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Add: (2 x seed pack) Pouteria sp abacate sold

Awesome looking fruit and trees. How long from seed to fruit more or less?

I think a little over 4 years. I had them in pots for a while and stunted them a bit I think.

Quote from: mikesid on August 30, 2025, 08:31:48 AM

Saramoyo seedlings from JF starting to ripen up. So, far the Ticul has ripened and was the best Annona Ive had so far. Strong berry flavor with hints of wintergreen, very sweet. Creamy with no grit. I forgot to get a pic of it.

Here is a shot of the Yulu Red:



Ticul:


RMA22:

I told JF about your post. Per JF, he thanks your honesty.

Tell Frank Im very impressed with the others too! Its unfortunate that some of the other varieties I was growing didnt make it.

Im growing another Coccoloba species called Coccoloba spinescens. Tradewinds had an interesting description so i picked up some seeds a a few years back.

" A very attractive Sea Grape relative, with long clusters of small, fleshy, bright white fruits. Very little information is available about this species, but the fruits are said to be edible, with a very sweet flavor. Little known, but could also make for an attractive ornamental. Bushy, shrubby tree to several feet."

Would be interesting if they could hybridize.

Quote from: mikesid on September 04, 2025, 12:40:29 PM

Just went and checked and the RMA22 is soft!!!

Would love to see a cross section of the fruit!

completely forgot! will get a pic of the next one.

Added:
Saramoyo

Red Yulu
RMA22

Quote from: mikesid on September 05, 2025, 05:41:07 AM

Quote from: MadFarm on September 04, 2025, 09:29:02 PM

How's it taste?

Its sweet, taste like pumpkin, pasty, and a little seedy. I put the fruit including the spinescens through a seive and collected the pulp. I added that to some abiu and made a sorbet. It tasted like pumpkin sorbet. Im gonna try baking in something next.

What's your subjective overall opinion of the value of this annona?  How tall is it?

as far as flavor goes its not a strong flavor or very sweet. It needs to be processed for any edible use. Too many seeds to eat out of hand. it grows like a shrub. seem to be drought tolerant as well. though i think the person i got the seeds from said they were growing in a swampy area. might be a good rootstock for something.

the other related annonas, spinescens and aff nutnas Im growing are both superior in flavor(more sweet) and fruit size. i started cross-pollinating them too so maybe will get some variations.

 This one looks a lot like mamey. Super slow growth. Once it gets some side branches I’m gonna attempt to approach graft some mamey rootstock.

Looks like a smaller tree, how big is the tree? Have you tried grafting to canistel?

Yeah its more of a spreading lower growing plant. Its about 3-4' tall but spreads about 6'. I havent tried grafting it yet. It just seems so different from outher Pouterias Im wondering what will work. I do have some canistel seedlings so I'll have to try an approach graft and see how it goes.

Quote from: mikesid on September 04, 2025, 02:25:00 PM

The TMR has been the best Jack I’ve tried. Great flavor…Very sweet and crispy. I harvested the first one and have three more to go on first time fruiting.

Mike, what color was your fruit?

 the first one i had was more red and the second was more orange.

This tree grows fast! Hasn’t started flowering yet but I think it’s soon.