The Tropical Fruit Forum

We got an “Indiana Jone” of the fruit world on TFF!
Nice website HapaJoe. Hope you know that you are leaving a legacy for many fruit lovers from the states and beyond. When I first gain an interest in food forests, I did not know what a biriba/lemon meringue pie fruit was. Boy, time has change; Now almost everyone and their grandmas living in the tropic to the subtropic wants a lush, productive biriba tree in their backyards. Thanks again!

Josh is one of the most reliable sellers on TFF. His pricings are decent and affordable; Also, the seeds he sent were true to types according to my experience. Thanks again Josh for making TFF one of the best places to purchase unique and rare seeds!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, it is so true. Thanks for the photo Lance.

Unfortunately most scientific/agriculture publications show mostly black and white photos with long wordy jargons, abeit sometimes confusing description.

Your photo shows us, in clear detail, the potential of that chempejack variety. It looks to be a promising variety that many food forest aficionados may consider trying out. Thanks again!

I had the fortune of trying out some fresh grumichas; They tasted fantastically similar to a sweet Northern Bing cherry, according to my taste bud. Now I have never tried pitomba before, but the fruit looks pretty similar to a grumichama. When you taste a pitomba, can you easily tell it apart from the taste of a grumichama? Or is the flavor difference among the 2 fruits quite subtle? Thanks!

Thanks for the post Palologrower; I think you are offering some interesting, superior genetic seedlings there!

By the way, do you also carry the following seedlings?:

Lansium domesticum (aka langsat/duku/long kong)

The “real cinnamon,” the Sri Lankan cinnamon

Thanks

I’m not quite sure what some folks are doing to get guava cuttings to root, but I have not managed to root any guava cutting...Then again, I also happened to be the person who couldn’t even get a weeping willow cutting to root even if his life was depended on it, lol. :-D
Guava plants seem to air layer pretty well, at least based on my experience.

I just came back from an Amazon village where their Biriba average was probably 20 lbs. we picked a ripe one and it fed the whole family of 10 and me. This one wasn’t particularly sweet but had zero sour and was a firm texture I have not seen in Biriba before. Firm like flan. Not a whole lot of seeds for the amount of flesh. The one we ate on the boat was a small ripe one we found.

The average size of the biriba fruits from that Amazon village you visited was 20 lbs??? Holy moly, that's jack fruit territory right there!!

The search for superior genetics of rare annonas, such as biriba, sancoya, and ilama is growing and society will benefit the next time they are given more choices of delicious fruit shakes at their local smoothie shops!

Appreciate the pictures! Pictures don't do this fruit much justice. Biribas are on my top list of fruits that need to be enjoyed at least once in a lifetime!

Abimael is one of the most trustworthy sellers on TFF. He packed the chupa chupa seedlings very well. So well in fact that when they arrived, they looked like they had just left his place, lol..! Let's just hope that he dedicates his plant passion to this forum. His prices are ridiculously affordable. With the current rise in food prices, it's nice to know that you can still get affordable, quality, ultra rare plants from reliable sources. Thanks again Abimael!

Hi there,

Do you still have the superior Garcinia brasilensis seedlings?

Please let me know as I'm looking for the superior form of the lemon drop mangosteen aka Garciana brasilensis.

Thanks!