The Tropical Fruit Forum

Good season but not much durian..yet?

All 3 have uniquely different flavors, so comparing the three is really based off personal preference.  Rambutan can vary a lot in flavor and texture from variety to variety. With that said, I will go with lychee , more juicy than a rambutan and the kaimana ones I’ve eaten a lot of are generally sweeter than any rambutans I’ve had.

Dabai - very tasty, calorie dense food. If I ate a kilo I would be full for hours. Seem like a pain to harvest and I’ve heard only 1 in 10 trees will produce a female tree but still doesn’t make sense to me why they aren’t more commonly grown outside of Borneo. Taste I would describe is something between an olive and an avocado. Definitely in my top 10

Durian in Singapore was amazing, granted there are many vendors with subpar quality. Could be said about anywhere. I could spend an easy $100 a day in Singapore eating durian sometimes closer to 200. That’s just too much for me. My best experience buying durian was in Davao where I would get choice arancillo durians anywhere from $1-3 a piece. The flavor is very strong when you find a good one and overall the experience was just as good as any musang king I’ve tried

Very common in Hawaii and many parts of SE Asia

Miami fruit has cupuacu fruit for sale...
who wants to pay $87 for 1?
 

I think like cacao, the seeds are where the real value is. The fruit tastes like unsweetened yogurt / bland durian. I would only eat it if there was nothing else to eat

I was growing Concorde grapes for some time and much like jabo they have seeds and thick skin, and it definitely makes them hard to consume in volume.

This is why they are not a highly sought after fruit. I have seen jabo’s just sit at farmers market with very few, if any people buying them. Still worth growing but you’d have to be crazy to devote your life to growing and collecting them. I agree they are nice for growing in a greenhouse due to how compact the plants are.

I went in late dec into January both years I went. It seems this is usually when the main season is but sometimes comes earlier or later. I based this off when people on the forum were selling seeds in years past. It’s possible the year Peter went the season started early or that there were 2 seasons, from which I gather can happen. There were some mangiferas when I visited such as m. pajang, probably the most widely grown mangifera on Borneo. The flavor was just ok for me, and just like anything I’m sure the flavor varies a lot from tree to tree. I came across m. caesia once on the way to Tenom at a roadside stall but I was not impressed with the flavor. I figured this could not be the same “white mango” people talk about so highly in Bali. All the fruits seems a bit more adventurous than me as he went to Kalimantan and did some foraging in the jungles. Also worth noting, I did come across a durio z x dulcis at a roadside stand/ market outside of Miri. Glad you had a good experience with kutejensis Peter, as the ones I tried were all pretty dry. I remember Lindsay showing there are some good ones to be found in Sibu.

I was in Sipitang and Lawas and at that time there was more graveolens around than there were Zibethinus. Another slight distinction I notice from this picture compared to dulcis is that the fruit shape resembles that of a more typical durian, dulcis are usually round like a small basketball

You could say that

Sorry I meant to post this: https://www.petersonpawpaws.com/germinate-seeds/

I’m in SE Pennsylvania

Selling these for $1 per seed , minimum of 20 plus shipping. Shipping is $2-12 in the states depending on if it’s shipped priority or not.

Varieties available are Shenandoah, Susquehanna and a wild type. Shenandoah has a mild, sweet, with a custard-like texture. Also have some Susquehanna, which have a stronger flavor and the flesh is more yellow. The wild types vary in quality but can be really good.

Here’s info on how to germinate paw paw-
https://www.petersonpawpaws.com/germinate-seeds/