Great talk! There was quite a bit of practical information in there that's great to know about, even if you're not in Florida.
And he's a funny guy too!! 

Thanks for taking the time out to share the lecture. Thank you.

Earl's so cute!!! I loved the story and his cute videos. hehe It's funny to see him turn his nose up at star fruit and go for Jaboticabas
He sure is a lucky fellow!!!

Very nice pictures Richard. 

Please report back when one ripens up.
I'd love to see what it looks like when ripe.

Congratulations on the harvest Puglvr!!

They look great. I hope you got them all packed and frozen. Enjoy!!..

I usually enjoy them just thawed enough to peel off the shell.. and then pop the rest, still frozen into my mouth, or in drinks in place of ice. They make a nice summer treat.

 

Congratulations SCGil!!

And Nice work to All those who grow plants in pots!!
It's great to see such healthy plants. Well done everyone. 

Harun, what a nice, huge greenhouse! It looks wonderful so far! Good luck and have great fun planting.
I'd love to see the pics of it all planted in. 

Hey Brandon,

No, these were seeds I got before I found this great site.

The seedlings I have from your seeds are doing just fine. They will be 2 yrs old this year, so they may or may not flower this year, but most likely next year. How are your seedlings doing? Did you plant them out?

I actually butchered two twice in my attempts to graft them (I'm terrible at it! ). But reticulatas are really resilient; they keep bouncing back!

Now if my seedlings produce anything other than that beautiful fruit you have pictured, I'm coming for you!!

Hehehe  I'm just kidding. In all seriousness, I don't doubt the integrity of your seeds. I'm still very grateful to you for sharing them with me.

Thank you so much, I owe you one.

Is that fruit from the seeds I sent you?  If so, here is the fruit the seeds came from. I only had the one fruit that year there is not much room for error.

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=5179.msg70578#msg70578

Thank you for the great information, Har.

It's interesting how the two traits of red color and hardiness seem to be associated with each other. Maybe they are linked genes or close to each other on the same chromosome, thus inherited together. 

  Your opinion is greatly appreciated! Your knowledge and vast experience in the field are an invaluable asset to amateurs like me. I am constantly learning something new from your posts.

P.S. I fruited my first 'Lisa' last year. My dad babied it all through out his visit in summer, but it only turned color and ripened after he went back home. He was absolutely overjoyed by how pretty it was in the pics I sent home. Thank you so much

You are on the right track.

Not only does redness seem to be recessive, except perhaps where humans have long selected for redness, but red-fruited Annonas also seem to be a little less hardy than green ones or yellow ones.

I never took a single course in genetics, so these opinions are from field observations and seed-house observations.

I just picked my first (USA) A. reticulata this last week!! 

I had planted seeds sourced as a red reticulata, and from the 3 plants I have, one fruited for the first time; however, it turned from green to a yellow.

I thought I still had time as it was a little on the small side still, but that may be due to the small tree and the fact that it is it's first fruiting. It softened up on the tree and I guess the yellow is as far as the color change was going to go. Here are a few pics...

Looks like a boxing glove..




January this year




At harvest...








The fruit was creamy, with no grit. The yellow fruit from a supposedly red parent got me thinking. There is always a possibility that I was sent the wrong seeds, but keeping a positive mind, I have a feeling genetics has something to do with it.

I remember reading a post from Har (Guanabanus) about Red Annona squamosa seeds, and that not all seeds planted from the red sugar apple will turn out red (some may turn out green) as the red trait is a recessive one. I tried searching for the post but I could not find it. I was wondering if it may be true for reticulata too, and if so, could the red color trait be recessive for all Annonas?

Another interesting post is Asaffron's thread on Annona reticulata hybrids and the 2 Belizean Brazilian hybrid seedlings from the same source, one was kimber red and the other a yellow.

 http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=1211.100

Genetics is really interesting. Does anyone have any experience or information on the red trait in annonas, or  other recessive/dominant traits for annonas?
 

Thanks for the pictorial, Sleepdoc.
The close up on the female 'tubules' is beautiful!!

Thanks

Tabernaemontana elegans, also called toad tree

Congratulations Adam..

Good luck with the move, hope it's a smooth transition!

Can't wait till you're settled in...

Thank you Oscar..