Help find the lost soursop variety!

[FloridaGreenMan]

My Guanabana was a seedling from Puerto Rico. Produced 2 crops per year of a very good tasting fruit although it did have fiber as mentioned by Harry. It fruited in it's 4rd year and by the 6th year was producing over 100 lbs per year. I used to sell the fruit at the local Farmer's Mkt.  I named it the Mario1 and Hopkin's Nursery actually grafted it and sold grafted trees. I have never heard of one that produced this well in Florida. Yes the Fiberless is nice but here another name for it here is the "fruitless".  Just a poor producer. Hurricane Wilma finally took out the Mario1 although I hope that someone else in Florida may still have it.  The photo shows part of a typical summer crop for a tree grown outdoors and totally unprotected in the winter.         

[nullzero]

Sorry to hear about your loss , when I have something special I try to source it to friends asap. Never know when something unexpected can happen.

[Tropicalgrower89]

My Guanabana was a seedling from Puerto Rico. Produced 2 crops per year of a very good tasting fruit although it did have fiber as mentioned by Harry. It fruited in it's 4rd year and by the 6th year was producing over 100 lbs per year. I used to sell the fruit at the local Farmer's Mkt.  I named it the Mario1 and Hopkin's Nursery actually grafted it and sold grafted trees. I have never heard of one that produced this well in Florida. Yes the Fiberless is nice but here another name for it here is the "fruitless".  Just a poor producer. Hurricane Wilma finally took out the Mario1 although I hope that someone else in Florida may still have it.  The photo shows part of a typical summer crop for a tree grown outdoors and totally unprotected in the winter.         

Does Hopkins still sell mario1 guanabana?

[FlyingFoxFruits]

My Guanabana was a seedling from Puerto Rico. Produced 2 crops per year of a very good tasting fruit although it did have fiber as mentioned by Harry. It fruited in it's 4rd year and by the 6th year was producing over 100 lbs per year. I used to sell the fruit at the local Farmer's Mkt.  I named it the Mario1 and Hopkin's Nursery actually grafted it and sold grafted trees. I have never heard of one that produced this well in Florida. Yes the Fiberless is nice but here another name for it here is the "fruitless".  Just a poor producer. Hurricane Wilma finally took out the Mario1 although I hope that someone else in Florida may still have it.  The photo shows part of a typical summer crop for a tree grown outdoors and totally unprotected in the winter.         

IF mario1 is alive, hopikins has it, or some random grower who managed to keep theirs alive, when yours died (chances are slim I bet)

Hopkins is best bet, have you asked them?

[FloridaGreenMan]

I had asked them a few years ago and was told that they lost all Mario1's in a freeze. Don't forget it is much colder where they are now located compared to their old place in Davie FL.   

[Cookie Monster]

A couple of years back, I tracked this cultivar down to a grower in California. He wanted more than I could afford for the budwood, so I declined the offer :-). He was growing it in a greenhouse.

[TropicalFruitHunters]

C'mon, Ethan, you tight-ass!  Give it up!   

[Ethan]

If I had it, I would be doing the happy dance!   It has me curious, I know a few fellows out here with nice GHs.........?

-Ethan

[Berto]

Noel,
If you find the lost graviola (soursop), great!  If not, I just germinated some seeds of a Guatemalan graviola and I hope it will adapt well to the Fort Myers area. I believe in growing trees from seeds.  I think it is a lot of fun, and I may end up with something nice!