Yet Another Market Day

Mike starts with ...
I would not insult people and identify these easy fruits.I should not buy fruit but like the call of the siren I could not resist.

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John Mc says...
Nice,
for a warm temperate area like here, I'm doing allright too. Picking heaps of Hickson and Thorny mandas,(cutting them back hard this year, just producing too many) Valencias, Tamarillow fruit still hanging on and starting to flower again, love the cutting grown ones, they just form a large, dense,on the ground bush, hugely productive, picking African Prides, delicious Monstero fruit galore and another bunch of dwarf cavendish's are all but ready, not to mention the huge Gramma pumpkins are beautiful, can't believe the vines are still growing and flowering. Must go and round up the Macadamia's, they've been lying under the tree for several months now.
11pm and it's still 14.6°C in mid July, not complaining.

VF says...
Loving the variety of fruit available locally at the moment. Selection of fruit I bought at local market (white sap., babaco, tamarillo, mango, avocado,banana and own papaya - picture 1.). Less than an hour down the road at TFW picked up even more (canistel, green sap., madrono, sapodilla, dragonfruit, mountain soursop, and wax jambu - picture 2.).

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Mike says...
The brown ones look like green sapote to me.The yellow dragonfruit looks like an israeli hybrid (white x red) rather than the yellow species.

VF says...
Yes, Green sapote. Interesting how a fruit that is so similar to Mamey Sap. looks so different - the only scurfy bit is the 'nipple' on the base tip. Thanks for the background on the Yellow Dragonfruit Mike, I haven't seen them before (only the small yellow prickly ones) - it tastes pretty good, very sweet with a lemony sub-acid taste, weight 1.2kg Unfortunately they didn't have cuttings of these for sale at the nursery, maybe another time. I was pleasantly surprised by the Madrono's flavour, pity there's not more flesh ratio. I'm waiting for the Mountain Soursop to ripen - I know it's inferior to regular, but I felt I had to try it (will be juicing it). If anyone wants seeds for rootstock for grafting, or of yellow Dragonfruit let me know.

And thanks Jujube, I've already started to enjoy :)

VF says...
Ahh, good to know Mike, so I won't waste my time then - shame, coz they're nice. Thanks for info about Sweet Madrono too...

BJ says...
I call those yellow ones yellow dragon fruit, as they are a real dragon fruit. The other yellow spiky one is a different species and lacks the wings and scales of a dragon, so can hardly be called a dragon fruit. I prefer to call it pin cussion fruit. lol. I'm growing a seedling of it for fun up a mixed DF structure and am prepared to wait to see what it turns out like. If its a dud the same support will have pinks and purples so chopping off the yellow will be no problem.

Nice haul VF! I am hoping to get to TFW next weekend and hopefully snag a bag of green sapote. Just waiting for the end of the school holiday.

David says...
VF a kind request for 1 or 2 m/soursop seeds if possible, if you will have any left over

John Mc says...
Thank you VF, in your own time,
johnatcentralcoastskylightsdotcomdotau

VF says...
I'll email later today (off to do a bit of gardening shortly - it's finally raining again!)

VF says...
Parcels sent today...

Re the Mountain Soursop fruit: wonderful aroma that filled the living areas(great as a room deodoriser). Taste only mediocre at best - not sweet or sour/acid, but a very distinctive pineapple flavour.Perhaps just the slightest touch of bitterness. Flesh very fibrous but with creaminess too. Due to period of no power, I couldn't process fruit, but it may have been good in a blended fruit juice by providing a pineapple like flavour. Second fruit ripening now, so may try yet.

David says...
The eagle has landed VF ,a big thankyou.

David says...
Mangosteens observed at Greenslopes shopping centre in the fruit shop next to the butcher 3.99 for 4 fruit

Jenny says...
Thanks for the heads up David I was there this am and got some - the only ones I have found this year! Had a good chat to the owner(?) Sam he was amazed to be told about us fruit fanatics out here. Nice change to the indifference to unusual fruit that I get from retailers in my local area.

Jenny says...
David I sent you an email from my phone, at least I tried to - did you get it?

Mike says...
Did you get my reply David? BJ has not fallen off the edge of the Earth as I heard from him yesterday...or was that the day before?
I got some big mangosteens today but they were an outrageous $8.99/kg.

David says...
Same shop at Greenslopes today noticed a small tray of Black Sapotes, 4 I think $9.99.

John Mc says...
Have a small bunch of mature Red Dacca's hanging, surprised the birds haven't touched them. Time for a taste test.

ivepeters says...
David
You sure do get around.

VF says...
Hi David, thanks for market updates. Good to have local eyes and ears.

Anthony says...
Hi Vf. Saw the photo of the yellow dragonfruit and was wondering if you grew it yourself or picked it up at a market somewhere. Would love a cutting if you grow it or even seed from the fruit itself if available. I currently have 7 different varieties of dragonfruit and am always on the lookout for more. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Anthony.

VF says...
Hi Anthony, John's right, I did buy the fruit at TFW but they weren't the growers. I've visited Tamborine DF Farm, and they've recently started growing them, so I guess sometime in the near future they may sell cuttings. ( I did taste a very good variety they were developing at Tamborine called Pink Diamond - small pink tasty fruit - end of the year they may start selling cuttings if I remember correctly). A few years back, Diggers were selling smooth yellow cuttings - they might be source still?

David, I'm keeping well thanks, hope you are too.

David says...
James st today ,mangosteens ,Rambutans Custard apples , Feijoa, figs, Guavas.

Mike says...
Nov. to March jackfruit are sent to Sydney.

David says...
Thai mangosteens now selling in Coles $1.98 each, saw some beauties at Coles Fairfeild today plump and very heavy.