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"Chicken Heart" Wampee
« on: May 10, 2013, 05:09:00 PM »
I was wondering if anyone has actually tried the fruit from the Chicken Heart Wampee? If so how does it taste or compare to just regular seedling Wampee?

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2013, 05:12:47 PM »
Hey Ed,

Coincidence of all coincidences. I was just reading info on this variety when i see an email with this posting. I haven't tried wampi, so I'm looking for seeds of any variety.

I see that there is a site on ebay selling a seedling of this plant and many more:

http://stores.ebay.com/Polynesian-Produce-Stand/Fruit-Trees-/_i.html?_fsub=448613011&_sid=57666481&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2013, 05:15:25 PM »
If anyone knows where I can get seeds of wampi, or wampee, please let me know.

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2013, 06:04:24 PM »
If anyone knows where I can get seeds of wampi, or wampee, please let me know.

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Mine have flowers and small fruit now .
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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2013, 06:10:27 PM »
If anyone knows where I can get seeds of wampi, or wampee, please let me know.

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I should be able to find some when they're in season
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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2013, 07:03:42 PM »
I have a couple of grafted chicken heart WampiWe left if anyone is looking for them.

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2013, 07:07:32 PM »
I'm looking for one. I'll PM you for the cost.

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2013, 07:13:32 PM »
I have a couple of grafted chicken heart WampiWe left if anyone is looking for them.

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2013, 11:31:05 PM »
I've tasted the regular Wampee in Fullerton A. what's the difference with the 'chicken heart' wampee?

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2013, 06:34:00 AM »
I've tasted the regular Wampee in Fullerton A. what's the difference with the 'chicken heart' wampee?
From Julia Morton:

" Varieties

A Chinese work translated and published in 1936, mentioned 7 varieties of Foochow, describing and illustrating 6 of them. They vary somewhat in form and size, number of seeds, season of ripening, as well as in flavor:

'Niu Shen' ("cow's kidney")–sour in flavor;

'Yuan Chung' ("globular variety")–sweet-subacid;

'Yeh Sheng' ("wild growing")–sour;

'Suan Tsao' ("sour jujube")–is very sour, of poor quality;

'Hsiao Chi Hsien' ("small chicken heart")–sweet subacid;

'Chi Hsin' ("chicken heart")–sweet; "best flavor of all";

'Kua Pan' ("melon section")–sweet-subacid.

A professor at Sun Yat-sen University in Canton listed 8 varieties of Kwangtung with, as Dr. Swingle stated, long, descriptive names such as "white-hairy-chicken-heart-sweet-wampee" and "long-chicken-heart-sour-wampee"."
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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2013, 06:55:51 AM »
My question was has anyone ever actually tried the fruit? I have eaten fruit from several seedling that had pretty good fruit on them. Is this grafted one really any better? Or will we just have to wait and see?

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2013, 10:02:00 AM »
Also I was wondering if anyone knows who or where this Chicken Heart was selected? I know you can find the description in Julia Mortons book and other places but I'm curious where is the source tree or scion source?

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2013, 11:13:26 AM »
I've tasted the regular Wampee in Fullerton A. what's the difference with the 'chicken heart' wampee?
From Julia Morton:

" Varieties

A Chinese work translated and published in 1936, mentioned 7 varieties of Foochow, describing and illustrating 6 of them. They vary somewhat in form and size, number of seeds, season of ripening, as well as in flavor:

'Niu Shen' ("cow's kidney")–sour in flavor;

'Yuan Chung' ("globular variety")–sweet-subacid;

'Yeh Sheng' ("wild growing")–sour;

'Suan Tsao' ("sour jujube")–is very sour, of poor quality;

'Hsiao Chi Hsien' ("small chicken heart")–sweet subacid;

'Chi Hsin' ("chicken heart")–sweet; "best flavor of all";

'Kua Pan' ("melon section")–sweet-subacid.

A professor at Sun Yat-sen University in Canton listed 8 varieties of Kwangtung with, as Dr. Swingle stated, long, descriptive names such as "white-hairy-chicken-heart-sweet-wampee" and "long-chicken-heart-sour-wampee"."
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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2015, 04:26:34 PM »
Anyone still growing this? 

I have a Chicken Heart that Adam grafted and I rediscovered it when sorting through my "nursery" ::)

Looking for a spot for it, but also want to see if it's good.  Is this species allergic to alkaline soils, like other citrus?
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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2015, 04:08:55 PM »
"Chicken Heart"not much of a name, marketing-wise maybe it lost something in the translation?     

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2015, 04:12:41 PM »
i bought a seedling from Polynesian stand a few months ago.
seems pretty healthy. started off slow, but, growing nicely now.
supposedly Chicken-heart.

i read somewhere you need a male and female tree ?
maybe not, cant find it now...
does a second tree increase fruit production / size /taste ?


https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/wampee.html#Description

found a thread with pics
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=1265.0;all


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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2015, 06:28:05 PM »
i have seen isolated trees fruiting

this is a great fruit!!

I have one planted out in the yard, a grafted chicken heart..probably has some sort of nutrient deficiency, because it's only grown about 8 inch in 2yr

i bought a seedling from Polynesian stand a few months ago.
seems pretty healthy. started off slow, but, growing nicely now.
supposedly Chicken-heart.

i read somewhere you need a male and female tree ?
maybe not, cant find it now...
does a second tree increase fruit production / size /taste ?


https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/wampee.html#Description

found a thread with pics
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=1265.0;all
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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2015, 06:34:59 PM »
i have seen isolated trees fruiting

this is a great fruit!!

I have one planted out in the yard, a grafted chicken heart..probably has some sort of nutrient deficiency, because it's only grown about 8 inch in 2yr

i bought a seedling from Polynesian stand a few months ago.
seems pretty healthy. started off slow, but, growing nicely now.
supposedly Chicken-heart.

i read somewhere you need a male and female tree ?
maybe not, cant find it now...
does a second tree increase fruit production / size /taste ?


https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/wampee.html#Description

found a thread with pics
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=1265.0;all

Can't comment on the chicken heart variety, but there's a huge yeem pay fruiting on my neighbour's property without a partner. Fruit are very good when you get a good one, not unlike loquat but kind of more lemony.   I prefer them without the skin. Very aromatic fruit.

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2015, 06:50:26 PM »
the ones i tasted all reminded me of a lychee and grapefruit (without any bitterness)

i've never had the gumption to eat the skin!  it has a peculiar flavor, reminiscent of the way curry leaves smell...
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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2015, 12:45:00 AM »
the ones i tasted all reminded me of a lychee and grapefruit (without any bitterness)

i've never had the gumption to eat the skin!  it has a peculiar flavor, reminiscent of the way curry leaves smell...

I hear ya. Definitely some kind of  funky absinthian spiciness going on in the skin that I'm not partial to.

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #20 on: April 23, 2020, 11:40:59 AM »
Any one ever graft Wampee onto trifoliata rootstock?

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #21 on: April 23, 2020, 06:20:55 PM »
I haven't, but I have read that it is compatible with citrus.

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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #22 on: April 25, 2020, 02:14:24 AM »
I have a Wampee scion that I recently grafted onto trifoliata and was wondering about the long term compatibility.
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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2023, 05:17:02 PM »
Hello everyone,
Im petty new to growing wamppee. Just wanted to share some pictures of my tree planted a year ago. Also, a couple of grafts i have grafted onto a citrus tree.

Chicken heart wampee tree. Got some buds coming out. Might be blooms




Wampee grafts on citrus grows very slow , forgot name of the variety




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Re: "Chicken Heart" Wampee
« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2023, 09:58:55 PM »
Max, your trees look great!  Hope they fruit soon for you, look forward to hearing your taste report!

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