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We had never seen a pulusan look like this. The quality is quite good, a consumer offered to pay twice the normal price after trying it. What’s even more interesting is that it comes from a tree growing along the roadside in front of a friends house who had no idea what it was until it produced. Pulusan was introduced to this area in the mid 80’s but there have only been red fruit until this seedling showed up with its nice fruit. My son plans to put air layers on it once the harvest is done. Peter
I remember 8 varieties being grown at the now defunct Kamerunga Research Station with red, maroon, green and black but don't recall a yellow. It doesn't look like that other philipine pretender either. What is the flesh thickness like?
Quote from: MikeT on September 03, 2020, 01:10:53 AMI remember 8 varieties being grown at the now defunct Kamerunga Research Station with red, maroon, green and black but don't recall a yellow. It doesn't look like that other philipine pretender either. What is the flesh thickness like?I really like pulasan, so this for me is really exciting. With the info you just gave mike, we might be seeing a new variety or even subspecies. Would like to know if anyone else has ever seen a yellow pulasan. Like i said before peter might have struck pulasan gold!!,WilliamYes i have seen them, i think it was MAryoto who sold these seeds...or it was one of the other guys from Indonesia/Malaysia.
Hi John, the fruit is not really free stone which seems kind of typical with pulusan compared to freestone rambutan. The flavor is good.Peter
Quote from: Finca La Isla on September 03, 2020, 01:05:51 PMHi John, the fruit is not really free stone which seems kind of typical with pulusan compared to freestone rambutan. The flavor is good.PeterNo, freestone pulasan seems to be more uncommon. We had a tasting of some superior dark red/maroon/black pulasan here at the USDA in Hilo a few years back. I believe there were maybe 4 different selections, all were big with great flavor and most were freestone or nearly so. The director at the time was considering releasing some of these to cultivation but he is gone and evidently so is the planned release(?).Sounds like your yellow is a winner regardless.
Quote from: HIfarm on September 03, 2020, 01:17:30 PMQuote from: Finca La Isla on September 03, 2020, 01:05:51 PMHi John, the fruit is not really free stone which seems kind of typical with pulusan compared to freestone rambutan. The flavor is good.PeterNo, freestone pulasan seems to be more uncommon. We had a tasting of some superior dark red/maroon/black pulasan here at the USDA in Hilo a few years back. I believe there were maybe 4 different selections, all were big with great flavor and most were freestone or nearly so. The director at the time was considering releasing some of these to cultivation but he is gone and evidently so is the planned release(?).Sounds like your yellow is a winner regardless.John is correct. Most wild pulasans have very clingy pulp and are not considered very valuable because of that. I don't think yellow pulasan is so rare in it's native Borneo. You can see here one vandor Han Sen has sold it in the past. http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=30929.msg344607#msg344607What would be really rare and valuable is a yellow pulasan with cling free pulp.
We’re going to plant out a batch of seeds, see what we get.Peter
Our buddy Juan in PR had a seedling pulasan that was not free stone. However, you did not care because it was so darn good. Probably best pulasan any of us have tasted. Regardless of color, this fruit should be cultivated more.