The Tropical Fruit Forum

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Open to trade for Mango varieties which do well in CA

Pearl Guava - $150
About 5-6 foot tall from top end of pot
Grafted. Has been fruiting. Fruits are medium size, Oval with thick white crunchy pulp


 
Ruby Supreme - $100
Grafted, Purchased from Champa Nursery
~4.5 feet tall, in 7G pot
Has been fruiting. Fruits are medium size with pink inside

 
Thai Pink $50
Seedling from Exotica nursery, 3-4 year old
Has not fruited for me but was told that is a popular variety with pink sweet pulp


Taiwan Century Guava Air Layer - $30
Oval shape, light green color, uneven surface, with medium fiber amount. Very juicy and crisp.


Pakistani Yellow Guava airlayers from my larger tree - $40 (x2)
It is similar to yellow Egyptian guava
Pear shaped to elongated fruit with sweet pulp.
I suspect that it requires pollination as some fruits are seedless but don’t taste as good. Other fruits have seeds and taste much better





Large Asian Guava seedlings – Likely China White
Have two, larger for $40, smaller for $20
Larger is a 4 year old seedling which has been fruiting
Fruits are green with white inside, crunchy and mildly sweet
Fruits from mother tree are large up to 2 lbs. Mine have not been that large most likely from being in pot





Allahabad White
2 year old seedlings grown from seeds from a forum member
Have not fruited for me.
Have two in one gallon pots, $20 each

I have a Pakistani guava which was grown from seeds. It is now about 4 year old and has been producing for last two years. Original fruit had seeds.  However, some fruits from this seed grown guava have seeds but other fruits are seedless.  Instead, they have a cavity which some black crusty stuff. There is also a difference in the shape of fruits.  Seedless tend to be larger and shaped differently. I know that there is genetic diversity in seed grown guava but I wonder if lack of seeds in some fruits could be due to lack of pollination? What are people's thoughts?

Original Guava


Grown from seeds

Wanted to buy NDM mango scions if any one can spare 1 or 2.  Already checked with tropical acre farms and they don't have any available.

Not available any more!

I had ordered Matsumoto wase Persimmon scions from Burnt Ridge Nursery in December which were going to be shipped in February.  I even called them last month and was reassured that they have enough scions and I will be receiving mine in February.
However, now they cancelled my order stating they did not have enough.  I know it is late in the season but I wanted to check if any one has Matsumoto wase scions which they will be willing to sell?

Thanks
 

It seems that majority of the Indian/Pakaistani mangoes don't do well in Southern California. Looking through the tropical fruit forum, I gathered following information:

Alphonso: May grow well on local rootstock but does not produce well
Kesar: Some people had good success with it but did not produce well for other people
Sindhri: JF has successfully grown Sindhri but I can not find any other reports.
Imam pasand: behlgarden has successfully grown Imam pasand
Mallika: varaiable reports
Manohar: can not find enough information
Amrapali: can not find enough information

I am sure there are many other mangoes which I am missing.

Can local experts share their opinions in this regard?

Thanks