The Tropical Fruit Forum

I apologize for not getting on here sooner and getting back to people.  I have had a rough couple months that resulted in a decent hospital stay due to pneumonia, lack of internet access, and a family issue that needed resolving. 

I will be working through my PM messages this week, and doing whatever I can to make it right with those who placed orders with me, and to get caught back up now that my life is getting back to normal.   

Again, my apologies.

Very impressive greenman, its good to see so many plants are growing so nice for you. A couple questions: does your Mexican Cream Guava get fruit fly? I just bought a small one a couple weeks ago but I remember my grandmother's tree used to have little worms in the fruit, it hasn't put out guavas in 10+ years or so though so not sure if that would still be the case. Does your LSU Purple Fig have fruits that are holding? I bought that exact variety last summer, its in a 12 or 13 gallon container and was putting out some figs but after the last bout of rain we had when I checked the tree all were gone. Lastly, do you know if mulberries need frost to fruit reliably and well? I'd like to get one if not, and I've seen them in stores but don't think I've ever seen one grown by anyone here so not sure if they can be. Again, great yard!

mulberry doesn't need frost, that's for sure.  The dwarf everbearing type grows readily from cuttings and fruits even when young.  I found LSU Purple to be the best fig I have tasted yet (over Brown Turkey, VdB)

I like to add more mangos to my collection, which one shuld I buy?
kent,valencia pride,dot,sweet tart,harvest moon,Neelam,ugly betty, southern blush?
#1 is flavor & fiberless that I seek. I don't care about size or fruit bearing. All I care about is flavor.  I want something better than alphonso.

already added to my cart is edward.  got room for one.  Any advice of which of the above to choose?

Kent--good old time mango, but you can do better.
VP:  grows ridiculously fast...very difficult to maintain as a small tree
Dot:  Great mango--has some disease issues but that shouldn't be a problem for you in CA
ST:  The best mango I have had...Everyone needs to plant a ST.
HM:  too many issues with fruit set
Neelam:  you can do better for flavor than Neelam
UB:  Excellent sweet taste...worth consdering (along with Dot)
SB:  excellent mango flavor, worth considering, but not as good IMHO as Dot, ST, or Ugly Betty

That is a nice looking tree and the fruits are huge. Great work. Maybe i can add this to my LZ/PeachC/Dupuis too.
But the fruits will definitely get some unwanted attention

If you dont include Pineapple pleasure, you're a fool 

Looking for Hawaiian type  avocados, red or purple skinned San Miguel or Malama
1-3 gal sizes also Abiu, fig, dragon fruit, Pitomba, Pit sapodilla trees  grape vines,
Be willing to ship to miami 33166 pm if you have any
Hey I'm also interested in fragrant flowering trees and exotics.

Have all that are n bold.  One of these days we will get it together and make the order happen.

Looking for taste review of the fruit...also size of the tree, and potential in lowland subtropics.

Also interested in reports on sarawakensis (pingan), anisophyllus (mentawak)

Thanks

I have flordaprince, UF sun, tropic beauty, and flordagrande. Pm me if interested if interested

Alright Im excited to get some of those seeds from you, Keep me posted when their available. I have 4 of the pink type growing, seeds origin from borneo. Do you know where the white type were originally sourced?

Have you tried the red and white type side by side for comparison?

+1

Quote from: Pan Dulce on May 18, 2016, 08:11:53 AM

I am also planning to plant 2 to 4 mangos next spring.  My new house is about a mile from the east side of Lake Apopka.  I see both juvenile and adult sized mango trees throughout the Ocoee, Winter Garden, and Oakland neighborhoods, so cold damage looks to be pretty minimal in my area.  Would the above mentioned cultivars all have good disease resistance?  I am not overly concerned with stretching the season, but it would be nice.

I currently have a 7 gallon Sweet Tart, a 3 gallon Pina Colada and a 3 gallon Fruit Punch at my old house on the coast.  Was looking to pick up a Pickering, and possibly trade out for a better disease resistance.

Looks like you have the cream of the crop selection for mangos.
I haven't heard any negatives about the disease resistance for any of the ones you've mentioned. Not quite sure about Pina Colada though.

For those of you who have ate a lot the the new zills, is it easy to comfortable binge on say.. sweat tart?
I don't know first hand but i could imagine that if a fruit is super flavorful i couldn't eat a bunch in one sitting with out feeling sick.
Any truth to this?

I find it hard to eat a lot of fruit punch....I haven't tried but I bet I could eat ST until they were gone...but that is why Cac and MC are good additions to this list (and potentially seacrest as well--though I don't know it's disease resistance) as they are intensely flavored, but in a way that allows for gorging

New seeds : Cupui and Bacuri. Longkong seeds are back in stock (limited quantity)

My longkong arrived just starting to sprout...well packed as always.  I recommend Richard for seeds!

The coc/cac/cat that I've had have more of a complex flavor (distantly similar to Maha Chanok) when eaten at the right stage.

Like the sweet tart and Maha Chanok, the cac has a "coca cola" smelling sap.

FWIW, the flavor is balanced (not just sweet like many Asian mangoes) and has a tropical taste that is hard to describe yet hard to beat--Finishes sweet and smooth.  They are also a good size, seem to have good production and good disease resistance

Quote from: vandau on May 15, 2016, 08:39:55 PM

I thinks there's a misspelling on the Cac mango. Cat is the Vietnamese one: means "sand". At least it should be spelled Cat but pronounced, it sounds like Cac. So the "sand mango" not the "meowing mango" lol

Even more confusing, Coc (I'm assuming is Vietnamese) usually refers to dwarf/regular Ambarella. But it must taste better.

"Cac" may actually be synonymous with "Xoi Cat Chu". When you google photos of Cat Chu in Vietnam, they do look very similar to the mango we know as Cac.

I was under the impression that you were growing all 3 Vietnamese mangoes (Cac, Cat Chu, and Cat Hoa Loc).  Have you seen the resemblance of Cac and Cat Chu in your groves?

I believe that is, indeed, Pond apple.  Can't help on the other pics.  Color of the weed in #2 reminded me of firebush, but the leaves look very different so I am not sure.