More for me!
Went to aphis office today and found out I can't use my small seed lot permit to bring seeds with me. Have to mail the seeds to myselfThat is not true, unless they just changed it? I used the small seed lot permit very many times to bring seeds back in persohn. Did you talk to somebody in charge? There are new agents that may not know what they are talking about.
Right now and will have a few more weeks.They are currently in the supermarkets. They are all grown in central coastal queensland.
how is it in terms of commercial success? I wonder if Hawaii would see a drive for having commercial interest in this. but for the most part, VERY few people know about it and it's more of a novelty. people i have given this fruit to, all like it, but they complain it's too small or not enough meat. Wish we could get going on diversifying our tropical fruit consumption beyond the staples.
Yes i think that's what we all wish. But the truth is that introducing a new fruit to commercial markets takes many years, a lot of effort, plenty of advertising, and lots of in market free samples. Surprisingly most people are reluctant to try or experiment with new fruits, especially if they are costly.
Right now and will have a few more weeks.They are currently in the supermarkets. They are all grown in central coastal queensland.
tLongkong. Is that somethign people want to trade for? Is it the same as langsat/lanzones that we find in Hawaii? If so, I'll keep my eyes peeled out for it.Longkong not same as langsat. Longkong is bigger, better, and not bitter,, plus usually seedless.
me in yangon..
"Dammit, another one without seeds. Gotta keep eating till I find a seed." Ha ha ha. Well, I should just enjoy it!
You gotta eat a kilo or more of longkong just to get a few seeds.
I posted all this information in a past separate previous thread, but will repost here. Shawi is the same as mulchi, just different indigenous names for same fruit. Jim West realized long ago that Eugenia subterminalis was wrong name for the mulchi. He later told me correct name is Eugenia inflata. The giant mulchi is just a large selection of same fruit, Eugenia inflata, that he has made.
The one that Jim is calling dwarf mulchi is a different species of eugenia but Jim doesn't know what species it is yet. I have seeds of dwarf mulchi right now if anyone is interested? This plant fruits a lot faster than the Eugenia inflata.
Longkong. Is that somethign people want to trade for? Is it the same as langsat/lanzones that we find in Hawaii? If so, I'll keep my eyes peeled out for it.Longkong not same as langsat. Longkong is bigger, better, and not bitter,, plus usually seedless.
Check out the street fruit vendors. There were pretty good durians when i was there in December. There are unusual cultivars of mangoes in Myanmar, but you won't be able to bring any back unless you can manage to get a phyto. It's hard to get anything done there without a translator because very few people speak english.
