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Posted by deanSFBA z9 SanFranArea (My Page) on Fri, Apr 22, 05 at 2:10
I am curious to see how people rate unusual fruit.
Could you please rate the fruits below according to the following scale:
1=strongly disliked it
2=less than average
3=average/take it or leave it
4=enjoyed it/would eat it again
5=liked it/would seek it out
Please note if it was
F=fresh
J=jam
P=prossessed another way
example:
sillywillyberry -->
4j sillywillyberry. thanks
persimmon
paw paw
fig
gooseberry
currant
mulberry
kiwi
Chinese magnolia vine
service berry/Amelanchier alnifolia
CHINESE EDIBLE HAWTHORNE/Crataegus pinnatifioa
lingonberry
wintergreen
thimbleberry
salal
jujube
blue bean shrub/Decaisnea fargesii
goji berry/Lycium barbarum
aronia
medlar
autumn olive/Eleagnus umbellata
goumi/Eleagnus multiflora
sea berry/Hippophae rhamnoides
dogwood/cornus mas
che
black sapote
white sapote
capulin cherry
sapadilla
pitomba/Eugenia luschnathiana
eggfruit/Pouteria campechiana
dragon fruit/pitaya
wax jamboo/Syzygium samarangense
Guajilote, Cuachilote, Guahalote /Parmentiera edulis
Spondias cytherea
Syzygium samarangense
Morinda citrifolia
Muntingia calabura
Myrciaria cauliflora/jaboticaba\
guayabilla/Eugenia victoriana
Araza /Eugenia stipitata
Rose apple/Syzygium jambos
ice cream bean/inga-
Brazilian Cherry/Grumichama
passionfruit
thanks,
dean
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| Are you doing market research? The fruits sound interesting. I haven't heard of most of them. Which of these grow in the US? |
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| Wow. Some job to rate them to give you any meaningful information. Do I count if my family likes the fruit but I don't personally like it? The point being that I would buy it to serve them even though I wouldn't be eating it. What about multiple uses? Processed is a very broad range--for instance, processed pawpaw includes pawpaw bread, pawpaw ice cream, and pawpaw custard. If I like it the way I prepare it (so I would buy it), but I've had it at restaurants where I didn't like it (so I wouldn't buy it), which way does that go? Does adding passionfruit to tea make it processed or is that fresh? Is including it in fruit salad processing it--since you're mixing flavors--or is it fresh? If you put jam between the layers of a cake, is that jam or processed? Oh, and I considered jelly and jam as the same. 3F,4P persimmon
5F,5P paw paw
4F,5P fig
4F,5J,5P gooseberry
3F,5J,5P currant
3P mulberry
5F kiwi 2P service berry/Amelanchier alnifolia
4F,5P lingonberry
3P wintergreen
3P salal
5F,5P passionfruit Any of the others I've had didn't make it worthwhile to remember, so I wouldn't bother. Ray |
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We personally grow jujubes for market. Generally they're marketed to the asian community, but we're having great sucess marketing them to our predomitaly caucasion community. Personally we've tried and failed growing many of your listed varieties but my favorites are
paw paw, persmmons, pitaya, mulberry, white sapote,wax jambu, starfruit, jaboticaba, cherimoya, & sapodilla. Figs are wonderful but I wouldn't consider them rare. |
RE: Which fruit to grow?
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persimmon 4f
paw paw looking into these this year myself
fig 5f 5 dried
currant 5f 4dried
kiwi 3f
jujube 5f 4dried just planted some this year
passionfruit 5f 5 juice Is there a 6??? wow I'd be interested in what folks say about pawpaw and jujube. |
RE: Which fruit to grow?
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Persimmon (hard kind) 4f 4dried
Persimmon (soft kind) 3f
fig 5f
kiwi 2f
jujube 5f 1dried
passionfruit 2f 4p
dragon fruit 5f
rose apple 5f Have not heard of most of the fruits listed. But then again I eat a lot of tropical fruits that I don't know the name of. |
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persimmon 4f
paw paw 4f
fig 4 dried
gooseberry 3f
currant - black, 4f/4j, white red pink etc 3j
mulberry - 2f
kiwi - 5f
Chinese magnolia vine
service berry/Amelanchier alnifolia
CHINESE EDIBLE HAWTHORNE/Crataegus pinnatifioa
lingonberry - 4f
wintergreen - 3f
thimbleberry - 4f
salal
jujube
blue bean shrub/Decaisnea fargesii
goji berry/Lycium barbarum - 5 dried
aronia
medlar - 3f
autumn olive/Eleagnus umbellata
goumi/Eleagnus multiflora
sea berry/Hippophae rhamnoides
dogwood/cornus mas
che
black sapote - 2f
white sapote - 2f
capulin cherry
sapadilla
pitomba/Eugenia luschnathiana
eggfruit/Pouteria campechiana
dragon fruit/pitaya - 4f
wax jamboo/Syzygium samarangense
Guajilote, Cuachilote, Guahalote /Parmentiera edulis
Spondias cytherea
Syzygium samarangense
Morinda citrifolia
Muntingia calabura
Myrciaria cauliflora/jaboticaba\
guayabilla/Eugenia victoriana - 3f
Araza /Eugenia stipitata
Rose apple/Syzygium jambos
ice cream bean/inga-
Brazilian Cherry/Grumichama - 3f
passionfruit 2f, 2j, just basically 2 |
RE: Which fruit to grow?
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persimmon 5fjp
paw paw
fig 3fp
gooseberry
currant 5fjp
mulberry 3f
kiwi 5fp
Chinese magnolia vine
service berry/Amelanchier alnifolia
CHINESE EDIBLE HAWTHORNE/Crataegus pinnatifioa
lingonberry
wintergreen
thimbleberry
salal
jujube
blue bean shrub/Decaisnea fargesii
goji berry/Lycium barbarum
aronia
medlar
autumn olive/Eleagnus umbellata
goumi/Eleagnus multiflora
sea berry/Hippophae rhamnoides
dogwood/cornus mas
che
black sapote
white sapote
capulin cherry
sapadilla
pitomba/Eugenia luschnathiana
eggfruit/Pouteria campechiana
dragon fruit/pitaya
wax jamboo/Syzygium samarangense
Guajilote, Cuachilote, Guahalote /Parmentiera edulis
Spondias cytherea
Syzygium samarangense
Morinda citrifolia
Muntingia calabura
Myrciaria cauliflora/jaboticaba\
guayabilla/Eugenia victoriana
Araza /Eugenia stipitata
Rose apple/Syzygium jambos
ice cream bean/inga-
Brazilian Cherry/Grumichama
passionfruit 5p thanks,
dean You bet! You might want to add Cherimoya (5f) to the list. Related to pawpaw and a flavor of sweet fruit custard. Also, mango (5fp), Papaya (5fp), pineapple-guava (5p), Lychee, and banana (5fp, many less common varieties not found in stores as they don't ship well.) |
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