Author Topic: White Sapote - Which one should I get? (Read 19864 times)

behlgarden · « **on:** May 25, 2012, 02:38:28 PM »

I am planning to add white sapote to my collection, one tree. what is your suggestion for the best sapote for CA weather?

Anyone know any place around Southern California that has reasonable prices for a healthy size plant? 10 to 15 gal.

Found this online while searching on Google

- Jay Rusky Yellow (Excellent)
- Selk (Excellent)
- suebelle (Excellent)
- Santa Cruz (Excellent)
- Lemon Gold (Good)
- Michele (Good)
- Cuccio (Good)
- Vernon (Fair)
- McDill (Poor)

Anyone growing any of the above and their thoughts and preferences?

Felipe · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2012, 03:39:13 PM »

Mc Dill poor??! Damn!! I just planted out one tree six moth ago...

nullzero · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2012, 04:46:13 PM »

Quote from: behlgarden on May 25, 2012, 02:38:28 PM

I am planning to add white sapote to my collection, one tree. what is your suggestion for the best sapote for CA weather?

Anyone know any place around Southern California that has reasonable prices for a healthy size plant? 10 to 15 gal.

Found this online while searching on Google

- Jay Rusky Yellow (Excellent)
- Selk (Excellent)
- suebelle (Excellent)
- Santa Cruz (Excellent)
- Lemon Gold (Good)
- Michele (Good)
- Cuccio (Good)
- Vernon (Fair)
- McDill (Poor)

Anyone growing any of the above and their thoughts and preferences?

I bought a nice sized Subelle from Greenthumb international. I got fruit last year from Subelle, it was excellent. Was $40 when I got the plant, but that was 3 years ago.

zands · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2012, 04:59:16 PM »

http://www.phoenixtropicals.com/whiteSapote.html

Suebelle Sapote in Phoenix Arizona

amrkhalido · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2012, 05:23:29 PM »

But where is a good source for a good cultivator ,, i tried Vernon and it was amazing ,, toptropicals sells different varieties ,,

Amr

behlgarden · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2012, 05:32:13 PM »

I am pretty sure each cultivator and its taste goes with growing conditions and care. Excellent in one place may be poor at another.

Here Home Depot has that yellow sapote but not sure what cultivator it is. I will find out. My plan is to get a healthy plant and then go begging for scions of various sapote. Need to find Harry of Sapote!

fyliu · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2012, 05:57:42 PM »

I was at an old sapote grove last weekend to collect scion wood and seedlings. This is off season here but Selk ripens now. I would get it and another regular season cultivar. Scions and seedlings were distributed to San Diego CRFG members Wednesday night.

I got suebelle from home depot for 26ish 2 years ago. Chestnut is also popular from a tasting survey in San Diego early last year.

Not sure who Harry is but the guy who owns the sapote grove lives somewhere in Studio City.

Felipe · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2012, 06:55:51 PM »

Quote from: behlgarden on May 25, 2012, 05:32:13 PM

Need to find Harry of Sapote!

LOL... me too

behlgarden · « **Reply #8 on:** February 11, 2013, 02:04:23 PM »

any sapote scion donors here on this board? I think its about time to get back to grafting and scion sources. I got Nata cherimoya, and Plillipines guavas scions for trade.

JF · « **Reply #9 on:** February 11, 2013, 02:07:53 PM »

Quote from: behlgarden on February 11, 2013, 02:04:23 PM

any sapote scion donors here on this board? I think its about time to get back to grafting and scion sources. I got Nata cherimoya, and Plillipines guavas scions for trade.

Behl, I have a M cdills seedling that's out of this world! I'll give you some budwood and fruits in fall.

behlgarden · « **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2013, 02:09:55 PM »

JF, thank you. I want to start growing sapote after failure in lychees. I am disheartened by my dead tree of Lychee. I need to get back into that one too.

Also, you wanted that prolific sapodilla scion, I got it covered from my small plant.

JF · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2013, 02:13:00 PM »

Quote from: behlgarden on February 11, 2013, 02:09:55 PM

JF, thank you. I want to start growing sapote after failure in lychees. I am disheartened by my dead tree of Lychee. I need to get back into that one too.

Also, you wanted that prolific sapodilla scion, I got it covered from my small plant.

No,I have 4 chicos.....just bring some budwood from the cherimoya tree and if you have the fruit bring it also so Isabel can ID it.

behlgarden · « **Reply #12 on:** February 11, 2013, 02:26:13 PM »

Sure will do it. I will bring fruit, budwood, and also bring leaves from other two plants that I dont know what variety those are. I think I should pick the fruit 4 days ahead of the meeting so its ripe and we can do a taste test too.

fyliu · « **Reply #13 on:** February 11, 2013, 02:31:55 PM »

Behl, Aw... I forgot you were going to that meeting. I still have your lychee but I'm not going to go back to Covina to get it. Next time...

behlgarden · « **Reply #14 on:** February 11, 2013, 03:14:16 PM »

no worries, I will pick it up from you one of these days. thanks

cuban007 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 11, 2013, 03:32:34 PM »

Behl, Exotica has some excellent trees that you can get budwood and the fruit is incredible. It is definitely worth a trip.

behlgarden · « **Reply #16 on:** February 11, 2013, 03:43:22 PM »

I do plan on going to vista one of these weekends. I will definitely give it a shot.

ScottR · « **Reply #17 on:** February 12, 2013, 11:57:53 AM »

Behl, I have collected many varieties of white sapote, I went with a few other folks a couple of years ago to Bob Chambers groves in De Luz,Ca. and collected 28 or so varieties. Some of the taste test winners are; Rainbow,Selck,Chestnut,Cuccio,Malibu#3,Vernon but it's all a matter of taste and what you like. I can trade you some scions if you want to. Send me a P.Message. Nullzero can also trade or ? send P.M.

nullzero · « **Reply #18 on:** February 12, 2013, 11:59:10 AM »

Quote from: ScottR on February 12, 2013, 11:57:53 AM

Behl, I have collected many varieties of white sapote, I went with a few other folks a couple of years ago to Bob Chambers groves in De Luz,Ca. and collected 28 or so varieties. Some of the taste test winners are; Rainbow,Selck,Chestnut,Cuccio,Malibu#3,Vernon but it's all a matter of taste and what you like. I can trade you some scions if you want to. Send me a P.Message. Nullzero can also trade or ? send P.M.

Scott,

Did you get my PM from yesterday? I know the forum has been buggy the last day.

ScottR · « **Reply #19 on:** February 12, 2013, 12:02:55 PM »

Nullzero, NO!

nullzero · « **Reply #20 on:** February 12, 2013, 12:05:04 PM »

Quote from: ScottR on February 12, 2013, 12:02:55 PM

Nullzero, NO!

Sent another one just now.

Felipe · « **Reply #21 on:** February 12, 2013, 12:18:13 PM »

Scott, you were on that trip to Bob Chambers? Cooool!! I read about that. Did you do a second visit? Any pictures?

I grafted Rainbow,Selck,Chestnut, Malibu#3 and others. Glad to hear that they are winners

Unfortunatelly they are to small to pick any budwood...

behlgarden · « **Reply #22 on:** February 12, 2013, 12:45:21 PM »

Quote from: nullzero on February 12, 2013, 11:59:10 AM

Quote from: ScottR on February 12, 2013, 11:57:53 AM
Behl, I have collected many varieties of white sapote, I went with a few other folks a couple of years ago to Bob Chambers groves in De Luz,Ca. and collected 28 or so varieties. Some of the taste test winners are; Rainbow,Selck,Chestnut,Cuccio,Malibu#3,Vernon but it's all a matter of taste and what you like. I can trade you some scions if you want to. Send me a P.Message. Nullzero can also trade or ? send P.M.

Scott,

Did you get my PM from yesterday? I know the forum has been buggy the last day.

Sent you PM Scott.

fyliu · « **Reply #23 on:** February 12, 2013, 12:47:09 PM »

These trips to Bob Chambers' orchard are annual or semi-annual. Bob himself doesn't go to most of them because he lives here in LA. Maybe we can drive him down there if we find out when the next one will be. I think the 2 harvests are March and November, depending on variety.

That chestnut guy from up north registered whitesapote.com and put some photos of Bob and his trees on it.

ScottR · « **Reply #24 on:** February 12, 2013, 11:12:25 PM »

Wow Felipe, glad to hear your growing all those varieties, but no we never made a second trip because of Huanglongbing being found in L.A area. We didn't want to bring any kind of bug back! No, I don't have any pictures but I know that Harvey C. who is a member of this forum took many he's the Chestnut guy Fyliu.
Behl, I got a e-mail I guest from you but no address, please send another P.M. with address

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Author Topic: White Sapote - Which one should I get? (Read 19864 times)