The Tropical Fruit Forum

There is an exception for Hawaii.

Here's a few fruit photos from last year:







They all look to be setting fruit... fingers crossed!

Kevin

what's the taste and sweetness like?

Are you selling grafted?

hi, anybody selling rollinia seeds.need about 400 seeds.thank you,
kumar

let me get back to you on this.

Singapore jack seeds $1.25/each-Compact tree. Fruits grow up 20-30lbs.  Yellow flesh.
Pingpong Longan. Red blush on the skin.  Very sweet $1.50 per seed.
Cambuca $1.75/seed
Garcinia celebica $2/seed

Thanks

Alupag $10 for 3 *sold out*
Orange cempedak $10 for 5



Eugenia stipitata $10 for 5

where is the orange chempedak come from?  Good amount of arils.  Maybe it's the sri gading hybrid from von boong hoon in Malaysia via Frankie?

some are starting to germinate $6 per seed.

Quote from: ben mango on August 22, 2024, 12:18:47 PM

Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on August 22, 2024, 10:42:42 AM

I sent my only caesia to one of the growers in a better climate.
I think there's less than 5 total in the USA LOL.
I tried to graft onto mango too, but idk if they're compatible.
I also heard theres at least 3 types of caesia so who knows which one it is.

m. indica isnt compatible with caesia. They are too distant of relatives. I’ve tried 2 different caesias, not sure what the 3rd type would be like. The indicators to determine which type of caesia it is based on the exocarp is when it’s a brown / dull colored that is the sour type and if it’s green they are generally the sweet ones. Wish we had them here

Where were the seeds shipped out from lance? I haven’t seen or heard of m. kemanga before

Yeah, my friend told me that too, but I tried nontheless.
I did not get them from Lance...it seems extremely tough to find.

so from what I'm seeing online, kemanga and caesia are pretty close to each other. however, there is a difference in natural range, flower inflourescence and small differences in the leaves. 

How’s the fruit compare to m. caesia? Any hints of pear or soursop?

I can't comment on taste since I just imported the seeds.  However, this batch when I opened the bag the fragrance was unreal.  Not a mango. It is what you would imagine as a tropical mixed drink would be like.

I asked the seed source and he placed it as a sweet sour taste.  Of course with this and caesia, there is probably seedlings variability as I've heard there are sour caesias.  The only way to get the best would be to somehow import scions which I don't think is an option at all. 

My Topaz has a nice flush. 

$5 per seed + shipping.

Can Luc”s be grafted to another garcinia like IMBE.
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for sure the new world garcinias can be a roostock for luc's.  i think imbe can be used also. not 100%. 

Cheena with huge arils. $2.25 per seed


Escalarte jabo $1.50

Someone posted that they are $160 for a plant at Frankie’s.i think I’ll wait till these are cheaper and easily available in 10yrs time. 😭

Ask me in 8yrs.