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How does the taste of green sapote compare to mamey sapote? Also, is there more info about the whitman variety out there?Thank you,
Quote from: Tropicalgrower89 on February 03, 2012, 02:04:22 PMHow does the taste of green sapote compare to mamey sapote? Also, is there more info about the whitman variety out there?Thank you,Based on what I've read, and been told. the fruit is sweeter, with a higher brix.So i'd imagine just like mamey, but sweeter?Never had so I'm not sure...I hear also the crop is usually on the tree over the winter months, making it hard to get fruits to develop full flavor, with cold weather making them taste bland. (IN FL)
I recently tried mamey and GS for the first time. The mamey was a Magana but I found it to be quite good with hints of green banana and melon plus custard like consistency. Much better than I expected after seeing Bryan's tree in PR covered in fruit. The green sapotes were darker almost red colored flesh, the first one reminded me dead on of pumpkin pie filling w/out the spices. The one the next day was very flan like. The green sapote as Oscar pointed out can easily be eaten by one person, the mameys you either need a big appetite or a few friends.both very good in their own ways,-Ethan
I've never tried mamey and green sapote side by side, yet. I think that's really what you need to do to say you like one better than another. Memory is not good enough. Even brix content is not good enough, because sweetness alone doesn't make for a good fruit. Anyway, green sapote is certainly a good fruit, and if you love mamey you are pretty much guaranteed to love green sapote. Likewise if you don't like mamey i wouldn't bother growing green sapote.Oscar
Quote from: fruitlovers on February 03, 2012, 05:31:33 PMI've never tried mamey and green sapote side by side, yet. I think that's really what you need to do to say you like one better than another. Memory is not good enough. Even brix content is not good enough, because sweetness alone doesn't make for a good fruit. Anyway, green sapote is certainly a good fruit, and if you love mamey you are pretty much guaranteed to love green sapote. Likewise if you don't like mamey i wouldn't bother growing green sapote.OscarOscar makes a good point. I ate the TREC green sapote about 15 years ago and thought it was superiror to any of the mamey's that I had tasted, up to that point in time. Those mameys included pantin and magana. It is very, very hard to make some of these comparisons though over time even in a short span of time, without a side by side comparison. But, from memory, I do have a clear recollection of the green sapote being sweeter and smoother in flavor and texture respectively. I have had several attempts at growing green sapote over the years, usually as the result of collecting budwood from TREC and grafting it onto a seedling mamey. I had mixed success and then finally got one to take only to have it destroyed by Hurricane Wilma. I purchased a grafted tree from Pine Island Nursery a few years ago and it is now about 6 or 7 feet tall. After I allowed Murahilin to take some budwood for mailing to the Canary Islands, looks like the tree is going to push new growth all up and down the tree. Would be nice tro see a wayward bloom pop up.Harry
Yep, my grafted green sapote is somewhere in the 7 year old range and has a trunk about as thick as my arm. It has flowered but has yet to set a fruit. Have you ever noticed how the better tasting fruits either require more patience or are harder to grow?
I guess the world of fruits is like life itself. The things that are very worthy require hard work and patience. If it comes easy, it's usually not worth it.
After I allowed Murahilin to take some budwood for mailing to the Canary Islands, looks like the tree is going to push new growth all up and down the tree. Would be nice tro see a wayward bloom pop up.Harry
Hi,So, how long will I have to wait for fruits from these two, both seedlings?5, 10, 15 years???The mamey was germinated summer 2008, and the green sapote summer 2009 (Oscar's fruitlovers.com seeds!!!)They are both 3+ meters tall.
In other words...my trees are still toddlers...and people say mangosteen is slow to bear... Hopefully, my little Pantin will grace me with some fruits sooner...Someone really needs to figure out some hormones to induce early flowering...
De nada....Felipe. It was my pleasure to provide what I could for the sake of science! I hope you get some to take.
I was inspired by the Lara videos to post this photo i took recently of two green sapote fruits:Oscar
I think I will use some of the taller branches of mine on some grafting experiments usinglucuma as rootstock...