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vttran starts with ... Hi! Just wanted to know, between Grimal & Haitian star apple, which is a preferable variety? The Leeming Fruit Tree Nursery (WA) guy said,”they’re the same, they’re both purple”. Sounds like all red apples are the same ‘cos they’re all red! Would appreciate a more helpful advice. Thanks. | About the Author Vttran Perth 26th March 2018 7:52pm #UserID: 18178 Posts: 2 View All Vttran's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fruitylicious1 says... Hi Vttran I grew up in the Philippine were star apple is a very common backyard tree like the lemon tree in Australia. We have five huge star apple tree in our backyard. Three of them were more than 30 feet tall with literally hundred of fruits. Caimito's flesh is juicy, milky, sweet, and jello like, a bit similar to a fully ripe persimmon but juicier. I also love the gelatinous flesh near the seed like a sweetened meat of a young coconut. You're right there is a slight difference in taste between different star apple variety. For me i prefer the taste of the greenish gold (Philippine gold) variety over the purple colored one (Grimal & Haitian). The taste is more delicate and intense and generally sweeter compared to the violet hued cv. I uploaded the two different colored cv's of caimitos. Happy Gardening :-)
| About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 28th March 2018 9:17pm #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 29th March 2018 11:06am #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Vttran says... Thank you Fruitylicious1 and Mike for your reply. I haven’t come across the Philippine Gold as yet - fruit or tree, sounds delicious though. Initially I was tossing between star apple & abiu, but read on the net that star apple tree has medicinal properties. I haven’t heard of any grower in WA who has successfully produced star apple. A friend’s mum has a non-fruiting15yo tree. One can only hope, right? | About the Author Vttran Perth 30th March 2018 4:23pm #UserID: 18178 Posts: 2 View All Vttran's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 31st March 2018 6:56pm #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 1st April 2018 6:11am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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