The Tropical Fruit Forum

Annona Dioica and Globiflora graft to Cherimoya and survive and flower in Nor Cal. Coaxing fruitis another thing. Kwai muk is glacially slow and no flowers so probably just a cool ornamental for CA.
Had Kwai Muk been fruited in FL I wonder . The fruits were sour as can be when I tried them in Hawaii.

Thanks Jonah I’d love to get those Annonas grafted someday. So far I found Spinescens grafts to cherimoya good so far but I’m afraid to try it outside the greenhouse. Yes Kwai Muk is so slow growing. A guy in Modesto Ca has a fruiting tree but it’s over 10 years old and I don’t think it produces much

Also this question made me want to start a hardy rare specie and hybrid discussion. So I think it’s pretty cool Kwai Muk survives unprotected no problem here but so far that’s the only one I’m aware of. Any wild species? For a while for Annona cherimoya and Atemoya were the only ones but now I’m discovering A. Rugulosa, Emarginata and a few others can survive. Pouteria is also very sparse. Lucuma, green sapote, and sp Santa Catarina are all I’m aware of for CA 9B. For Garcinia so far none are proven but I have hopes for G. Multiflora and xanthochymus. I don’t mind sour fruits btw and I generally like fruits that are not very appreciated like Ubajay for example. So I would appreciate any recommendations even if they aren’t as high quality as their relatives

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I’d love to hear updates on this. I have a black sapote tree in the ground for around 4 years. It’s pretty hardy on its own rootstock. Virginians graft would be cool to see if it makes it even hardier

Thanks Mark!

Let me know how it goes. I’ll sell some seedlings if you want. I think I planted in normal peatmoss perlite mix

I have Che seedlings and medlar seeds available. I have 2 varieties of medlar and macrocarpa is very good and they ripen on the tree

In Florida I saw one blooming in June. The bees and beetles were going crazy on them

Quote from: fruit4me on November 13, 2023, 04:49:26 PM

Some old pictures of the fruits

Wow! That is stunning! When do they bloom in comparison to lychee and longan?

I was going to buy a Ruby longan but the guy told me it won’t produce fruit? I was thinking maybe they just produce a few fruit compared to others but he seemed sure it won’t produce

Sending Dm

This happened to mine too and plucked them this time. Last year I let 3 fruit ripen on a Pakistan fresh graft and the graft ended up dying eventually

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