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| This is the first atemoya I've ever seen, so I don't know when to pick it. |
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| They have to be a little soft to the touch and more open on the bottom. They will ripen indoors if picked too early. I am enjoying mine now, I had a few ripening on the tree and after a rain they were fully opened but still good. A real treat!
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- Posted by happy_fl_gardener 9a, near DeLand (My Page) on Fri, Sep 14, 12 at 20:43
| What varieties are you both growing? |
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| I don't know which variety I have. I just went on a shopping spree at Treehouse Nursery on Pine Island a few years ago and ended up with an "atemoya". So, let me get this straight, my fruit's bumps have to be sticking out more before it's ripe? By the way, let me take this opportunity to thank GardenWeb's admin for finally making it easy to post photos on this board. I don't know how much more of the OLD system I could have stood before I cracked up! |
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| I don't know what variety of atemoya I have. I also have a red sugar apple that looks like yours. Taste is different a little bit more sweet, I prefer the atemoya taste that resembles chirimoyas since it is a mix of a sugar apple and chirimoya. The seams have to be kind of more open and important a little soft to the touch but not too much, otherwise they are over ripe... Here is another picture of a perfectly ripe atemoya
Silvia |
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- Posted by alys_esmond 9b Orlando (My Page) on Mon, Sep 17, 12 at 12:05
| Pick it NOW! Let it ripen on the counter Frikkin squirrel(s) ripped my one and only fruit to pieces as I was patiently waiting for it to ripen on the tree. Didn't eat any of it (that I could tell) but the segments were all over the ground! And, no, it wasn't completely ripe either. Alys |
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- Posted by sharbear50 9 Orlando (My Page) on Thu, Sep 20, 12 at 9:17
| Hummm, don't think I have ever seen or eaten one of these. What do they taste like? |
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| do you grow these from seed? If so, is anyone willing to share I can send a SASE. |
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| Here is more info for those that want to know. In my opinion is one of the tastiest fruits in the world, and I have done my share of sampling everywhere.:) It resembles custard and that is probably why is also called custard apple, the taste is creamy and luscious, not overly sweet or an aftertaste. My daughter told me why I didn't put "only atemoyas" in our garden,lol. And I replied because they are frost sensitive! Here is also the info on the grafting, it won't come true from seeds. Here is how I rate them: Of course there is also different varieties in each category... Silvia |
Here is a link that might be useful: atemoya
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| Wow! I just ate the atemoya I photographed earlier. It finally started getting somewhat soft, and there are so many squirrels coming and going around here that I finally lost my nerve and picked it. I can't compare its taste to anything I've ever eaten before. It was so rich that I could only stand to eat half of it. I cling-wrapped the other half and put it in the fridge. I can now see why atemoyas are so highly regarded by so many people! |
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| That gets to be a pretty big tree... can it be pruned to keep smaaller? Thanks, sally |
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