pouteria lucuma

fruitist says...
Lucmo can be grown in SA. There are more hardy Poueria species. My 3 year old has 2 almost ripe fruits now. Fruit looks like a mini Papaya, abour 6 inches long. Try Limberlost at Cairns although they have trimmed down on fruit trees especially grafted ones last 3 years.

Jantina says...
Thankyou fruitist, I will chase that up.Happy Earth, that is a good question, hopefully Limberlost can tell me. My fruit bible(Louis Glowinski)only says that the lucmo will grow wherever lemons thrive and they certainly thrive here.I will let you know if I find out.

HappyEarth says...
Thanks for your kind words Jantina. Glad you enjoyed the site. Fantastic to hear you are doing similar things in south australia. Good luck with the lucmo ... let us know how it goes down the track when you managed to source and plant one out :)

Jantina says...
Hello Fruitist, I wrote an email to you earlier but it seems to have escaped into cyberspace. Anyway I was interested to hear more about the hardy pouterias you spoke of.Thanks to you I have now ordered some lucmos from Limberlost. Have to wait a year for them and then pay big$s freight but thats the way it goes. Jantina

fruitist says...
Just ate my first fruit from my own tree. Fruit fell off from the stalk for 2 days. Taste almost same as Canistel, though less fermenting flavour. Texture less dense than Canistel. Ate the skin too.

Jantina says...
Hi fruitist,very interesting, I can only hope that the ones I ordered are the correct plant.Have to admit that I have given lucumas little thought since being in Japan and chasing up pawpaws,akebias,Japanese taro,lotus root and looking at all the delightful little vegie gardens tucked into any available corner.Anyway can,t think straight this morning because we go home this afternoon and i,m too excited.Cheers Jantina

fruitist says...
The Lucuma fruits in the picture in Wikipedia have the same shape of my grafted Canistel from Daleys.

One species Pouteria multiflora has smaller rounded fruits. Fruits are about 2 inches in diameter, almost round, and look just like a small Canistel. The seed is very large, and the pulp is very thin. The leaves are darker green, duller and broader about 12" by 3".

Sean says...
I got some Lucuma seeds when I was on holiday in Peru.I got a few of them to grow and my good plant is only about 50 cm but it looks happy and is stating to grow after surviving another winter fine. The fruit itself was a strange sot of texture, maybe a bit like wood putty but the taste was really nice and sweet with a Maple syrup taste.
By the way I think Paul Rieker ( not sure about his last name spelling) from nothern NSW has seeds available sometimes.
Sean

Jantina says...
Hi Jason, fruitist put me on to Limberlost nursery ,where I have 3 grafted lucumas on order.The tree price was quite reasonable, about $27 but the postage is horrendous.Anyway he says it will be a year before they are ready and by that time I might have worked out a cheaper way to get them here.Perchance I might even be able to give you seeds and scion material before 10 years!Of course in this game it is better not to count your chickens just yet! Do not know if you saw my post to you on sunday under avocado?Could you possibly email me your ph. no. or email address so I can contact you if we are coming in your direction.? You could then tell me if it suits you for us to call, or not as the case may be.Thanks Jantina.P.S. Sean, most reassuring to know your lucumas are doing well in Gippsland which has a climate similar to Mt. Gambier ,please keep us posted on your progress.

Jantina says...
Sean, do you mind telling me how Paul operates e.g.does he have a list?how do you contact him?

Jantina says...
Thankyou Sean, I have done that and found an address and a phone no.It says there is no website but no matter a ph. no. is good.Jantina

Steve says...
I recently became interested in growing Lucuma after meeting a Peruvian.
He said in Peru the fruit is usually blended into a drink.
I've read that it prefers high altitudes & as Peru is very dry, I assume it may not enjoy my sub tropical & humid climate.
However I read a post earlier here that Paul is growing them in northern NSW.
Any idea of when they crop (re fruit fly problem)?
I grow around 60 friut & nut trees but because most of the summer crop is lost through fruit flies I'm trying to plant varieties that crop in the cooler months.
I felt sure I would be able to buy Lucuma plants from Daleys.
What is happening in the world today, or is life not meant to be easy?

Jantina says...
Hi HappyEarth, Limberlost Nursery up north was taking orders, he told me it was about a years wait but he may have done some extras when he grafted mine, that was about 4 months ago.

duane says...
is there anyplace i can buy fuerte avocado scions to graft with(in ca.) thanks.....duane

Jose L. says...
One more thing. I speak of Pouteria lucuma, but the fruitist fruits are maybe Pouteria obovata, also called lucuma.

Jose L. says...
Yes, Jantina, I have tasted it. It is very difficult to get the right ripening point (you should wait until the fruit drops itself, and wait 10-20 days more till it softens. But if you get the right point is delicious. Its strange because the pulp is dry, and it tastes to me like a walnut cream.

trikus says...
THanks very much Jose . Finally some real info on a mysterious species . Goes to show how unreliable wikipedia and other internet sources can be . Just repeating wrong information as gospel truth . Many people are mistakingly growing forms of Canistel thinking they have Lucama .
Also my reference shows the 2 names synonomous Pouteria lucama & obovata.

Phil. says...
Yes some of the true lucuma seem to have a green skin and yellow/orange flesh rather than being a canistel look-alike.

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trikus says...
Denise I am certain many here would just love some of your seeds , and they may be allowed into Australia , BUT , I know it is hard getting seeds into NZ . I do not think it would grow well here in the tropics , though I would like to try .What would you like ? Lakoocha , Kwai Muk , Bunchosia , Pouteria viridis , Pouteria sapote , Theobroma cacoa , Coffee, Synsepalum dulcificum , Garcinia sp., perhaps brasiliensis.

amanda says...
I just re-read this - it's not much help is it? Apart from the names, u could could drive a truck thru' those measurements!

Our (WA) agricultural dept is great and the Qld one is pretty awesome - try them:

www.dpi.qld.gov.au

Jantina says...
Hi Steve, quarantine allows clean lucumo seed into Oz, I have checked this with them.

John I. says...
Hi Jantina, is this a general rule with seeds or are quarantine rules highly restrictive?

Guilly says...
Hi Jantina, yes all seeds go on quarentine and properly identified, as far as I go everything goes on quarentine. I also brought a woden handycraft and processed food that were observed but everything was clear and later returned to me.

Jantina says...
Hi Guilly, yes there are a few places that have lucumo growing, they are just very hard to track down! Limberlost nursery up near Cairns will grow them for you on request, they have 3 in the works for me. A bit of a wait (1 year)but I,m very keen to grow a few. I have also brought wooden articles and processed food back with me from Japan and Holland, declared it and been allowed to keep it.May your lucumos grow well and bear you much delicious fruit.

Jantina says...
Hi Amanda, I would think lucumo would do very well for you. There is a very interesting book called Lost Crops of the Incas (your library may have it) which goes into detail about lucumo and it certainly sounds like I could grow it here and if you go back to the beginning of this thread you will see where Fruitist also thinks it would grow here. Microlimates are wonderful things.I have a seed swap organised and depending on how many seeds I get I would be happy to send you a couple to try if you are interested (only because I'm sure it would do well).

amanda says...
Thanks Jantina - that's a kind offer and I am really pleased to hear about your rollinia!! You must have a very well organised/thought out garden?

I think I may have to stop planting things for a bit - I have 83 fruit trees now and can see I am not going to get a holiday for a long time if I don't curb my enthusiasm! :)))

Dekka says...
That's interesting, Carmen. What legal processes did you have to go through to bring them into Australia? I thought it would be difficult ...quarantine and all.

Jantina says...
Hi Dekka, I have spoken to Oz quarantine and there are no problems with bringing in lucumo seed (should you be lucky enough to lay your hands on some) providing it is free of all flesh and labelled with it's correct botanical name. I am expecting some later in the year.

Jantina says...
Hi Ellen, I'm in Holland at the moment and it's been a long day so I'll take the lazy way out of this. Type in Aqis in your search engine and you should find a contact no. or ring telecom and ask for the Aqis no. for your state. Good luck.

Ellen says...
Thanks for the future lucuma seeds Jujube for Sale in Melbourne .


by the way, the jujube you've sent me, I've potted it. How soon will the leaves start to bud through, do you know?

unicorn7 says...
Great site. we have developed a product that includes lucuma powder. i am really keen to photograph a lucuma fruit for a brochure we are preparing. Any idea how I can get my hands on a specimen?

I have noticed that there are several varieties but i am not sure which one specifically is used in the powder we get from living earth.

Jantina says...
Thanks for the video Tropicdude, very interesting. I find the whole lucuma identifying thing very confusing. I bought what I thought was the round lucuma but it arrived labelled Pouteria Nitida and on inquiry was told it was the same taste as the round one but an elongated shape (about 8 inches long)and can find no reference to it anywhere. I am also trying some Pouteria Obovata seed Denise kindly sent me. Elsewhere I have read that Pouteria obovata is not the lucuma that is popular in Peru.I'd like to hear from people who have actually eaten a lucuma , preferably while they were in Peru!

Jantina says...
Hi Tropicdude, some of my seed had started to germinate before it arrived so I anticipate that all will germinate well, nothing is up yet but my research said 35/40 days which is getting on for 7 weeks,I will post results as they happen.

Tropicdude says...
Hiyas unicorn, If I come across some of these "Obvata" type here in the Dominican Republic, I'll be sure to take some pictures of them and post them here, there is one place that I havent visited yet that might have them. Endo-Caribe has an experimental farm, and they have listed Lucuma "Pouteria Obvata" on their website. who knows maybe I can get a seedling too. they also have Cupuaçu which I am after also ( Theobroma grandiflora ).

Jantina says...
Hi Robert, the leaves will probably drop off but that does not necessarily mean it will die. Do you have Seasol (a seaweed solution) over there or something similar. It,s very good for shocked plants and also gives a bit more cold resistance. Tropicdude, I have seven seedlings up and going well. The leaves look rounder than my Pouteria Nitida but hard to tell since they are still juvenile.

Jantina 1 says...
Hi Sakana, at last someone who has experience with the real thing! I would love to try a bit of the lucuma powder. Can you carefully describe the leaf shape for me? Thanks.

Jantina says...
Hi Happy Earth,if you don't mind telling me, where did you get your seeds ? did you see the parent plant and if so what shape were the leaves and were they labelled obovata. Thanks.

JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says...
Hi Jantina,

I sent the seeds to you too about the same time as HappyEarth. Did you receive them?

Jantina says...
Hi JUJUBE FOR SALE, for some reason my emails don't seem to get through to you sometimes. Yes they did arrive THANKYOU very much, it was very kind of you to send them and I planted them straightaway. Your seeds were a different shape to the ones Denise sent me, can you decribe the colour and shape of the fruit? I don't suppose you saw any foliage? By the way I planted two of those pineapple tops( the supersweet with the tops cut off but these had more top left on than usual)they haven't grown any new leaves yet but they are still green. If they grow you can have one.Thanks again.

Violet_Cactus says...
Jantina, that book you mentioned, LOST CROPS OF THE INCAS, can be read in its entirety online here.
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=030904264X
Whoops, I just tried to read another page and it asked me to pay.
Sorry, I'd thought it was one of those free online books. :( Still, it does show some interesting lists of plants.

Violet_Cactus says...
Hi Jantina,
Yes, it's interesting that we can now buy, here in Australia, many of the previously 'unknown' plants mentioned in the book. At a guess I'd say that the book may have had a big impact on Australian gardeners and horticulturalists, motivating people to try and obtain these new edibles.

It would be brilliant to visit South America and check out the incredible range of crops, not only in Peru but in places like Ecuador and Bolivia. I read on this Forum that you do quite a bit of travelling in search of unusual food plants. That must be very exciting!

Violet_Cactus says...
Ogling vegetable allotments actually sounds like my idea of a good time!

Some of those Japanese food plants enthrall me. I am currently making a collection of all the unusual ones I can find here in Australia, such as Gobo (Burdock ‘Takinogawa Long’), Citrus Yuzu, Yomogi (Artemisia princeps), Cogon Grass, Edible Chrysanthemum, Yamamomo etc.

PS my grandfather was born in Friesland, though I've never been to that part of the world.

Violet_Cactus says...
Welcome to the Daleys Fruit Forum, Mick.
If you like 'Lost Crops of the Incas' you're in the right place.

Any chance you want to swap a few Pouteria obovata seeds?

I wish Paul Recher was still selling seeds and plants online...

Jantina says...
Hi Mick, very interested to hear you have a lucuma growing in the Adelaide hills, is there any chance you would be generous enough to let me come and look at your trees one day? Maybe I could bring you something from my garden as a bribe? Violet Cactus, since you seem to be a genuine fruit nut, would you like one of my lucuma seedlings?

Jantina says...
Hi Violet Cactus, sent you an email last night, did you get it?

recher says...
then you do not have a lucmo which tastes totally different and flesh is 'denser' and too mealy to eat out of hand unlike canistel

flavour is of burnt rum and raisin

recher says...
being indolent and making enough money from tours combined with a disorganization disability i have pretty much hung the seed business out to dry

tours are $20 flag fall plus 10 per adult

recher says...
they are synonyms

Jantina says...
Thanks a heap for that Sean, I'm in Holland at the moment for a funeral so didn't see your post until now. Your little tree looks healthy. Do you get any frosts? We get some frosts most years but all my citrus thrives here unprotected.

Jantina says...
Thanks Sean, the drainage at home is excellent, I'll plant a few out when I get back.

Jantina says...
Hi Sean United K., don't know about Sean but I grew mine in pots in a well drained potting mix. Some came up in about 4 weeks and some took about 3 months and some haven't shot yet but the seed is still healthy looking.

John says...
I am after seed for the Lucuma. Can anyone sell me some. I live in WA.

J says...
So this tree can be successfully grown to fruit in Melbourne, Victoria?

Where can I order a tree in australia?

Anestor says...
Hello, Fruitlist:
I am Brazilian and I live in southern Brazil. I am passionate about fruit and would like to receive the seeds of this Pouteria. If you are interested in exchanging of seeds, you can see my albums of fruit in www.picasaweb.google.com.br/amezzomo2002

anestor.mezzomo@gamil.com

Olá, Fruitlist:
Eu sou brasileiro e moro no sul do Brasil. Sou apaixonado por frutas e gostaria de receber sementes dessa Pouteria. Se você tiver interesse no intercâmbio de sementes, podes ver os meus álbuns de frutas em www.picasaweb.google.com.br/amezzomo2002

jenny says...
Hi: I'm from Peru I feel so happy to see people that takes so much interest in one of our very own fruit: THE LUCUMA. I have not taste Lucuma for almost 23 years, but I went to Sidney 4 years ago and did buy the Lucuma Powder in a South America Shop , in Fairfield.
Not as good as the fresh fruit but better than nothing. Back in Peru we used to eat the round one that's the edible and popular one, which is also shown in the video. Sean's picturre seems to be that of the round lucuma.
Thanks.

Jason says...
I had ulluco from near Colac, I bought several varieties and had them all growing well but lost the battle against the slugs in the end and lost them all. I searched for years to get them in the first place and I think if they no longer have them, then finding them inside Australia maybe no longer possible. That's a pity because they had all sorts of crazy colours and varieties of them

Jason says...
You could ask them but I think maybe you don't want to know, or they don't want to tell you :). I'm sure a goverment research station somewhere would have some in any case since it's such a good potential crop (but maybe there would be resistance from the Potato growers). My Peruvian friend told me that in Peru Ulluco is where it's at and Potatos are second rate food for when you don't have Ulluco :)

Jason says...
You can but I bet it's not easy, I got tubers at an extortionate price but since they are so rare I was happy to pay for them. I always planed to get more one time when I wasn't living in a slug infested backyard but seems like I left it a bit too late, they grew easy and well apart from getting eaten! :).

I planted the Lucumo by the way :), it had started to grow again in the plastic house but since the scale were persisting I planted it. It's fixed now but I don't think it'll continue growing much until it warms up in late October.

I've been digging weeds from around my trees so they aren't so messy for when you come over and I hit my Macadamias with some fertilzer, I read some stuff about phosphorus versus iron heavy soil and decided it was safe enough. I also bought a stretcher bed from aldi so I can sleep under the trees in between digging :0 instead of on the grass like I normally do, best thing I've bought in a while and will save on waking up cooked with lots of insect bites :)

Jason says...
I told Annie he's doing well she's happy about that :), she might be getting her cardboard box ready to kidnap him right now :p.

I found 3 peach/nectarine seedlings 1 apricot and 2 apples this morning while carefully transplanting a 10 foot cherry plum (with a chain and the tractor) and lots of grafting tape to put the bark back together afterwards :). All those were together in my seed germinating patch (that's also mums Camellia garden :p) but it works so well under them for growing stone fruit seeds I can't resist throwing them all there. It's not cold enough there to germinate a real cherry but everything else goes pretty good.

I ran out of time digging the hole for the cherry plum before I had to go and get Annie for her break so I threw it in the kangaroos drinking pond for the moment. I'll plant it later when I take her back. I already found 8 or so pleach (red peach) seedlings and moved them the other day well I think one may have been a real peach or a nectarine and got mixed up so that will be an exciting suprise. I have more pleaches still to move too, they germinate under the tree all the time and I'm up to the 3rd generation now, they always grow pretty true to form too so they are good seedlings to re plant.

So it's crazy times at the moment but I've got excited about growing seedlings now that a lot of my older ones are starting to flower so I figured I'd move all these before the mover or animals found them.

Years ago I had lots more subtropical trees that slowly died out because there was no protection there, just a paddock so I've almost replanted all those spots with temperate fruit but I'm very close to being out of space for full sized trees now. That means next year all the seedlings that come up will have to go to visit you or some other people around here. I've been grafting seedling Avocados under my Hass tree into the main tree (some crazed multi tap root experiment of mine) and going to graft one good seedling Avocado I have over to Reed at the end of October so I should be all practiced up ready for the Rainbow sapote. I'm going on a secret air layering mission soon too (see picture). I have nooo clue where I can find room to plant one but I need the tree anyway.

Ulluco might be almost an impossible mission now unless someone like Paul has it or some Peruvians living somewhere in Australia bought some from Colac and have kept it alive but we can only try

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Jason says...
haha, it's right near your house!:) that's underneath one of the world famous to ficus experts but totally unknown where it actually is drik drik Lord Howe Island figs. You would never figure that's growing on the side of a road 40 degrees south latitude beside a dusty paddock, amazing line of trees and more impressive than most of the ficus in the Sydney botanic gardens.

I could tell you a story about how to grow a house from one of those trees that I read in the depths of the internet about 15 years ago from some crazy scientist. I wanted to do it one day but I don't think I'd be able to complete it now, you would need quite a few decades.

The idea was to take 100's, 1000s? of LHI fig cuttings and plant them around the outisde of the "room" then as they grow interweave them in a cross cross pattern until you have a dome shape. As they grow Ficus will self graft into each other and you keep removing anything growing inside the room. Once its grown enough to be solid you sand away the inner bark leaving only wood and then polish it so you have the criss cross patterned polished wood on the inside and a massive ficus tree on the outside (you also cut away the windows early on). Once you had a few feet thick of tree it would be a pretty strong house :).

I guess you will be in the car first thing tomorrow morning to go and see that tree now :p

ces says...
And who is Paul? can he have some ulluco tubers? I remember a online place in the uk where they had some tubers but it seems they all failed and they've got nothing left.

ces says...
So how can we contact him?

ces says...
see him where?

Jantina says...
Hey fruitist, I can't find the thread where you asked me about Denise and the lucumo. At the moment I have 2 varieties growing, Pouteria Nitida which I got from Limberlost just before they stopped grafting. I got 3 but my dear husband thought he would do me a favour and repotted one into a very rich potting mix without my knowledge and killed it(along with a few other plants he repotted). So now I have one growing in the ground and one in a pot. It's been hard to find any info on Pouteria Nitida (or Giant lucuma)Neal from Limberlost tells me that it is very similar to Obovata but the fruit is about 8 inches long instead of round. My Lucuma Obovatas came as seed from Denise, a very generous lady from NZ. I will email her to see if it is OK to give you her email address and I'm sure you will be able to swap something for some seeds. There was no trouble getting them through quarantine.Nine of my seeds germinated and I've given 4 away to other keen rare fruit growers in the hope of getting it more established in this country.There is still one left in a pot, so if you don't have any luck with getting seed maybe I could send it up to you.

recher says...
IF we are talking the same thing my ulloco died out years ago...i suspect devoured by rodents...same problem with day lilies, dahlia, etc

As for obovata I hve several trees.
I imported a yummy large fruited selection from Hawaii. Fruit is up to 10 cm a-x. Still my favourite milkshake

wish I'd known about P. nitida at Limberlost. I have grafted Ross Sapote (Pouteria sp.) from them.

fruitist says...
Hi Jantina, can u pls take a photo of your P. nitida leaves.

fruitist says...
Jantina, Are your leaves same as mine? Scoll up to my post with the 2 pictures. The leaves and venation are clearly seen in the photos.

Denise, I really like to get some Lucuma seeds from you. If you are reading this, please get in touch with me at

iamfruitist at gmail dot com

fruitist says...
The one we have from Limberlost is called P. nitida. I am, glad it is finally positively IDed.

J says...
It's known as "the butterscoth tree" in NZ. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Outdoor-garden-conservatory/Plants-pots/Other/auction-343561701.htm

J says...
Just checked out her items. Interesting how many different varieties of avocado's they have over there. I'm searching for seeds online as I would like to have a few more lucumo trees. Your seedling is growing well Jantina, it's sprouting a set of leaves. I'm justing wondering if having a few more tree's might aid in cross pollination and greater fruit set.

J says...
No Violet, the advertiser doesn't have it listed, but Butterscotch tree definately has a better ring to it than lucuma. Those new zealanders know how to rename their fruit!
Incidently that tradme website is where I got the ruby red pepino seeds from. Hope the seedling I gave you is doing well. The vietnamese corriander you gave me has gone crazy and all the cuttings I've put into the ground have taken up like mad as well. The pineapple sage is doing well too. Thanks for those!

Diana Q. says...
Hello!
I'm living in Portugal and I just came from my holidays in Chile some weeks ago.
When I went to Valparaíso I had the great experience of tasting a Lúcuma. Unfortunatly on that day I didn't kept the seed and some days after I was looking for it but always with no success. It seems that the period for Lúcumas was not that, so it was impossible to find another. Then I return to Portugal but always thinking about planting a Lúcuma tree. Finally a friend just came from Chile and brought it to me after a very hard search! So now I have 3 Lúcuma seeds, Wichita means 3 opportunities! ;-)
Does anyone of you guys can help me? I need to know when is the best time of the year for doing it. Is it during spring?..
Another question is about HOW exactly should I do it? I really need to do everything correct 'cause I don't want to waste my chances! ;-)

Thank you!!
Diana

denise says...
BUTTERSCOTCH TREE IS JUST A COMMON NAME FOR THE LUCUMA OBOVATA.

recher says...
plant immediately hump up, hilum down

or place seed in sealed bag with enough SLIGHTLY moist (wet material and get an adult male to squeeze as hard as he can to get rid of as much water as possible) coco-peat or peat moss....enough to hide the seeds....keep in dark..like desk drawer...check every 3-4 days...plant once root emerges or you see sheel cracking along hilum

Jantina says...
Hey recher, my planted out Pouteria nitida is growing branches now (as opposed to the single trunk it started out with) so hopefully there will be grafting material available before I die of old age. When my nitidas arrived they were sublabelled with the common name of Giant Lucmo, nothing about Ross sapote.

Jason says...
Mines been outside for a few months in the ground, verrry slow growing so far. The one I had 10 years ago (but lost from wet/cold/heat one after the other) was pretty fast growing but did take a while to get going so maybe this one will speed up at some stage

Phil@Tyalgum says...
The seller I bought the seedling from is
greengold_au

micarle says...
I planted a ross sapote about 3 months ago, no signs of moving yet, it was from Limberlost! Phil i have seen the ross sapote on ebay aswell...

jennyDa says...
hola Jose, de donde eres? Como le hago para que mi arbol de lucuma de frutos tiene 4.5 anos y nada que ver crecio de pepa.
Gracias
la_coronelasa@hotmail.com

denise says...
I have part of the scientists report of thier trip to Peru for collection of germplasm--all that relates to finding pouteria orchards.. It was for nearly 3 months in 1980. There was also a large worldwide collection I remember seeing, including so called hardy mangos from islands offshore from NW Africa. I was slipped cuttings of some things but not anything much valuable.The large fruited Pouteria obovata was probably the best, but more suitable for warmer climate.Some government staff hid away some plants when the cullers came to destroy the stock,though little remains.

Phil@Tyalgum says...
Additional pic of a Pouteria orchard in Chile

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denise says...
Hi Phil, The Report on a Visit to South America is probably only in the ESR library.(restricted entry) I have all that relates to the Lucuma orchards, about 5 pages.Probably no one else has it. I can send a copy to anyone interested in visiting Peru, as it is mainly about the whereabouts of the best orchards. It does not include actual postal addresses. The NZ govt had a special Biodiversity project some few years ago to provide marginal new crop plants for R&R for no cost to approved Tree Crop Assn members.It was mainly with obscure semi-useless chilean plants, few or none of the fancy kind of plants that we see as useful.

denise says...
The seedlings you have are from cultivar MONTALBAHN from peru.They can produce a large crop which most years are of very good quality and suit the Auckland climate very well next to other ones not so good.

Roberto Peru says...
My name is Roberto i,m from Peru living in central florida, is hot and rainny all summer, a month ago my mother bring me some seeds of lucuma and one of the m is groing about 10 cm. The litle pot is located in a sunny window and is groing well so far... how long it will take for this fruit tree to give fruit?... is the weather in central florida good for lucuma?... how cold it can handle in winter this fruit?..i
love lucuma fruit and i cant wait to have some fruit to make lucuma ice cream...is delicioso! Thanx

denise says...
In Florida it could start fruiting from 4 years old. There is no guarantee that the seedling fruit will be good size, flavor and volume of crop. It is good to plant a few from different sources to even the odds. If possible make sure you get seeds from a good quality tree. In Peru many orchards are mostly seedlings from a good tree and the results are usually acceptable

Recher says...
I imported from Bill Whitman a selection of lucuma mid 1980's called Kona. LArge 9-10cm dia, delicious shakes, dry mealy texture, productive,

I'm selling scions at $15 / 30 cm plus gst and post

Violet_Cactus says...
Hi Paul, it's always good to see you here on the Forum.
Is this a Lucuma you have for sale a variety that would be okay in Melbourne's climate?

Cheers
Violet

Recher says...
ud assume so

all mine seedlings and grafted perform the same regrading winteritis.

No signs at all.

sony says...
Hi,
Please to any lucuma fan...I would like to grab a lucuma seed to grow in my new garden. It's not a big one, but growin a lucuma tree is one of my life-wishes.
Help me out if you can.
Thanks,
Sony

Recher says...
self pollinating

sony says...
Thanks Denise,
Please let me know if you can spare a seed or two for me . My tree is looking so-so...I can see a few buds for the first time(maybe 15) on the remaining three brances..the other branches died because of the bark damage (it's like half a tree survived) I don't know if you get fruit on the first flowering.
I wanted to visit Paul Recher last week but I couldn't make it.
Thanks..

loraine says...
Hi Denise,
I wonder if you kept the majority of the 170 fruit seeds? if so,could you spare to ell me a seed or two?

sony says...
It will take another two years to flower