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Just curious if any member here is growng the Russell avocado. I have a grafted Wilson Popenoe avocado.

If you are growing the Russell avocado tree, and it fruits, can you post a few photos of it, would like to see how it looks, also with it cut open. I saw the photos from Carlos's website/blog, but just curious if any forum members are growing it. I'll be grafting some scion wood for someone, and they tell me the fruit tases very good.

Ok, that makes sense. I didn't notice the blossom rot, but I do notice only the side of my trees with direct sun has fruits as well. Hardly any inside the canopy have fruits..

The other guava cutting I just got is called Indonesian Seedless Guava (good when eaten soft. Sweet pineapple/guava flavor). Is anyone growing this one, or has tried the fruits?

The person who has this tree said it will get a little yellow on the outside when fully ripe on the tree, and a little soft, taste is sweeter than the other two varieties he grows (Giant Taiwanesse Long, and Taiwanese Seedless).

No, not planning to release it this year. I want to wait to get more brix reading of the fruits. This year is bad for all loquat fruits, many people say they are not getting many fruits on their tree. I see the same thing on all my trees, only some varieties have fruits now so it may not give me enough data to know if the brix will be accurate this year. Once I see that the brix is consistent then I may consider sharing this variety with our TFF community.

Will not be selling any more loquat cuttings this year, only some trades if I see something good for me to collect.

I don't have Sherrywood, I do have Sherry, and last time I tested the brix, it came in at 18,20,20.  That is pretty good for loquats.

Angelino/Argelino and Avri had brix 15-17.

Do you know if it was their seedling Vista White or the real Vista White?

The cuttings I got (seedling VW) is very large, about 15 ft tall and has been fruiting for some time.

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Champagne is not that good, just average, get Chrismas, tastes better.

poncirusguy, instead of taking that many months/years, why didn't you just graft the Meiwa scionwood onto any FD seedling or any other tree? 

Seems like a long time to get the Meiwa growing well again. I grafted my UCR budwood scion wood to a branch and it had 4 normal size fruits the next year. Not sure what advantage there was for you to use approach graft for an easy to graft Meiwa.

I will let you know when I have time to check my seeds that should be germinated now in pots outside. I have too many pomelo and other seeds growing out in pots so will need to check each pot.

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