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I found a wild fig tree which has some very good tasting figs (in my opinion). I call it Betty#1, I would like to ask a handful of fig growers (not sellers) who would like to trial this fig cuttings I will send out to you. Since I'm in SoCal, I can't test this variety to determine if its common so I'm requesting anyone interested to contact me. I already have the cuttings now so you will need to root it or graft it now.

This is the same wild seedling tree figs I posted here 2 years ago. I now have it grafted on my trees, the fruits still taste very good so I wanted to see if it is a common fig.

Serious growers only. Here's my restrictions on this new seedling variety if you are picked for growing out the cuttings:

1. Must be an TFF forum member for minimum of 1 year.
2. You must update me on the growth progress every 6 months, and when it has the fruits.
3. You have no fig wasps in your location. Give my your address when you request the cuttings (2).
4. When you get fruits, please post here or send me a message to evaluate the taste and send photos of the fruit.
5. You can propagate this variety, but not sell any or give/share cuttings to others who might sell it without my permission.
6. You must not be a fig seller.
7. For people who live in lower 48 states only that allow fig cuttings to be shipped to them. No CA residence.
8. I have the right to refuse to send cuttings to anyone that request it.
9. You will get 2 cuttings for this trial.
10. Send me a message with your name & address, and I will notify you if you are selected.

=> Priority given to non-CA residents when I select who will get these. Only need 5-10 people to do this trial. Thanks, Kaz

I will be cutting more branches from my Brewster lychee when I pick the fruits now.

I had posted this in another thread so I moved it here to highlight the white sapote for 2023.

If you have tasted any of your white or yellow sapote, please post a photo, variety name, and taste results.

Here's the older thread of my info below:
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Update, now that is has been a few years since this post was active, I can give you some updates on my white sapote fruits.

I have now tasted the following fruits:
1. McDill
2. Yellow Sapote (from Arboretum)
3. Younghan's Gold
4. Super sweet
5. Cuccio
6. Suebelle
7. Vernon

My favorite so far on this list is from best to worst.
1. Younghan's Gold
2.  McDill
3. Cuccio
4. Vernon
5. Super Sweet

I have the following flowers/fruits on my grafts this year, so I hope to add to the list of fruits I tasted this year.
1. Clytia (from Jack)
2. Younghan's Gold
3. Super Sweet
4. Vernon
5. Butterscotch (AJ)
6. Bonita Springs
7. Vernon
8. Nettie
9. Mary Lane (ML)
10. Yellow Sapote seedling (Arboretum)
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I did some lychee taste comparison and wanted to post this information.

I wanted to get the Kaimana from Hawaii fresh but my friend who lives there said I was 2 weeks to late, they don't have any for sale now.

So, here's my taste comparison of the ones I purchased on Weee, and my fresh picked Brewster from my tree.

At least you can see the size of the fruits for comparison.









Here's my taste results. I still like the Nuomichi fruit texture, firm and crunchy. But as Simon said, it is not a good representative taste since the store purchased fruits are not fresh off the tree.





I should be able to get some ripe Mauritius when they ripen, and I will try to compare the taste to my Brewster and add it here later.

Free Red Himalayan Cuttings, for California (CA) residents only.

I noticed that Wee has the Nuomichi lychee fruits for sale.

I hope to taste this fruit which if I remember correctly, Simon said was the best tasting lychee he has had.

The price is not bad since you get 4lbs in the basket, so I purchased one, should get it by Friday and will report back on the taste.

Is this fruit from a Eugenia luschnathiana or Pitomba?

I went to a fruit tour and picked up these fruits from a mature tree, it tastes ok, not sweet, a little on the source side. I picked up these fallen fruits, forgot to take photos of the tree, maybe later.





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I found a good mulberry seedling tree (male) that seems to root well for me so I stared rooting many cuttings now. I finally got the hang of rooting cuttings without much effort so I can make many rooted cuttings for rootstock now.

It will be 1 year before I can graft onto these rooted cuttings.

So, just curious if there is enough interest for me to graft some good varieties on these future seedling plants for next year.
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Sales to registered forum members for at least 6 months.
Not taking any advance orders, will not sell them until after the grafted plants are ready to ship.
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Here's the list of mulberry varieties I'm thinking of grafting onto the seedlings when they are old enough to graft.

1. Red Himalayan (from Exotica) - huge leaves, vigorous, fruits well after 3 years. Fruit tastes good, brix =22.
2. White Pakistan- my variety seems to grow slow/dwarf style. So this might be a good one for those who want to grow in ground and keep it small (under 8 ft). Fruit tastes is excellent, sweet, brix =28.
3. Australian Green- white long fruit, similar in size and taste to white pakistan. Fruit seems to stay on longer than the white pakistan. Vigorous grower. High fruit production. brix =28.
4. DMOR9- long red fruit. Seems to be one of the best tasting from peoples review. I haven't tasted many fruits on new grafts. Vigorous grower, I should have many large branches by next spring to use scionwood. (sale on ebay $150)
5. Siam Jimbo- fruit is supposed to be 1-1/2", fat red/black fruits. My fruits were that not fat, similar is size to Thai Dwarf. Maybe next year it will have larger fruits that tastes better.
6. Silk Hope- taste is good.
7. Thom's Super Pakistan- long red fruit, similar to DMOR9. Still not many available except on ebay ($150)
8. Gerardi Dwarf- small, 1" fruits, tastes good. Suppose to be a dwarf mulberry due to close leaf nodes.
9. Sange e Latte (Italy)- translated fruit color is blood & milk (red/with white background). Taste is excellent. Different from most mulberries here in the US. (not really available except here).
10 Persian mulberry (morus nigra)- small fruit, supposed to be best combo of sweet/tart. Vigorous grower, as much as my Red Himalayan.

-> Not showing any of the varieties that are easy to root from cuttings such as the Black Pakistan & Shangre-La

The cost of the grafted tree (1yr old) could range from $30-$50 each, plus shipping cost.
The cost of the grafted tree is for the pots I need to purchase, seedling tree, and the scionwood which is a fair price. If you think it should be lower in cost, let me know as well below.

Let me know if you would be interested in this, please tell me which ID number above is of interest.
I have 24 varieties and I think these above are the best tasting.

If there are enough people interested, then I will graft the top 3 most requested below (popular/desirable) as my seedling trees become available for grafting.

If I decide to graft these, I will post the final top 3 varieties by the end of the month.

Thanks..

I will be planting a lot of my loquat seeds this year and will not let most of them grow until it fruits.

So, just curious if there is enough interest for me to graft some good loquat varieties on these future seedling plants for next year.
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Sales to registered forum members for at least 6 months.
Not taking any advance orders, will not sell them until after the grafted plants are ready to ship.
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Here's the list of loquat varieties I'm thinking of grafting onto the seedlings when they are old enough to graft.
  Added Estee on 7/22.

1. Big Jim (my variety, could be a seedling tree from the nursery, not sure- tastes excellent).
2. Vista White, large white flesh fruits, very good tasting
3. KT1-Kosmic, highest fruit production, very good tasting, flesh is white/yellow.
4. KT3-Sheri Lynn, white/yellow flesh, very good, medium to large fruits, one of my favorites
5. KT9-Lindsey, orange flesh, one of the best tasting of the orange flesh, larger fruits than Big Jim.
6. KT2-OCBC_Keiko, unreleased white flesh seedling. Very good to Excellent tasting, round fruit, much better than a Mogi or Argelino.
7. KT6-Lisa1, white flesh, highest brix (22-30).
8. KT23-Lenox, white/yellow flesh, excellent tasting fruit.
9. KT26-Michael1, white flesh, highest brix (21-29).
10. Peluche
11. Estee .

If anyone has the passiflora quadrangularis ML (PQML) growing, I'm interested in buying 2-4 cuttings.

Let me know.

If you want to trade for some P. Decaisneana cuttings (from Hoang) I have a large vine growing.

Thanks.


=> CLOSED, thanks Hoang.

Ok, I need to cut back this tree, getting too large again.
So, here's the KT4-Teardrop cuttings for sale. I will take Advance Order List now.

I will not cut/ship until July 10 week. I will let you know when you can make the payment once I know how many people want to buy it.

Here's the cost for this cutting:
1. KT4-Teardrop, $5 each.
2. No minimum order, maximum of 4 per forum member.
3. Must be a forum member for 6 months to purchase.
4. Sales to lower 48 states.
5. Shipping Cost, $10.20, USPS priority mail, small box.
6. I take PayPal only, Friends & Family.
7. I have the right to refuse to sell to anyone.

Send a PM if you would like to purchase this cutting. You will be put on the Advance Order List, and I will start to ship on July 10.

Don't send me any payment, I will let you know when you can make the payment.

Here's some photos of the tree and fruits from previous years.
This tree has been fruiting for 10+ yrs, it is a large tree, produces fruits regulary, but not as productive as my KT1-Kosmic. Fruit has orange flesh, size is medium to large fruits, taste is very good. It is not my top 10 list, but is in the top 20.

I will be taking advance order to buy item #4 below, a new seedling variety called KT23-Lenox.

The fruit has white/yellow flesh, very juicy, very good to excellent taste. Nate says it's a good one.

Here's his review of this fruit:
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I think you have something special with the white flesh seedling fruit you brought by today. Everyone has said it’s the best loquat they’ve had. Absolute perfect balance of sweet/tart, with much more sweetness than tart, and it seems like every fruit taste similar, so you’ve got nice consistency with this one. Much better/sweeter than Vista White, or any of the other whites I’ve tried. Wonderful fruit!
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New update to the list below that I have been submitted for 2023.

1. KT13-Maddox. This is my new seedling tree with nice looking fruits
2. KT21-Betty. Good tasting fruits, has been fruiting for 3 yrs
3. KT22-xxx.  First time fruiting this year.
4. KT23-Lenox.  Has been fruiting for 3+ years. Nate this is the one I brought over to you, white flesh.
5. KT24-xxx.  First time fruiting this year.
6. Norm's loquat - submitted by a CRFG (Orange).
7. Clifton- submitted by Larry Narcisse
8- Navel loquat - submitted by Eroz Garcia
9- Old San Marcos- submitted by Kevin (K-Rimes)
10-Nancy-from Nate (FV Fruit Freak), will post info on the fruits tonight
11. Chinese #1- variety name TBD, submitted by John (Johnny Eat Fruit)
12. Chinese #3- variety name TBD, submitted by John (Johnny Eat Fruit)
13. Chinese #4- variety name TBD, submitted by John (Johnny Eat Fruit)
14. Valley #1- submitted by John (Johnny Eat Fruit)
15. 1Z-2Z- from John (Johnny Eat Fruit), originator Gary (Laguna Hills Nursery)
16. Khaled #1- variety name TBD, from Khaled
17. Imperial-Italian origin, has orange flesh, creator Guglielmo (gugly)
18. Rita-submitted by Reedo
19. Melissa-submitted by Melissa L.
20. Estee - submitted by Steve B.

For now, if anyone would like to buy cuttings of KT23-Lenox, here's the requirements below:

Here's the cost for this cutting:
1. KT23-Lenox, $15 each.
2. No minimum order, maximum of 4 per forum member.
3. Must be a forum member for 6 months to purchase.
4. Sales to lower 48 states.
5. Shipping Cost, $10.20, USPS priority mail, small box.
6. I take PayPal only, Friends & Family.
7. I have the right to refuse to sell to anyone.

Send a PM if you would like to purchase this cutting. You will be put on the Advance Order List, and I will start to ship on July 5.

Don't send me any payment, I will let you know when you can make the payment.

If you want just a few loquat varieties then I suggest you graft the Big Jim (orange), Jim's Big White (white flesh), KT1-Kosmic (highest fruit production) and KT23-Lenox (excellent tasting).

So if you have not purchased these two seedling trees, I highly recommend you buy the KT1 and KT23 to add to your tree.

Here's the photos of the loquat tree and fruits:










---> These fruits below were banged around by the wind and was hitting the other branches and block wall so they have some scratch marks. If they don't get knocked around, the fruits are nice and pretty like the ones above on the tree. They still tasted good.