The Tropical Fruit Forum

Robert, thanks for your taste test feedback. Yes, it is different than other Golden Grapefruit I have tasted. This one is called the Golden Pomelo but it must be some time of hybrid, too small for a pomelo and the individual fruit sack is not like a pomelo.

I agree with Peep, never use the scions with new flush, not a good idea. Only if it was a rare scion and you had no other to choose from.

I do both scions with growth buds bulging, or not, as long as it has leaf nodes (cut off leaves before use) then it will be fine for grafting.

It does look much better than what you described before you cared for it. The open trunk bark damage can still introduce termintes, fungus, etc.
What I do to a tree like that is to scrap off any mold, damage to the open (no bark) area that is till showing in your current tree photo, then paint it completely with tree sealer (looks like tar, from Amazon) and it will eventually heal a little more, but won't completely grow back with that much damage already. it took my tree about 2 years for most of the bark to grow back. I had done a dumb thing like putting a sheet metal wrap on the lower main truck to keep rats from climbing up the fruit tree. It doesn't work, just get mold/fungus under the sheet metal and then you get the same results as your tree with bark damge. Never do that again to my trees.

I'm going to see the guy with the Wedgwood mother tree in 2wks, send me a message if you want to buy some cuttings. I give the sale profit to the tree owner. I need to graft more on my trees. I think it might taste better than the Big Jim White (JBW). I need to share this one with our TFF members.

SoCalGardenNut, I have a good story for you. A good friend tells me his father-in-law eats at least 1 Nagami kumquat from his tree everyday so he has to make sure to pick some and keep it in the refrigerator when he asks for more. That man is over 100 now, I think 103yrs old. He says it's because he has been eating the kumquats all these years.

Ok, just did a brix reading, it is very high, brix=15.

That is pretty good when you compare it to my other ripe fruits now, navel orange, oro blanco, valencia orange, madarins, which are  all in the range of brix=8-12.

No, not this one. But someone told me Hershel (Madison nursery) sells the fruit from time to time so maybe he is cleaning the tree.

This tree was here a long time ago, someone probably planted a seed or got a cutting to graft from a friend. I couldn't get any details on it.

Now that I finished half the fruits, I can tell you it is one of the juiciest citrus fruits I have eaten. I reminds me of my Cocktail grapefruit when is at it best ripeness, very juicy, but this Golden Pomelo flesh is soft and flavor is better than the Cocktail or Melogold. Also, I would rank the taste of this fruit to be 2X better tasting than the Cocktail (Mandalo) grapefruit and I have the original Cocktail before it was released by CCPP. Even though this fruit is so juicy it gets all over your hand, it is much better than sumo as well. I'll need to take the brix reading to see if it will be over 16.

Yes, I'm interested in wild huckleberries.

Yes, I haven't tasted it yet either. No fruit photo cut open, the owner didn't take those photos but he will this time around when the fruits ripen this year.

I will also take photos of the ripe fruit when I get one to try.

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For this week, I am closing the sale. Maybe next week I can fill the orders for anyone else that was interested in the cuttings. The tree is large enough to take cuttings where it has no fruits on the branch.

I met a person (Mike) who has a large canistel tree which has been fruiting for many years. He wants to share this variety since not many people will have this one that Roger Meyer found on his fruit hunting in Puerto Rico. The variety name will be "Roger's PR canistel" to dedicate it to the late Roger Meyer.

This mother tree is about 18 ft tall, many side branches with fruits. He needs to do some trimming of the tall branches this year, so this is the first cutting we did.

For Sale:
1. Roger Meyer's Canistel from Puerto Rico, "Roger's PR", cost is $10 each
2. Shipping cost, $11, small flat rate  box, USPS priority mail.
3. Sales to registered forum members, 6 months minimum.
4. Lower 48 states.
5. Payment with PayPal only (friends & family).

Total Cost  = $21 for one cutting.

6. I have the right to sell to anyone, so if you don't get a reply from me then you will be able to buy one.
7. Send me a PM if interested, I got these cuttings a few days ago, very limited quantity now, may get more later.
8. Sales profit will go to the tree owner.

THIS SALE IS OVER FOR THIS WEEK.

Maybe next week I can start the sale again.

I just removed 14 air layers on a rare guava tree, the ones that had sideways branches like yours did not have many roots. The ones with good sun exposure and growing upwards had roots and will make it after I cut them off yesterday.

I have done over 20 lychee air layers, for me its a waste of time since my Brewster is so large I don't need to do it. I wanted to make some air layers for people who didn't have a nice Brewster tree. Just takes away too much space for me since I can't cut back those branches that would do yearly to keep the large tree in check. I don't really need 150lbs of fruit for myself and friends. Now I have done some good air layers on guavas, I will do some on my best citrus varieties so I don't need to have so many rootstocks to graft them tom. One good thing about air layering is that the plant will be off and running when you remove it with good roots, while a grafted small lychee tree with not fruit or grow much for years.

Ok, I found the PM (May2024), is this the ones I sent you?
Just shipped them again today, good luck.

Here's my fruit photos I took yesterday, ate the Marcus Pumpkin, it was very good, not watery at all.