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About the Author oz 9th August 2011 3:45pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Violet_Cactus says... I'm not growing that particular fruit jakfruit etiquette, but I've looked at the pictures online here http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/plant/Honnefs-Surprise-Orange-Grapefruit.htm There is surprisingly little information online about Honnef's. Where did you get it? | About the Author VioletCactus1 12th August 2011 7:57pm #UserID: 516 Posts: 349 View All VioletCactus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 14th May 2014 10:59am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... Thanks, BJ; it's good to hear yours flowered for you. Maybe mine's a dud. It's huge but not one flower so far. :( May have to give it the chop since every bit of room is too precious to waste here. I should move it to another position to see how it would go but that task is beyond me now. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 14th May 2014 11:21am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David says... Mary I met Franz Honneff some time ago sadly I think hes no longer with us. Wonderful man I used to visit him every week at the Narangba nursery he ran. It had to be the best of its kind in Brisbane, sadly none has surpassed it for range of rare tropical fruit trees.the Honneff surprise is indeed one of Franzs cultivars ,long live the tree, a great reminder of a knowledgeable and all round great fellow. | About the Author David Springwood 14th May 2014 5:51pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author TMary Neutral Bay NSW 14th May 2014 6:08pm #UserID: 9334 Posts: 159 View All TMary's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David says... Don't know for sure Mary ,Franz had a lot of things on the go all the time and would not surprise to find out that this cultivar is only one of the many successes that he had. Its easy to loose track of all the things that go on in life and im sure Franz had his fair share of success and failure. | About the Author David Springwood 14th May 2014 6:55pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author MaryT Sydney 14th May 2014 11:04pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... The label has a little story on it and is a copy of the original label the Honneff's put on their trees. The speil is that they planted a grapefruit seed and got a sweet surprise, or something of that nature. I doubt it has been really researched for parentage. Lots of well established citrus still havent had this done, or done well, let alone the more obscure local selections. Is lemonade even confirmed as being Lemon x Meyer Lemon yet? | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 15th May 2014 10:10am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
MaryT says... Thanks BJ; I've been watching Youtube videos on grafting citrus and it does not look too hard so I might just graft something onto the Honeff (like the Julie Seville). A word about your continuous flowering Honeff; I read somewhere that if you remove flowers the tree would keep flowering but if you wait till the fruit is 10mm then remove them the tree would think it's done its thing for the year and wait till next season before flowering again, thus saving energy. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 15th May 2014 10:33am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 15th May 2014 11:48am #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brain says... I can't say I've tasted lots of grapefruits but aren't all of them meant to be a little tart? Anyway, citrus needs a lot of things to get right for the fruit (oranges, mandarins) to be sweet. I recall reading epson salt or was it bi-carb soda (to change the PH to allow the plant to absorb some other elements) to help it become sweeter. Mary, you can always give your plant away to someone who likes grapefruits? | About the Author Brain Brisbane 6th June 2014 9:18pm #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
MaryT1 says... Brain I appreciate your comments but my tree is not even flowering; not ever. Also, it has grown too big to give away; the only people I know who might take it on is leaving for Tasmania. My plan is to graft something onto it but will get some cuttings first to preserve the genetic material. | About the Author MaryT1 Sydney 7th June 2014 6:55am #UserID: 7655 Posts: 296 View All MaryT1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Boris Spasky 8th June 2014 12:07pm #UserID: 7085 Posts: 184 View All Boris Spasky's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jakfruit etiquette says... A member posted this recently... Honnefs Surprise Grapefruit - I know this is a dated post, but I only recently came across it. I planted Honnefs in 2017 - I think Jakfruit recommended it. ... We got a heap of flowers but not really any overlapping and no fruit set. ... Any further details ?? You may need to check if it produces female flowers, if so you could try hand pollinating from either itself or from another Citrus tree .. | About the Author jakfruit etiquette gotham city,3000,Vic 7th June 2021 8:22am #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
Edward3 says... If you are going to graft other citrus onto your grapefruit, you could leave one branch to continue as the grapefruit to preserve this variety. Maybe you would then get cross pollination when it finally flowers. This is what I am planning to do with my Carter's Red pomelo which produces many flowers but only 1 or 2 fruit. | About the Author Edward3 CARLINGFORD,2118,NSW 18th August 2021 1:05pm #UserID: 1655 Posts: 172 View All Edward3's Edible Fruit Trees |
jakfruit etiquette says... Hi Edward3, here is a previous post about re grafting or multi grafting Citrus, while keeping some of the original variety. How do you rate the Carters Red fruit grown there ? https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/forum/grafting13/ | About the Author jakfruit etiquette gotham city,3000,Vic 18th August 2021 5:57pm #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
Edward3 says... Thanks for the reference. My present rating for Carter's Red is very low, but I hasten to add that maybe the fruits I had were still not completely ripe. They were on the tree for a whole 12 months, so I thought they should have been ready, but they were very bitter. I did leave one fruit to ripen even longer and put it inside a mesh, but a bush rat bit through the mesh and finished off the fruit. Maybe it was sweet by that stage seeing the rat only left the skin. | About the Author Edward3 CARLINGFORD,2118,NSW 3rd September 2021 1:01pm #UserID: 1655 Posts: 172 View All Edward3's Edible Fruit Trees |