The Tropical Fruit Forum

Did anyone go? I made it down and it was my first time tasting Cherimoya. I should have known it would be a blind tasting. Padi registrations received boxes of fruit to take home, which we hand picked. I tried to get a veriety. I have no idea what is what though!! I would appreciate any help in trying to ID these. I have been trying to find old posts or old photos of the past tastings with fruit labeled to try and figure it out. I believe that our favorite tastings were El Bumpo and Oxheart, would love help from the Cherimoya gurus!! This tasting was fun as we had a tour of their orchard and got to pick Persimmons after. For those who regularly attend, they did say that due to timing of this event (which was the first in December) that they had some varieties that have no been offered at tastings in the past. Lastly, any advice on determing peak ripeness?

Any chance this is kicking back up again? I would love to get in on the next order if one is done for this next grafting season =)

Thank you. From my understanding shipping fruit into CA is a no-no. I strictly would only be looking for seed. I imagine due to the popularity of this thread and others (like the scion threads in BST)that we have at least a handful of CA growers who grow the Zill varieties. I was hoping one of them might have some seed for sale. I will just get some store bought ones for now and try my luck with those. I will also make a note on my calendar for next year; thanks for clueing me in on the mango season timing!

Looking for mango seeds from good cultivars like Lemon Zest, Sweet Tart, Sugar Loaf, PPK, Coconut Cream, Pickering, etc. I’m still learning about mango varieties so tell me what you’ve got! I get plenty of heat here. Not terribly picky as I am looking for rootstocks primarily, but I hope to let a few grow to fruit themselves before grafting to see what turns up. Not interested in common varieties I can buy in the store.

Someone just clued me in its the end of the season, but I’m still interested for next year. Seeds only, no fruit. Willing to drive to pick up.

Excellent thread, so much information!! What I didn’t see asked yet is when is the best time to source seeds? I’m not familiar with the ripening times. There are a few local sales of mango trees coming up that I had hoped to buy a tree at. I had bookmarked this thread a while back and came back to read it all the way through. Now I am thinking of skipping both sales. The question is, am I late to the game to find quality variety polyembrionic seeds right now? I planted a store bought Keitt seed yesterday, but would love to source LZ, St, and others if possible.

Thanks for sharing! The red ones really are beautiful. My son would love them; they look like dragon hearts, lol.

Looking for Cherimoya seeds. Hoping to grow rootstock for grafting later, if not letting a few go to fruit on their own.

Also would be interested in plants if available in CA.

I will have 3 or 4 more trees available at the end of June.

I’m definitely interested. Are they specific varieties?