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« on: January 23, 2012, 06:36:26 PM »
So let me say that Tony, if you have experienced rotten taste when eating black sapote, then the fruit was probably rotten. The fruit that we ate when Lycheeluva and Murahilin were over was a small fruit and despite apparent observations to the contrary, it was not fibrous. The taste was not like mango bloom. It has a mild sweetness and rich sort of vibe which is somewhat piudding like. I have two trees. This is from the larger of my trees and was an airlayer that I bought at one of the Broward Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council sales about 17 years ago. I have no idea where the original plant was from which it was layered. However, this fruit does have a representative quality in flavor and texture is better than some I have tried. I also have a small tree of the Joyner Everbearing (a graft that I did myself from material I got at Gene Joyner's place). I have to agree with Oscar that Black Sapote is worlds more flavorful than Coco Plum. Although I have some Colombian friends that swear that there are sweet ones, I have never encountered any. They are grown in landscapes all over our area and I have literally tasted thousands of fruits, both dark and while skinned. The best ones are like sucking on bland gelatinous cotton....if there were such a thing. However, I keep tasting. One day I might be able to report a finding of something better.
Harry