Excalibur usually has them all.

I'll have seeds of grumichama and COTRG if you like, though I am sure you would rather get a head start with plants.

One note, the COTRG and pitomba are beautiful but can suffer from limb dieback which depreciates its ornamental value. The grum is just stunning if u ask me. I detect a slight astringency with the skin of the grum, so I suck the flesh and spit out the skin and seeds. But the flesh is great tasting.

yeah i want plants. im probably just going to keep an eye out for them at local sales this season.

im going to prune them as a tight hedge along the side of my house, probably 4 foot tall. maybe that will prevent limb dieback?

grumichama and COTRG look similar right? i tried a Grumichama (i believe from the taste) it was tasteless, maybe it was an early picked COTRG?

I have two grumichamas that are just about to burst into bloom. They are slightly different but both are quite good and I detect no astringency in the skin. Limb die back is much more of problem with pitomba and COTRG. I have had no issue with limb die back on Grumichama.

Harry

COTRG and pitomba look similar, grumichama looks nothing like either. As with Harry, no limb dieback on the grum's.

BTW...not to get too picky....like my professor used to in fruit class, but COTRG supposedly is really CORG. It doesn't come from the river area between Texas and Mexico, it comes from the southern most state in Brazil called Rio Grande. So, I was taught it is correctly called Cherry of Rio Grande. You won't see it correctly stated in very many places, but I trust my prof. on this. What's in name, anyway?

Harry

i figured it was a reference to Brasil but wouldnt the correct phrase still be Cherry of the Rio Grande even if its referring to a river like "Jewel of the Nile"?

No, actually not. While one might say " of the Rio Grande" referring to the river, you wouldn't say "of the Texas" when referring to the state. Rio Grande that is being referred to here is a state of Southern Brazil, not a river.

Harry

jb_fla which flavor do you prefer over the Grumichama and CORG?

i want the one with the most cherry like flavor.

lol, i know its NOT referring to Mexico, there are several rivers in Brasil considered part of the Rio Grande, its a port. but i understand what you are saying.

For me, no question about it, I prefer the taste of the grumichama over the CORG/COTRG.

I would have to agree with JB Fla. The grumichamas I have grown and others that I havwe tasted were better than the other fruits.....whatever their name is. The fact that I have grown successfully and easily two grumichamas for about 17 years without any kills or limb die back while the other fruit in question I have planted 3 times and had them all die from limb die back may be partially predjudicing my taste buds. I have tasted some nicely flavored CORG, so if you can keep them alive, it is worth growing.

Harry

Harry, have you tasted pitomba yet? Mine is about 4'x3'. So far no signs of flower or growth, they are the slowest growing.

Yes, I have had pitomba. It is a decent fruit, apricot-like I guess you would say. Not my all tiime favorite but worth growing.....if the darn thing wouldn't have the die back issues it does. I have two seedlings potted that have remained the same size, due to neglect, for the past 5 years.

the two green jasmine bushes along the house are what im currently trying to remove, the skinny bush near the fence is a wonderful pomegranate, (its going in a container near my figs) the barbados cherry is the second bush against the house, its hard to see

after i remove the two jasmines and pom with the barbados cherry i have room for three more cherry hedge bushes