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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Red Skinned Pineapple with high brix?
« on: March 01, 2024, 09:22:54 AM »Hey John,
My favorite would the Dellerman Gold since he's a local farmer with a really unique MD2 variant. I've tried a lot of pineapple and that one scores high because of the light to medium coconut taste ...depending on the plant... and the very hefty aromatics. It smells amazing. So I'm a bit opinionated on that one. I've tried getting the material out to different members on this forum and I'd be interested what success they've had.
Another favorite is Cayenne Hilo - which has a good, complex flavor with a little hint of tart.
My wife's favorite is the Cabezona hybrid that's grown on the western side of Puerto Rico called Las Marias (that's the home town to the woman who hybridized it) Supposedly it's Cabezona (bulls head, a very prickly and large fruit) cross pollinated with something called PR-167. It produced a very strong vanilla flavored fruit that can grow quite large. Though it's a prickly monster and tending to it can be like wrestling a Cholla cactus <kidding>. LOL
I have Japanese Peach ('soft touch') coming along and that will be a real test to see if I can get the same strong aromatics and flavor that the Japanese farmers' fruit produces. We'll see.
Picture of a Las Marias below next to a Giant Paun to show globe shape of fruit and beautiful color and some other images from the grounds.
I forget which thread you posted linking to the gentlemen who grow the Dellerman pineapple. the owner Mark Dellerman IIRC from the video was his name? It was a good share and now I want to visit his farm and cop a few of his pineapples when he's in season to sell them, he had a good story about his farm and his pineapple, they also sound really good tasting too!
I'll second that, Rice. We are in Melbourne, so not very far. Everytime I went south for anything I tried to work in a stop at one of those spots you said we're selling it, Brett, but it was either out of the way or odd hours. This year I'll just have to plan to just come to your ranch, instead of trying to finagle it in. ... Maybe I'll call it a homeschool field trip. I'm sure you'd say something educational. Haha