Carolina Lychee

[CarolinaZone]

This a picture of the first lychee I have grown. Two years  in a container so probably years old. I purchased it at Pokey's in Florida.

[Jaboticaba45]

Nice job.
I planted two lychees in my greenhouse as they are one of my favorite fruits.
Super fast growth and they do extremely well.
If I could redo the greenhouse, I'd only plant lychees. But then would get boring so quick...gotta have variety.

[CarolinaZone]

This is an Emperor. Any idea when I should harvest it? Strangely enough this is the only fruit on the tree. I am not sure when it flowered, how many flowers there were or how it was pollinated. I have another in the garden that I think is a Mauritius. I killed them for years until I realized how to take care of them in the winter. My longan fruited this year too. I need to take a look at it to see how it is doing.

[Galatians522]

I thought it looked like an Emperor. If your tree were in Florida, I would say that it was dead ripe. I don't know how the cooler climate might effect ripening, though. Its hard since you only have one, but I would pick it now. Emperor looses a lot of it's flavor when it gets over ripe.

[CarolinaZone]

Cracked this thing open. It had a bit if a funky smell like durian A little sulphur a little allium. The flavor was sweet maybe like a european table grape  but it did have a bit of a sourness and a bit of astringency.

[Galatians522]

Cracked this thing open. It had a bit if a funky smell like durian A little sulphur a little allium. The flavor was sweet maybe like a european table grape  but it did have a bit of a sourness and a bit of astringency.

A little bit of sourness would be normal for Emperor. It has a different flavor profile than Mauritius--which is what most people are familiar with.