Delicious, no-smell papaya, but small...

[jez251]

Sorry for reusing the same image from a different thread, but wanted to see if anyone knew what type of papaya this is. It's a very sweet, seedless, non-smelly, but small (grapefruit-sized) fruit.

Also, any ideas as to the seedless part? I read that this is most likely due to being females with no pollination, but usually the flavor is subpar on those, Not the case on this one.



Jaime

[greenman62]

are there no seeds at all, not even 1 or 2, or under-developed seeds ?

is this one of its first fruits ?
a couple of times i grew papaya, and the first one or two fruit
had no seeds, then the rest were normal for some reason...
ive heard that happening with other people also.
not sure of the cause... Papaya sex is a strange one.

thats some healthy looking fruit... making me salivate

[jez251]

No seeds at all, and this is the first fruit. I am OK with mostly seedless but I would like to grow more of these from the seeds, yet as you say papaya sex can be tricky.

Jaime

[greenman62]

just had a very sweet custardy, buttery papaya...
i actually had to cut down the plant though
it was shading out too much stuff i had... dragonfruit and others
and it was a terrible producer. this is one of only 4 fruit it produced

[jez251]

The pulp has the texture of a delicious, ripe mango!

Yeah, I usually get rid of some of my poor-tasting papaya trees as the fruit attracts rodents to my yard.

Jaime