Cheena

[fruitloopy]

Since Cheena is a hybrid, what kind of consistency in superior fruit can one expect?  Are all Cheena going to taste similar or is there variability?
  Who likes them?  Should I graft one or plant seed?  Who sells a superior grafted one?  Hmmmm, I wonder if a Cheena rootstock topped with a Chempedak scion would succeed in Florida?

[Jaboticaba45]

Since Cheena is a hybrid, what kind of consistency in superior fruit can one expect?  Are all Cheena going to taste similar or is there variability?
  Who likes them?  Should I graft one or plant seed?  Who sells a superior grafted one?  Hmmmm, I wonder if a Cheena rootstock topped with a Chempedak scion would succeed in Florida?

They taste good
And are better than all the jackfruits I’ve had
Get you a grafted one
Most nurseries sell them now
Just do a little digging around

[brian]

I had a batch of these from seed but only kept one.  I found mixed reports, some people say it is better than jackfruit but others say good jackfruit varieties are better, and that champejack is better.  I haven't tried the fruit yet.

[fruitloopy]

I had a batch of these from seed but only kept one.  I found mixed reports, some people say it is better than jackfruit but others say good jackfruit varieties are better, and that champejack is better.  I haven't tried the fruit yet.

I did not know Cheena and chempejack were different.  Not different names for the same thing?

[brian]

I have read they are not the same thing, though I don't recall the details. 

[Jaboticaba45]

I have read they are not the same thing, though I don't recall the details.

I believe they are just different names for the same cross ( jackfruit and cepmedak)
Jackedak
Chepejack
Cheena
All the same?

[Steph]

Chempejak is an English name for crosses of jackfruit and chempedak. There are multiple varieties. Here in Hawaii we have Cheena (or CHNA, NA for Nangka = jackfruit), Nangkadak (introduced by Frankie Sekiya), and Sri Gading (introduced I think by Richard Campbell). I have these three growing and have tried and love the fruit of each of them. I rate Sri Gading as the best. I like them more than jackfruit but I think their fruit is more akin to chempedak and not so comparable to jackfruit. Seedlings of chempejak are highly variable but sometimes quite good.

Aloha, Steph

[Jaboticaba45]

Chempejak is an English name for crosses of jackfruit and chempedak. There are multiple varieties. Here in Hawaii we have Cheena (or CHNA, NA for Nangka = jackfruit), Nangkadak (introduced by Frankie Sekiya), and Sri Gading (introduced I think by Richard Campbell). I have these three growing and have tried and love the fruit of each of them. I rate Sri Gading as the best. I like them more than jackfruit but I think their fruit is more akin to chempedak and not so comparable to jackfruit. Seedlings of chempejak are highly variable but sometimes quite good.

Aloha, Steph

Thanks for the clear up.
Don't know what I ate although it was a hybrid. Anyways it was good.

[fruitloopy]

Chempejak is an English name for crosses of jackfruit and chempedak. There are multiple varieties. Here in Hawaii we have Cheena (or CHNA, NA for Nangka = jackfruit), Nangkadak (introduced by Frankie Sekiya), and Sri Gading (introduced I think by Richard Campbell). I have these three growing and have tried and love the fruit of each of them. I rate Sri Gading as the best. I like them more than jackfruit but I think their fruit is more akin to chempedak and not so comparable to jackfruit. Seedlings of chempejak are highly variable but sometimes quite good.

Aloha, Steph

I bought some Sri gading seeds just a couple days ago.  Are your trees seedling or grafted?  I hope they will survive in Florida 10a

[Steph]

Grafted. Seedlings are quite variable. I don’t find jackfruit “true to seed” either.