Hasya is supposed to be a good variety w/large fruit. I have a small grafted tree that hasn't bore fruit yet.

Check out this site for info on different varieties

Here is a link that might be useful: Sapodilla viewer

I got prolific variety from Plantogram, I was told that its self polinating and size is decent size and grows well here in So Cal. Time will tell. In 6 months I have had no flush of any growth, may be spring time.

Most people who has tried the Hasya thinks its one of the best, if not the best flavored sapodilla. I would go with that one. Also, the Excalibur sapodilla is pretty good. As of right now only Excalibur in Lake Worth has it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Excalibur Fruit Trees

I have a Alano tree planted whose fruit tast awesome but the fruit are fairly small. From my experince I would go with the Hasya variety, its a large fruit that tasts excellent and is prolific.

It also depends on whether the "stone cell" content is a factor.

Rob

My alano was from excalibur. They didn't have their own named cultivar at the time. They have HUGE brown sugar sapodilla trees. I like the brown sugar taste but its a bit grainy. Hasya may be the one.

How about compact, nicely shaped tree as well as large, great-tasting fruit? Which variety?

"Silas Wood" is supposed to be a good container Sapodilla, although I've read online that the fruits are smaller than "Alano".

Silas Woods fruit can be very small. The tree, while small, can be a very heavy bearer. If you don't thin some of the fruit from the tree the fruits can be so small that it becomes as much ornamental as an edible fruit. If you don;t thin the branches can also become so heavy that there is a decent risk of the limb snapping.

Alano are not very small, can actually grow to a decent size (not large but decent to where you have a decent flesh to seed ratio).

The Hasya is also very good. I would also highly recommend the Excalibur...and don't discount the Molix, Morena or Tikal.

Rob

"How about compact, nicely shaped tree as well as large, great-tasting fruit? Which variety?"

Makok is a dwarf tree. Fairchild Gardens has a summary of the major cultivars at the link below.

http://www.fairchildgarden.org/livingcollections/tropicalfruitprogram/jackfruit/Growing-a-Sapodilla-Tree/

PIN says Makok is a summer variety, and I'd rather be eating mangoes in the summer!

You can eat only mangos all summer? Not me. Eating one fruit exclusively is like, like... being married :-0

Or maybe I should have said that it's good to have other fruits to eat in the winter and spring when mangoes and lychees are not in season.