Jackwhisperer,
think more like Casper the friendly ghost.
BOO!
that's 2220 
It's already 2222....my thread is officially hauted
Oh boy, Casper the friendly ghost is my favorite kiddy flick
Don't mind him, at all
Great pictures! You are might lucky to have a garden around with all those nice things to see/try. Enjoy it!
How often do you go there to "relax"?
Hi Gwenn,
''Relax'' is code for fruit hunting
...When awesome fruits are in season, I'll harvest a bag full
People here don't know they are edible and If I don't harvest the fruits, they will all go to waste
When i'm around...that won't happen
Steven the big 5 could be more like the big 10 and you won't need 2020 vision for it to be high 5's all 'round.The emerald of the eastern atlantic, a fruit salad where east meets west sounds appealing.
Sure does sound appeling
...Tourism is the bread and butter of the Island and tropical fruits will be the next best thing. I will make sure of it
What's not going to be a easy task...is convincing people to grow tropical fruits and earn an income with these fruits
They just wan't to grow bananas, passionfruit, tomato, sugarcane...It's time to look into the future
Early this year, a Russian couple visited my orchard and was most interested in tasting some fruit i had in season...It was a great day and luckly they spoke English
They really enjoyed the guavas and strawberry guavas
The Island will have a bright future with them Tropical fruits
Hi Mura,
The fruit has a nice aroma(Fills the kitchen )...the flavor is a bit hard to describe:o The juice has a sweet/sour yellow plum like flavor...but when you chew the fruit...it gets quite sour and has somewhat of a earthy/veggie after taste...which I find yummy
That sounds like something I would enjoy. I think I may try and grow some here now. Do you know of any improved cultivars?
Steven, thanks for all the photos. I just planted a bunch of seeds of kei apple and look forward to trying the fruit. I like the other dovyalis, like tropical apricot and ketembilla, so think i will also like kei apple. Not too happy about the thorns but willing to risk it for good fruits. Diospyros lotus looks interesting also. How does that taste?
Hi Oscar,
Awesome to hear that you are going to grow Kei apple
First taste of these wonderful fruit, you will forgot them thorns
I did even know that Diospyros lotus was growing in the B.G, since the tree didn't have an ID. I really don't know how they taste like
...Will try them in late summer...will report back
GREAT photos! Thanks for sharing
-Luke
Hi Luke,
My pleasure
Steven thanks for the cool pics but I must say that those kei apples are to sour for me but supposed to make great jam!I've got some older kei apples growing that I started from seed but no females they make great hedge. I wish I could like them more but not in this life time.
Hi Scott,
Yes, they are more to the sour side, let these badboys fully ripen and they will get more ''sweeter''
I also was not a fan of this taste...now every time when they are in season...i crave them
They sure do make a theft proof hedges...No thief in he's good mind will dare to jump this fence
Great photos. Thanks for sharing. All the fruit looks wonderful and tasty. Those thorns look like mini daggers to me!
Jackfruitwhisperer69 what do you mean by the thorns will calm down?
Hi Renee,
They sure are mini daggers...I got a large scar from working near the Kei apple once
I don't play around these badboys
When the trees is in there juvenile stage, They are more thornier to discourage animals from feeding on there leaves...another adaptation strategy
When a tree matures...It's more focused on producing flowers and fruit's than thorns
Observe the photos and you will see a thorn here and there...then you compare the tree with a young seedling
Thanks for the great photo tour steven! Love seeing the fruiting kei apple. Have one but it has yet to fruit ): all the best. Dave
Hi Dave,
Dont worry the tree will produce for you...They usually start to produce in around 4-5 years...The only problem is that you need more than one tree to produce
In rare cases, Female trees are self-compatible and the seeds are viable.
Great photos Steven!
Here in Uganda Kei apple is a common used hedge / fence in the drier parts of the country - you will also find it in the central and wetter region where I am staying, but then the fruiting is almost none-existing.
Hi Soren,
That really awesome to hear that Kei apple has spread to Uganda...but, not producing
I reckon one of the problems why they don't produce is because they have a chemical in their roots that acts like a herbicide, just like the Black walnut has. I never weed the plant...and if they are planted too near by each other...they will be more concerned to kill weaker plants than to produce fruits. I have to find the site where i read about this issue.
Steven, i forgot to say in my last message, i don't think you missed whole grumichama harvest. Those flowers look like they will be swelling up. That is what they look like when petals fall off and right before they start to swell and form fruits. Here is the whole flowering and fruiting sequence in a collage:
Oscar,
No, I didn't miss the jackpot, Thank Goodness
...only the blooms
There were some that are starting to swell
Thanks a bunch for sharing this collage
BTW How long do they take from flower to ripe fruits?
Glad everyone enjoyed them pics 
