The Tropical Fruit Forum

Quote from: dwfl on July 14, 2022, 08:02:20 PM

Marcelo named it. Him and Gary were telling me about it on my recent Zill visit. Let us know what you think Aaron!

Have you tried it?

I was told it was previously called 20-1

Not yet, didn't have any there when I visited.

Sugarloaf

That looks pretty close. M-4 doesn't really get raised shoulders and they don't color up. I wait for dieback to spread up the panicles from where they attach to the fruit. You could gently touch the mango with your hand or picker and see if it easily falls off.

Definitely not a Sweet Tart.

Every lychee growing area around the world that this mite has spread and gained a foothold they have stayed permanently if not eradicated immediately at the source. They were in Florida many years ago but were eradicated immediately at the source and didn't spread around the state. This time the mite spread throughout all of Pine Island and the island nursery trees and fruit were sold to various locations around the state before quarantine went into effect. Even if the department is willing to treat commercial groves there are other groves and homeowners trees they aren't treating. I think it's here to stay. Typical treatment is to spray sulfur each growth flush at proper intervals as the leaves mature.

Gary Zill cut one open in the office and gave me and his staff a taste. We were all drooling! Truly a special sapodilla.

I have one, about 8ft tall. Leaves and growth habit look somewhat similar to G.macrophylla but leaves are a bit smaller and fruit looks different. He sold the plants for years labeled as G.brasiliensis but they're definitely not.

Hybrids generally have good vigor. In Miami you could just give them a season of growing and then graft them when they're getting close to pushing again. That way if your graft fails you still have a decent sized hybrid stock that will grow again.

There are a few different purpleish varieties, most all are descendants of the old variety "Purple Ribbon". I have one that looks similar.

It's not mamoncillo

You could do it at any one of those points. I'd probably cut it at B and I wouldn't wait until it's already pushing the limits.

I loved the taste. My favorite Eugenia. I should have kept some of them, sold them all. I'll be ordering more seeds!

I doubt it will hold on to fruit in that kind of shape but I'd remove it if it tries. Let it recover and fill out into a nice tree again.