Thanks, Oscar, now I know the name of those fruits, baccaurea mafai, aka burmese grape.

Also, from recollection and the definitions of langsat-longkong here, it looks like I have never tasted langsat at all in the Philippines but only longkong. And yet people called them langsat. That's how I know the name but have never heard of the word longkong. 

So let me rephase what I said earlier, "I'm a big fan of longkong not langsat". 

That is probably some type of Baccaurea species, like rambai or mafai. Those are totally unrelated plants, but can look similar but taste quite different.

Whatever you decide to do, don't forget to record the process with pictures from the start to the success or failure of the project. I'm sure this will happen to any of us sooner or later and pictures will be extremely valuables in such cases along with detailed notes.

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I was out of town so was not able to reply. I was thinking of pugging but as bsbullie and others pointed out it may not work for this situation. Approach graft idea is really good kh0110, I have a bunch of mango seedlings going on so that may work out well.

nullzero, how about doing an approach graft? Somehow hang a rootstock with its pot near the 2 branches and approach graft them? Just a thought.

From the shape of the skin, this is a different strain from that of Noel's but probably has a common gene. One of Noel's Big SA has a skin that is partly similar to that of Mike's Giant SA shown here.

Another out of season but less runty giant sugar apple that can't crack the 2 lb barrier.I hope to crack the 3lb barrier during the season in 6 months.This particular type has very small seeds and many seedless section yet has a great taste.It will be the last oneouta season one  and I don't know how I missed it.What out FGM  weighing your whoppers because this bad boys big brothers will be back in town!

I've just received a pack of big red and a pack of big green from Noel. They look great and soaking is underway.

I don't think you would want a mixed pack as there are 15 seeds per pack and you would need all of them to make sure you will get at least some to sprout so you could choose the best to keep. The quality of the seeds is of no doubt but how you go about prepping and sowing them could mean all or nothng for you.

 

And what about taste?

Greetings,

Is there a difference between Kampong Mauve and Red/Purple Sugar Apples? If so, what would that be, beside size as in FGM's Big Red?

Below site references 3 types of Red Sugar Apples found in Florida: Kampong Mauve, Smathers and Whitman purple
          http://www.quisqualis.com/sgapjoyanno.html


Thanks.

I'm one of them, but Mike T is trying to convince me to go the (australian) atemoya route. I'm going to give it a try. Don't wanna die stupid. 

The Red Sugar has a smooth grit free texture and tastes like raspberry vanilla custard. All sugar apples have lots of seeds but the pulp is so good that many annona fanatics prefer them over all others! I have many customers that will buy no other annonas but these.     

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I like the flavor of SA's but the seeds are crazy and make me not really want to bother with the fruit.
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The number of seeds is the main reason why I prefer "Chewy" SA. That said, there is a theory that suggests that the number of seeds depends on how much pollens the female flower received. Example, if you hand pollinate and you put on too much pollen onto the female flower (like by poking the brush in more than 3 times), you'll get a fruit with lots of seeds. I have yet to personally verify this hypothesis but it would explain why some SA have a lot of seeds and others have only very few.

One thing for sure, chewy or rubber Sugar Apple have very few seeds generally. 

Haha!
Mark me down for one!

You got it...hopefully a few years from now!!! 

Can you elaborate on the "rubber"? I think that's the one most Vietnamese are after, my wife is no exception 

Hello,

Newbie here, greetings to all.

I believe this is what some of us called Chewy Sugar Apple. It's the one that I've been trying to plant for a few months now ... from seeds. There seems to be a nursery somewhere in Riverside, Socal, that had it on eBay but they seem to have suffered from a "harsh" SoCal winter and have completely disappeard from the eBay scene. I've managed to get some seedlings recently, 3-4 weeks ago, out of seeds from chewy SA from Cambodia. We'll see how that goes.
My plan is to graft some onto Cherimoya rootstocks in hope to get the SA to be a bit more hardy than it originally is.

I've also bought a couple of Kampong Mauve of which one is supposed to be at fruiting age. Next year will tell.