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Custard Apple Tree
Custard apple trees grow on an attractive small to medium sized tree that is similar in habit to the cherimoya. The open, spreading canopy is made up of long drooping branches that can often touch the ground. 
This tree offers delicious fruit and succulent soft white flesh that is delicious eaten fresh or blended into icecream or as a rich creamy drink.
This heart shaped fruit has a medium thick skin, more seed than the Pink’s Mammoth and produces high yields. The early and consistent bearing, presentable fruit and early maturing is what makes this the main commercial variety.
Geffner is an Israeli cultivar with a moderate to heavy cropping capacity. The flavour is exceptionally good and although it performs well it’s not superior to the African Pride.
Seed grown selection of African Pride. As with all seedlings the advantage is stronger vigour in marginal climates and chance to come up with a unique selection. Crops in about 4-6 years.
A small free fruiting tree suitable for home gardens. Ripe fruit has sweet creamy textured pulp with fewer seeds. Pick as mature firm fruit and ripen at room temperature. Plant in sunny well drained position protected from hot dry winds. Keep free from frosty areas. High humidity during flowering promotes fruit set. Mulch tree and prune tree in Spring to open vase shape. Fertilize well after fruit set with organic fertilizer. Regular watering commencing at flowering to harvest is important.
The Tropic Sun custard apple tree is best suited to warm tropical and sub-tropical regions along Australia’s eastern seaboard (e.g. from the Atherton Tablelands in far north Queensland down to Alstonville in northern New South Wales)
A stunning golden bronze fruit with soft skin and a high flesh ratio. Good 
sized fruit. Proving to be an excellent performer in the Northern Rivers.
Comments (1)NEW | 175mm Long pot | $34.00 AU | In Production | 
An Israeli variety with excellent flavour.
175mm Long pot | $34.00 AU | In Production |
Hilary White is a strain of Pinks Mammoth. The cropping performance is between that of Pinks Mammoth and the African Pride. The fruit has a smoother skin than standard Pinks Mammoth, but average fruit shape. The fruit is sweet and aromatic.
Comments (1)NEW | 175mm Long pot | $34.00 AU | In Production |
has the delicious and melting taste of the sugar apple which makes it one of the most popular of the custard apples. As the name suggests the virtually seedless fruit is one of the largest. Top marks for quality, however a lower yield than the African Pride. Pinks Mammoth has a very large fruit size and high fruit quality. It is named after Mr Pink, the man who introduced it to Australia. When mature the tree produces significant yields.
Comments (4)NEW | 175mm Long pot | $34.00 AU | Seeking Propagation Material |
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 4-7 | Low | No | Semi-deciduous | May - October |
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WARNING : Seeds kill goats ,if the goats eat enough of the seeds . Half a cup is lethal . Killer Kustard ! The fruit flesh is one of the best fast-food fruits for sweetness and flavour ! Raw fruits are healthy fast-foods . | Rolflora - Sydney, N S W 06-Jan-2009
Very wide spreading they are hard to get off the ground even with judicious pruning they grow out rather than up. | Edward Jenkins - Rockhampton, QLD 15-Apr-2009
Mine 2 yrs old and growing ok but very wobbly in the ground - how long b4 they get a strong trunk? | A.sunley - Geraldton, WA 10-May-2009
Grows well even without irrigation . survive only with mansoon shower of 4 months only. hardy plants. | Purushottam - Udaipur, RAJAS 12-Aug-2009
We have custard apple tree but the fruit will not get very big abd has black spots on it,what can we do to fix our problem. Leo | Leonie Addison - Townsville, QLD 19-Jan-2010
Very hard to grow from seed. It germinates but the seed coat fails to come off and is usually disease prone. | Carl Ramirez - Kensington, NSW 15-Feb-2011
African pride and gefner can grow alright in NEQ and produce fruit.Gefner produces better and is healthier in a hot wet climate. | Mike Trenerry - Cairns, QLD 04-Jun-2011
I live in near Kiama in Southern NSW. I had what I regard as a reasonable crop of custard apples this year. We are not tropical here. I bought it at a general nursery, but am now waiting for my Daley varieties to get big enough. | Stephen Lillioja - Shell Cove, NSW 04-Sep-2011
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