The Tropical Fruit Forum

Hello everyone,

Back in 2020, I purchased a Hawaiian Dwarf Starfruit from a reputable nursery that has since closed down. During Winter Storm Uri in 2021, the majority of it froze back, however I believe it regrew from above the graft line. Thanks to Winter Storm Enzo, I had to trim it back to cover it and picked a lot of the fruit. Here is a picture of the fruit, all in different stages of ripening. Upon doing a google search for the variety, the AI feature highlights this dwarf variety as having pale yellow fruits.

Is there anyone growing this variety that is willing to give their two cents on whether or not these fruit are consistent with what the Hawaiian Dwarf is supposed to look like?




Thanks,
Danny

Hello Everyone,

My name is Danny and I'm a 27yr old plant lover from Deep South Texas (Rio Grande Valley). I have been growing plants and trees since I was a little kid, and now have a food forest with pockets of butterfly/bee gardens. I love growing all sorts of edible fruits/plants.

I am currently looking for scions of any low chill deciduous and/or tropical fruit trees. I live in zone 10a and am looking for fruit varieties with 3-400 chill hours or less (however I will try those with higher chill as well). I am open to all sorts of fruit scions and/or rooted cuttings. I will gladly pay for postage or trade scions of my own.

NOTE: There is NO guarantee that my trees/scions are disease-free as I practice organic gardening and let Mother Nature do her thing. I do spray organic fungicides if I see an infection and prune out diseased tissue when spotted.

My main interests are:
-Adara rootstock (already rooted) (or any sweet cherry-compatible rootstock that isn’t a cherry rootstock)
-Capulin Cherry
-Escarpment Black Cherry
-Red Flesh Apples
-PawPaws (especially other species like parviflora, obovata, etc etc)
-Currants/Gooseberries
-Low Chill Cherry (sweet or sour/tart) such as Stella, Royal Crimson, Lapins, etc.
-Long Neck/Red Avocado
-Mangos
-Figs
-Tropical Fruit or deciduous fruit/berries that I do not have

Most deciduous trees are still dormant, but the peaches and nectarines are starting to wake up and flower. I can still find some scions that haven’t woken up yet.

Some of the trees I have growing are: many are large enough to take scions to offer for trade, but some are still too small. These will be in italics.
-Apple: Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Golden Dorsett, Arkansas Black, Gala, Fuji, Pink Lady, Ein Shemer, Honeycrisp, Pink Pearl
-Peach: Tropic Snow, Tropic Beauty, Flor(i)da King, Flor(i)da Prince, Flor(i)da Queen, Flor(i)da Grande, Stark Saturn (Donut), Sweet Bagel
-Nectarine: Sun Red, Sun Coast, Goldmine, Snow Queen, Karla Rose, Smooth Zest 1 and 2
-Pear: Pineapple, Floridahome, Barlett, Kieffer, Orient, Baldwin, Perdue, Red Barlett, Comice
-Asian Pear: 20th Century, Shinseiki, Housi, Chojuro, Tennousi
-Plum: Methley, Santa Rosa, Golden Nectar, un-named Gold variety (from Lowe’s), Mexican (P. mexicana), Flatwoods (P. umbellata), American (P. Americana), Adara
-Plumcot: Flavorella
-Pluot: Splash, Emerald, Flavor Grenade, Geo Pride, Flavor King, Flavor Queen, Flavor Supreme, Dapple Dandy
-Pluerry: Sweet Treat, Candy Heart, Flavor Punch, Sugar Twist
-CherryPlum: Delight, Sprite, Golden Delight
-Aprium: Flavor Delight
-Apricot: Tropic Gold, Katy, Gold Kist
-Almond: Ne-Plus
-Persimmon: Tanenashi, Suruga, Hachiya, Fuyu, Native (D. virginiana), Chienting, Coffee Cake, Giant Fuyu, Maru CA, Rojo Brillante, Vaniglia
-Fig: Brown Turkey, Celeste, White Marseilles, Olympian, Violette de bordeaux, Texas Everbearing, Little Miss Figgy, Beer’s Black, Kadota, Norman’s Yellow, Negronne, Jurupa
-Mulberry: Pakistan, Persian, Dwarf
-Cherry: Royal Lee, Minnie Royal, Wild Black (P. serotina), Montmorency, North Star
-Jujube: Sugar Cane, Honey Jar, Thai, Sherwood
-Olive: Arbequina, Mission
-Pawpaw: seedlings/unnamed varieties
-Grapes: several varieties - will update
-Hops: Cascade, Centennial
-Blueberry: Pink Lemonade, Biloxi, Sunshine Blue, Emerald, Sharp Blue, Brightwell, Blue Ridge
-Raspberry: Amity Red, Jewel, Mysore, Anne, Heritage, Latham Red, Double Gold, Fall Gold, Brandywine, Purple Royalty
-Blackberry: Arapaho, Apache, Ouachita, Osage, Sweetie Pie, Triple Crown, Kiowa, Snowbank, Baby Cakes
-Elderberry: two different unlabeled varieties
-Goji Berry: Phoenix Tears, Crimson Red
-Kiwi: Early Bird, Matua Male, Bruno

(Sub)Tropicals will be posted in the appropriate category.

I most likely forgot several fruit and/or varieties but will update as I take inventory. Feel free to DM!

Thanks for reading,
Danny