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Posted by
mango_kush 10b Hollywood, FL (
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Sun, Oct 17, 10 at 12:43
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RE: Sugar Apple
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Congrats. Those fruits look so good, I just want to eat one! I have some of these trees...SEEDLINGS. I have to find a good grafted variety. I am going to have to go the previous forums and see if I can get the consensus on the best varieties. I have to say that I am a little confused though. Some people have said that they prefer the cherimoya and some people say that they prefer the sugar apple. I wish I could find a place that carried these fruits!
Andrew |
RE: Sugar Apple
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Those are very nice sugar apples! How old is the tree? Did you plant from seed? And will this be the first year you get to try fruit from this particular tree?
Does anyone know of a good online store that sells sugar apples? Bo |
RE: Sugar Apple
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- Posted by jun_ 8a-9b (My Page) on
Sun, Oct 17, 10 at 13:07
| nice tree! sugar apples are too seedy for me, and some have a very strong "perfume", it literally tastes like sweet perfume. i prefer atemoyas because the have less seeds and not too strong flavor |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| Bryan: Nice looking sugar apple tree and fruits. However, are you sure that you have "kampong mauve?" I used to have one before the hurricane and my recollection was that even the young fruits showed the characteristic mauve coloration. I definitely remember mine being not so green. Where did you get yours? I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think I am. Harry |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| Harry is 100% correct. That is definitely not a Kampong mauve. The young fruits pretty much always have the purplish coloration. Is it a grafted tree? |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| i got it from Spykes nursery but it had a Pine Island tag on it that i still have, says Kampong Mauve. i guess its a mislabled Thai Lessard then. it should be an airlayer being from Pine Island? andrew seedling anonas generally come true to type, they may have a higher seed ratio or not come true to color, may be from cross pollination with a green variety I can get whitman purple seedlings, i will wait until they fruit in container to make sure they are purple then im going to try and graft another variety onto this. |
RE: Sugar Apple
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mangokush,
Check and see if it is an actual air layer. Some nurseries think that its okay to sell seedling sugar apples and label them as named varieties. |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| Sheehan is correct - The guy at PIN told me that the the thai lessard they sell are from seed. The kampong mauve is grafted though. Jeff |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| If the fruit started out green then it's a thai lessard. The KM will start off muave color or a weird color other than green. I got the KM from PI by mistake and the fruit started off brownish or muave. When I called to ask, the lady say the KM was from seed too. I see no grafted mark on my KM. |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| Interesting - I was told that the KM was grafted at PIN. I was once told that red-fruited sugar apple seeds can sometimes produce green-fruited trees... so grafting them would be important. Jeff |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| From an article I have read. Farmers in Taiwan, by extremely early spring and late summer pruning, force their sugar apple trees to produce two crops per year. Is it possible to do that in a warm climate like south Florida? Have you ever try that? |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| i have seen sugar apples produce two crops but they are consecutive during one season |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| Congrats on your good yield... How old is your tree? That looks like it's no less than 3yr? I have a 1.5yr old seedling in a pot, I can't wait any longer :( Tim |
RE: Sugar Apple
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I should say they got 2 seasons (summer & winter) per year. What they did were, if I understand the article correctly. Trees were pruned to height and sharp in early spring(Feb.- March). Leaves were totally removed at the same time. First fruit season were from July through Oct. In late summer (June - Aug), weak and inside growth branches were removed. Branches that grew the same season were cut to 2-3 nodes. All leaved removed. Flowers should begin in 15-20 days. Second fruit season were from Nov. though March.
I remember someone said that his sugar apple tree was still bald this spring. So my guess is, winter crop for south Florida is not possible if it was grown out door. |
RE: Sugar Apple
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| I mean 'pruned to height and shape' |
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