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Ping pong longan
« on: May 08, 2015, 06:38:22 PM »
Just curious... How many of you are anyone you know growing ping pong logan. If so please describe the fruit and taste.
Picture would be great too.
Thanks
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2015, 10:05:07 PM »
I know someone growing the fruit. I tried some, tasted like longan.
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2015, 10:27:58 PM »
Quote from: murahilin on May 08, 2015, 10:05:07 PM
I know someone growing the fruit. I tried some, tasted like longan.

Taste like logan and? Please be more specific. Description on the fruit would help. Thanks
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2015, 10:46:54 PM »
Quote from: RichardN on May 08, 2015, 10:27:58 PM
Quote from: murahilin on May 08, 2015, 10:05:07 PM
I know someone growing the fruit. I tried some, tasted like longan.

Taste like logan and? Please be more specific. Description on the fruit would help. Thanks

No idea. I don't even think the fruit were fully mature.

Here is a link with a pic: http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2187352/an-assault-on-the-fruits-of-puerto-rico
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2015, 01:10:42 AM »
Ate ping pong longan many years ago in Thailand. Don't remember particulars about it's taste, except that it was good. The main selling feature of this cultivar is its large size and also the fact that it is a tropical longan, that is will bear consistently in tropical areas, like Diamond River longan.
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2015, 05:22:31 AM »
Quote from: murahilin on May 08, 2015, 10:46:54 PM
Quote from: RichardN on May 08, 2015, 10:27:58 PM
Quote from: murahilin on May 08, 2015, 10:05:07 PM
I know someone growing the fruit. I tried some, tasted like longan.

Taste like logan and? Please be more specific. Description on the fruit would help. Thanks

No idea. I don't even think the fruit were fully mature.

Here is a link with a pic: http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2187352/an-assault-on-the-fruits-of-puerto-rico
Murahilin,
I know you don't like logan... Stop playing around.....😄 go eat your lychee... Lol
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2015, 08:22:45 AM »
Quote from: RichardN on May 08, 2015, 06:38:22 PM
Just curious... How many of you are anyone you know growing ping pong logan. If so please describe the fruit and taste.
Picture would be great too.
Thanks

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2187352/an-assault-on-the-fruits-of-puerto-rico

Hi Richard.  Great to meet you in person yesterday and thanks for the Ping Pong longan seedling.  I had forgotten, until I read this thread that I was at the farm where we tried the Ping Pong longan.  It was nice tasting.  Much better than Diamond River.  However, it did not have the amazing size that has been quoted (3" in diameter).  The seed to flesh ration was typical for a longan.  The ones we tried did not have underdeveloped or chicken tongue (to use lychee terminology) seeds.  Now as to whether the ones we had were truly Ping Pong......of course is always open to discussion.  Ian, whose farm it was, is pretty particular in his collecting, planting and trying to properly ID things.  But, as we all know, no one and nothing is always perfect.
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2015, 08:24:58 AM »
Just wanted to mention that Kohala can get as large as a golfball but flavor and sweetness diminishes when it's gets this large. Ive had some Kohala that were really large but not quite golfball size and they were excellent. http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=9315.msg161606#msg161606

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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2015, 08:37:57 AM »
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2015, 11:16:46 PM »
Ping pong fruit seeds from last year. Seeds are round smaller then a dime.

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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2015, 08:20:48 AM »
Quote from: RichardN on May 10, 2015, 11:16:46 PM
Ping pong fruit seeds from last year. Seeds are round smaller then a dime.


Any pictures of the fruits?
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2015, 10:02:03 AM »
Quote from: HMHausman on May 11, 2015, 08:20:48 AM
Quote from: RichardN on May 10, 2015, 11:16:46 PM
Ping pong fruit seeds from last year. Seeds are round smaller then a dime.


Any pictures of the fruits?

Sorry no pictures. Trees only set about dozen of fruit first time fruiting. I consume the logan then realize I should of taken pictures. I will make sure to take pictures this time. This is the Vietnames ping pong variety.
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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2015, 10:14:53 AM »
Anyone out there have the red Thailand ping pong logan. Please PM me.





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Re: Ping pong logan
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2015, 04:46:14 PM »
Thanks, Looks different than what we had in Puerto Rico..... which was also supposedly Ping Pong.
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Re: Ping pong longan
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2019, 02:56:56 PM »
Does anyone in here grow longan Ping pong ?. My local nursey just brought several trees from Thailand and I was wondering if it is worth buying because I already have Longan edo.
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Re: Ping pong longan
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2019, 01:18:21 AM »
YES ,I DO AND THEY ARE EXCELLENT
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Re: Ping pong longan
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2019, 03:08:35 PM »
Thanks Waldi.

It seems like there is another interesting longan cultivar called Pink Longan and my local nursery may have it.

http://lemontreenursery.com/other-fruits/longan


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