The Tropical Fruit Forum

Kampong is not.
I agree. Can you slice a fruit  leave the seed in it and take a picture.

On a brighter note, most trees with ripening fruit at this time of the year in Florida, are really good. Many seedlings of Waldin around with excellent tasting fruit. Your profile mentions you are at 2700' elevation. That fruit may need more time. It can also be a Hall seedling. 

Quote from: CTMIAMI on October 20, 2022, 06:50:05 PM

There are definitely ready now. Season is October to unk. I will pay more attention this year. 
Does not bear consistent every year. But for a homeowner is fine you are going to have really good fruit for two months. Really how many can you eat.
Is not a small tree. I have it growing between two Monroes so is king of box-in. Will get another tree going at a better location.
No I have not tried the improved Pollock

Wow I thought the season for Kampong was later.  I will definitely want to try some this year, have never gotten the chance.

Julie, I have found out that the length of time a fruit hangs in the tree is not necessarily related to fruit quality. Some fruit can hang on the tree while quality deteriorates.

Picked around October 10. This year they are spectacularly clean. The flavor 10++++. For those who value creaminess, AAA. Just clean tasting avocado,
Lacks the Catalina, Nishikawa and to some extend Oro Negro boiled egg taste that I don't like.   Delight on avocado toast or as side dish.  May be climate change is going to benefit some old varieties.
I wonder why this is not in every nursery in Florida, instead of the latest hype. On the late season spectrum this beats Monroe, Choquette, Lula, Hall. Not sure about the cold hardiness but has a lot of Guatemalan in it.

Does Gem turns black when ripe?  How long does it take to ripen.
I got some Gems off my tree in the 10-11 oz ranee on Oct 6, today the 17ththey are hard as a rock and very green

The release from UF is a red type I'm going to try to get hold of some fruit.

For me was a huge producer

Agree with spaugh looks like Bacon. Crush and smell the leaves to see it you detect anise like aroma.

The trees I got them from are supposed to be Thai Lessard. These were some of the first fruit set of the season. They were amazing, I take these over any atemoya I have tasted so far.

Good Video

Actually, I can pick fruit that I know are going to be Culls and process then into oil for the house.
I will try it. 

This year I have had some of the best Sugar Apples

Is all a matter of taste. Dupuis and Simond both are excellent. Dupuis a bit early For the fall a good Waldin is really good and stays relatively clean. The downside
the large seed. I'm testing a new cultivar, Denise. Ripens in September extremely creamy, let's see how well it is this year to confirm production. A 25oz fruit with small seed.   Pollock is good but production is poor, especially since we are in this warming trend, very susceptible to Laurel Wilt.

A late season Dupuis, there are some in DR, a lot of importers avoid it because it does not travel well or stores well in cold temps. At some point they stop growing and you get a lot of small fruit.