Just picked my very own Painter Cherilata. Beautiful tree and leaves. Grafts well on pond apple.
First ‘Painter’ cherilata fruit. A ‘spain’ cherimoya crossed with a ‘Tikal’ reticulata custard apple I believe.
color is very good, sweet and firm flesh, moist with strong strawberry(raspberry?) cream flavor. No perfume smell like pure reticulata fruits. Does have some grainy sugar crystal texture in the dark pink near the skin like reticulata. One fruit was not enough -it leaves you wanting more!
This variety requires no hand pollination. It precocious and makes many fruits. I have had to thin 15 or so fruits on a 2 year old tree.
Overall a top tier annona fruit and cant wait for the next one to ripen. Thanks John for creating this wonderful variety.