Looks awesome!
How was the taste of Sweet Tart seedling compare to the Florida Sweet Tart?
Thx
The Sweet Tart seedling tasted identical to all other Real Sweet Tarts. In the pictures above, I posted the Sweet Tart Seedling #2 next to another true Sweet Tart grown in SoCal. The larger, true, Sweet Tart is still ripening on the counter. I gave a description( with pictures) of the ST seedling #2 fruit in my Mango Seedling thread but in short, it was perfect!
The only real morphological difference I can see between my seedling fruit and the true Sweet Tart variety is that my seedling was flatter. My seedlings first fruit had a very small seed. The seed is so small that I’m not sure if it will germinate but I’m going to try.
My Sweet Tart Seedling #2 had a Brix of 26% and it came from a two foot tall tree with only about 80 leaves. This is also the very first fruit it has ripened. This is a very good sign for a first fruit.
I’m really hoping that this seedling consistently produces fruit with tiny seeds because I love Sweet Tart but sometimes wished the seed were smaller as they can sometimes get quite big. Here in SoCal, we often get small or aborted seeds, probably as a result of incomplete pollination. Still, there is a chance that this small seeded ness may be heritable.
Simon