That make sense to me.  The avocados that evolved in colder climates would have higher fat content because of the needs of the extinct great mammals that ate them.

Lindsay i have a new goal for your duriantrips. I was on the or-tor-kor market and saw durians for sale, i asked them how much they cost and it was 700 baht for a kilo, normal price for mongthong is about 60-70 a kilo so i asked which one it was and they said lap lae from Utteradit.

I thought they were trying to cheat me again but my wife told later me that the lap lae durian from Utteradit is something like the mongthong from Nonthaburi. That's why they were expensive.

So if you ever come back to Thailand you have to taste that one as well and tell us if it was worth the money.

Quote from: Soren on November 04, 2014, 02:42:18 PM

Lindsay have provided a good review of Durio kinabaluensis; likely to be the zone pusher you are looking for Adam.

I'm far more inclined to believe that D. kinabaluensis is suitable experimental for subtropical climate than D. Macrantha. I just don't see enough differences in D. Macrantha from regular durian to suggest cold tolerance. I guess time will tell.
Also, no offence to Lindsay but I would not jump head over heels for D. kinabaluensis. Personally I have not tasted it, but I find glory of  many of durian species and some varieties exaggerated in her descriptions. As you already know it does not mean I don't like durians . Ok, shameless plug here, but yesterday I had durian than can be described just the way she does. Super light, fluffy whipped cream, pure goodness of milk chocolate.

Just to be clear regarding messages I got about so called high prices. I choose to go and look for these seeds, instead of going to USA. So, my travel expenses and loss of income should I have gone to USA, outweighs entire potential earnings I'm ever going to get from these seeds.
There were  puddles of water under these trees, and entire shaded areas was heavily infested with mosquitos. I was collecting seeds with constant mosquito buzz in both of my ears. Dengue fever is spreading rapidly throughout SE Asia, and in case you don't know it is as nasty as ebola. I got multiple bites. I may have risked my life for you. For true compensation I should be charging multiple X of current price. It's just partial compensation for my efforts. Please don't lecture me about prices.

Here is second cheapest option should you go guys decide to look on your own. Good luck with your travels:
Honululu to Kuching return ticket.

would be nice with a thread or if people could write recommendations. This guy from spain is maybe in the hospital or something. 

yeah yeah, probably not but for the purity of our minds its better to think that way.

You seem to be a very nice person!

Thank you for your ever vigilant in keeping this forum useable; yes I have notice a lot of scumbags and con artists here like Dorgon on Ebay. We have a lot of people who said they send me stuff but never send anything hoping to get stuff I spend decades breeding & chasing down; so now I have their address; they just don't realize how good the Government train me as an explosive expert.  PM for some great explosive recipe! 
For a directive on making letter bomb & blow these bastards out of our Forum!