This is one of the most successful fruit trees at our place. The trees are already massive after six years, and it looks like we're going to have a big wave of fruit this year from them.
Cons:
-Don't fall when ripe.
-The woody stem is steadfast to the branch.
-The usual Annonaceae gripe about lots of seeds.
-Requires telescopic pruner-style picker, but there are some fruits even higher than the 5 or 6m reach of that tool.
-The pulp doesn't seem to store well. I put some in a sealed tupper in the freezer and it got oxidized and lost its flavor - not sure if this is just due to the freezer not being cold enough or if the fruit is prone to that.
-It doesn't seem like it would be good to put the pulp in a food dehydrator - but I'd love for someone to prove me wrong on that.
-People sell fresh fruits for peanuts during the season - it's the usual race to the bottom of Peruvian rural living. It doesn't even make sense for us to pick, pack, transport, and fertilize our trees for the prices they get sold for. Even retail. We're talking cents not dollars per decent-sized fruit.
Pros: One of the best-tasting fruits (at least when fresh). Prolific. We have lots of trees.
If we could just figure out a good value-added product from it that's easy and doesn't require a factory, we might be able to bootstrap a business from it. Otherwise it's probably just more food for the parrots and toucans.
