fruit identification

crawdaddy starts with ...
Anyone know what fruit this is? About 3" long and globular. Tree similar to Loquat. Our weather is sub-tropical. Thanks

crawdaddy says...
here's a pic. Leaves look like Loquat leaves but fruit much bigger

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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says...
It is definitely a canistel. The fruit of this variety will turn yellow when ripes.

trikus says...
It looks like an Abiu to me . Canistel do not have as glossy a skin and are more of an egg-yolk orange than yellow. Foliage is very similar on these trees . I have several Canistel trees and a few Abiu and find them hard to tell apart. But the fruits are distinctive.

trikus says...
tHE MOMENT YOU CUT ONE OPEN YOU WILL KNOW .

ozzi1977 says...
Hi

just wondering if anyone could tell me what this fruit is? sorry about the poor picture quality.

i don't know much about it but it had small brown seeds inside and had a similar smell to a cucumber, but had a soft pale green flesh like a firm pear which was very mildly sweet (almost savory)

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Jantina says...
Think you are right Diana, the purple stripe is typical.

Charles cant spell says...
Definitely a pepino. The plants a gross feeder so load it up with goodies, but not to much nitrogen or the plant will take over the world and you will get no fruit. They like a full sun to ripen up and get sweet.

Charles cant spell says...
I am not growing one at the moment and haven't actually had much luck in Perth, last time I tried. It grew well in Pemberton.

Hence I would just say the same I do for just about all purposes, make sure you pH is right 6.5-7.5, apply bloodnbone (contains slow release nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus),trace elements (incl boron and selenium as there's none in our soil), Cow/Sheep/Horse manure, compost (if you have it), sulfate of potash (Potassium source as BloodnBone is low in this).

I don't do to much else, avoid dynamic lifter and other high nitrogen synthetic fertilizers. Else the plant will be more rampant with less fruit.

I read cross pollination can improve fruit set and maybe you are not getting many bees ? into the garden. Though they set without apparently.

Might be worth trying some Epsom Salts as well as this helps with fruit set in a lot of things.

Lisa says...
I have 4 Pepino and the fruit is about 8cm long, how do I know when they are ready to pick?

Thanks, Lisa

Ros says...
Can anyone give me some clues as to what these fruit trees may be? My daughter has just moved to a new place in NSW just Sth/West of Port Macquarie and we can't identify some of the fruit trees, I know its not a good picture but wind was a problem.

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Ros says...
Hi allybanana, Those dark blobs in the picture are the fruit. Dark red, about three inches long with pointy end, at the moment hard as rocks. I'll try and get a better picture.