The Tropical Fruit Forum

"Emerich #1" produces the largest cherry, a nicely flavored fruit, but with fairly strong "wild" black cherry flavor notes.

"La Roca Grande" is a selection by Ben Poirier. The fruits have a slightly milder taste than "Emerich #1". They are a little smaller than "E. #1" fruits, and ripen to a dull reddish color. ("E. #1" fruits ripen to a deep, blackish-purple color.)

"Late Lomeli" is a seedling from the capulin grove in Conejo Park (established by the local CRFG chapter). This one comes into prime ripeness about a week or two after the other cultivars. It tastes the closest to a European P. avium sweet cherry. The main drawback to this selection is that the cherries are small, nanking cherry-sized.

Has anyone had the fruit of the Queen of the Night/Night-blooming Cereus before?(not sure what the scientific name is, apperently every cactus in he world is called Night-blooming cereus) I see it ornamental alot (and ours was considered an ornamental) but it has like tennis ball sized fruits this year for the first time. Red with tons of spines.

I don’t think the site actually loses any messages. I haven’t seen that happen.

What color fruit are these from?

I tried to get some shipped from mexico but ALL cacti are cites protected there including common ones and non natives.

  Unfortunately, the PQML vine was dead like Kaz mentioned in the thread.

The really slow growth low vigor is the problem. I get a lot of dwarf types that barely grow at all from grape seed. I get fed up and just pull the up. Curiously both excessive inbreeding and excessive outbreeding cause this. Self pollinated seedlings or similar highly inbred ones. Inbred ones if you cross them again vigor is restored and they turn normal. Or two species of grape that are far apart or complex hybrids some of them come out vigorous some come out stunted depending how the genes mix but that will eventually breed out of them as well and return to normal in a few generations if the abnormal ones are tossed. Could be a mutation but inbreeding and crossbreeding is the most common cause. A plant might pollinate itself. A small percent will have semi normal growth despite being inbred but many will be stunted or weird.

I just don't have the patience to wait years on a slow growing plant.

If only some citrus nerd had an infinite amount of help, time, and land, to all our benefit!