The Tropical Fruit Forum

The previous box introduced me to Nabal and I was hooked. Now, let's see if Sharwil would have the same effect. Thanks again, Brad!

Brad, I'll take a box if you still have some left. Or reserve a box for me later on, please. Thanks.

I don't think seeds are necessarily a big deal taking back to CA, they sell them in certain airports even.  They are looking more for pests, fruit, or blacklisted/invasive species I think.

For mango, the USDA's concern is actually the seeds and not the plant because it could harbor a certain borer type of insect. I forgot what that was, it was a long time ago when I applied for a permit to import tropical plants.

Iffy, There are 2 kinds of papaya tastes, one with the puke aftertaste and one without. You might need to find out which one your friend's mother likes. Most of them have the puke aftertaste. The Hawaiian sunset/sunrise don't and those are the ones I could eat.

What are these worm coming out of my dragon fruit plant?  One of my seed gown yellow dragonfruit cacti has these.

They only point away from the sun/window/.

Good one!!!

My franken Manila has started to bloom also for 3 weeks now and I've been spraying sulfur once a week since then. I'm determined to get some fruits this coming season. Powdery mildew has been wrecking havoc for the last 2 years.
The tree is 16 years old but no that tall.

I don't know what is Yellow Birula, so I wouldn't be able to compare. Birula is the Socal version of Lisa (Sport of). It has more acidity than Lisa and it's my favorite of all the atemoyas. That's just my personal taste. A good Birula/Lisa that is well fertilized is top notch.

Calostro is also from Frank but I'm not sure if it's a sport or seedling of AP. Giant Atis is far behind Birula taste wise  and Calostro also beats it by a head (if you know horse racing!). This is one of the reason I didn't keep Giant Atis.

Another reason was that I already have PPC and it also beats Giat Atis taste wise by a bit more than a head. These two are quite similar except for the yellowish and large skin segments of the Giant Atis which sometime could get it mixed up with Mr. Minh atemoya.

I had a Giant Atis once and I'd say it's between AP and PPC taste/growth wise. Nothing special, it has more of the Sugar Apple taste than an Atemoya. It all depends on your fertilization regimen once you have fruit sets, more bloom type required than AP or cherimoyas. Here are photos from the person who gave me the scions and let me sample the fruit in the pix:

   

Many Cubans call A. Reticulata "Cherimoya"

I think more like "Chirimoya", not "Che".

Hey Bob, looks like Ilama trees do well under island climate. Have you tried to cross them with Sugar Apple?

I've noticed that my guava puts out a ton of root suckers.  Would it be viable to cut one off as a clone?

It's a bit off-topic but I believe root suckers are considered to be clones of the tree.

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@skhan - You either mislabeled or got a mislabeled Arka Sahan. That is more of an AP. Arka Sahan is like the photo of my avatar.

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The nabal tree grow like beasts too, i planted a bunch of them and they grow faster than any other type and just look super strong and healthy.  Seems like a stellar variety.  Im guessing the problem is long term the trees get too big but thats just a guess.  Maybe thats why reed is more popular, they seem to be a little smaller more manageable tree. 

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I was told that Nabal is an alternate bearer as the tree ages. But, how do you distinguish a Nabal fruit from a Reed?