The Lemon Zest I planted at my mom's house has begun to push new growth. There appears to be some flowers. How is everyone else's doing?

I think the only source right now may be Excalibur in Lake Worth.

where can I get one! WOW!

Did the fruits hold, and mature?  and make quality fruits?

What variety is this?

Thanks so much for teaching me how small they can be fruited!!!

Those pics were all taken at Excalibur in Lake Worth. I don't recall if it held the fruit because I think the tree was sold. It was one of the Mai varieties I believe. I have seen bangkok lemon seedlings in 1 gallons with male flowers. I don't know what is the smallest size tree I've tasted the fruit from though. If it was a small enough variety like the new Excalibur Gold I would think it would be able to hold and mature a fruit in a 7 gallon if the fruit were supported.

Jeff,

I just took a tour of Pine Island Nursery a month ago, they airlayer small branches of spanish lime!!! 

I forgot totally about this!  Small wraps on about 14 inch branches, all over...the dude working told me they do it this way... I was surprised.

SORRY I FORGOT!

I remember seeing a bunch of airlayers at TREC too. They were branches with a diameter of less than 1 inch. Har also recommended air layering of the spanish lime.

Come on folks, chocolate has to do with the color, not the taste! I think we need to taste fruits with our sensory organs rather than our brains. I think too often we taste them with our cerebral expectations, myself included. For example, I remember i was terribly dissapointed when i first tasted mangosteen and i did not think it was the best fruit in the world! 
That said, the black sapote does make an incredibly fabulous chocolate mousse. Try it and see. Just add cream, cocoa powder, a bit of honey, and a twist of lemon, and blend it all up.
Oscar

Oscar,
That recipe sounds like it would taste awesome. Can you please give some more exact quantities or the quantities you recommend of each ingredient. I have no idea how much of each I should add.

I did most airlayers as I would do with lychee and longan. But I also did it on 2-3 very large limbs (as Morton says in her book) with no success... but guys, I'll try again ;-)

Mura, please keep us updated on this :-)

If you haven't tried, approach grafting works well. It has a very high success rate.

I stand by my comment that the cherimoya's had too much flavor. The texture was nice and I did like the flavor, there was just too much of it. Not something I can eat much of. The black sapote was not bad. Was just kinda bland. I think Gerry may have been picking up the smell of the mango blossoms around him and that is why he thought the black sapote tasted like mango blossoms (maybe it was the scent from the pickering mango blossom I accidentally broke off. Sorry about that Harry). The pommelo was the best tasting fruit we had.

Here are some pics from the fruit tasting at Harry's.

That sign is for longkong, which is different from langsat. Longkong is a much bigger fruit, almost seedless, and has none of the bitterness of langsat. Another + is that longkong is faster bearing and more vigorous than langsat.
Oscar

Do you consider the longkong to be a different species and not just a variety of the langsat? I've seen it described as a variety as Noel's picture of the tag at Fairchild's shows and also as a different species.

Oscar...I thought the "laterfolia" was misidentified as brasiliensis by Bryan and others but later determined to be laterifolia?  There are all kinds of publications from independent to government and they all refer to laterfolia.  How is this a name error and not accepted?  Is plantlist.org the lead dog on naming?  I see where some still refer to this as brasiliensis.  I've always seen Whitman's cherichuela referred to as garcinia spp.  I also see the achachairu referred to as garcinia sp.  This is terrible that such an important fruit family of plants can be left in such a state of confusion.  So if laterfolia is not recognized as a proper name, why do these pubs continue to use it?  So one can assume that garcinia sp/spp is given to a plant that they have no idea how to name yet?  I know this horse has been beat to death and beyond but it seems to just get more confusing each day that goes by.  I like laterifolia.  It has a nice ring to it.  All in favor?!!!  Say Aye!   

Plantlist.org is not the lead list in naming. Their website even says "The Plant List is not perfect and represents work in progress. Our aim was to produce a ‘best effort’ list by 2010 to demonstrate progress and stimulate further work." That seems to mean that they are collecting the information from other sources and not a primary source themselves. So to answer your question Jay... Aye!

Quote from: FloridaGreenMan on January 21, 2012, 07:52:04 PM

The Achachairu (Garcinia spp?) is an awesome fruit ! One of the BEST garcinias I have tasted 

Noel,

Looks like what they call the G. santa cruz i think...

until I see leaf....were they pointed almost like mango?

I've seen a few different species names for the same fruit. I guess G. santa cruz is another to add to the list. Maybe one day with proper DNA testing the Garcinias will be properly labeled.

Took a walk around the yard today, and a bunch of my mango trees are starting to push flower buds   

I can't wait.  Khun See, Pim Saen Mun, and Nam Doc Mai are pushing big time, and those 3 have never fruited in my yard as of yet. 

I also see some push on Alphonso, Cogshall, Rosigold, Fairchild, Carrie, Heidi, and Pickering.

I expect to see Heidi fruit this year, but as of now, no activity ..

Also no push yet on Glenn, Valencia Pride, Haden, Mallika, or Choc Anon.

My Alanpur Baneshan is very small, It was pugged to a 6 inch stump last winter, and is now in full bloom at 2 ft tall.

Too young and still dormant are PPK, Lemon Zest, Coconut Cream, Harvest Moon, Pina Colada, Langra Benarsi, Neelam, Cushman, and Hindi Bessenara.

Sleep,
Which of the new mangos are you most excited about?

If you just click randomly on the map a pin will show up. You can click as many times as you like and every time you click somewhere else on the map, the pin moves. I took the liberty to place a pin for you in Palm Springs to see if it was working. You can go into your profile and click anywhere else on the map to move it. If you type a city into the box it will automatically place a pin there.

Here is a pic of a Yucatan Red Custard Apple it was sicking sweet I could only stand two bits

The best fruits in the entire picture are those mombins. Delicious. I could eat those every day.