My Edible Fruit Trees: Canistel Trees

Canistel (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Pretty when small, has thin long leaves and grows slower than other Pouteria species.

Height 25 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Canistel (Seedling)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Canistel - Ross Sapote

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Canistel

Canistel - Grey (Grafted) ^7/10

Height 0.25 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Canistel Aurea (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2017

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Canistel

Comments: - Pouteria campechiana. I grew them from seeds - from a man called Mike in Cairns. It's been a long road with these seedlings and I have nearly lost them at times - but I finally have one growing well now, and another hanging in there. Fingers crossed. They don't like our winters here - but as they get bigger I suspect they will get hardier?
These are planted in large raised garden beds that are north facing, around our pool area. Quite challenging here.

Planted: 2015

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid Lovers mostly - and some slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Canistel

Comments: - Yellow sapote , it's getting tall , multi trucked tree about 2.5 m tall and pot . About to go from 50l pot to 85l pot , may end in ground . This fruit is nice eaten with ice cream , may taste a little bland ,eaten out of hand . I don't mind it ( with ice cream ) .

Planted: 2014

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

CANISTEL, Pouteria campechiana (Grafted)

Comments: -

Fruit fairly sweet, a little mealy, however must be consumed immediately it becomes ripe as it loses vitality and deteriorates very quickly - within 24 hrs. Some fruit split when ripe. Very good for making ice cream. 

Fruiting Months January, February, November, December

Planted: 2004

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: Pick off caterpillars, ants will bring aphids and scale to fruit and branches.

Organic Status:Organic

Canistel

Growing: In a Pot

Comments

Hi MC. Did the Canister fruit for you?

Canistel

Comments: - Quite a good looking tree with big wavy leaves. However all of its leaves were dropped due to frost damages in early spring. I should have given it a bit more protection!

Canistel - Kona (Seedling) ^7/10

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Canistel (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

Just a small plant at the moment, it was very leggy when purchased it from forbidden fruits but the wind took care of that and blew the top off. Not sure this tree likes Sydney weather, lets see if it takes off next spring once its established.

Seems to be frozen in time, not dead, just not doing anything really. I expect it will take off in spring.

No growth last year at all, something better happen this year or its getting mulched.

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

They can be slow but I have both grafted and seedlings fruiting here, between Syd/Newcastle

Canistel

Canistel - Emma

Canistel ^9/10

Comments: - Lyndall, aurea, emma

Canistel

Canistel - Emma (Grafted)

Comments: -

A cold-hardy variety I thought I would give a try.  I 've eaten a round variety of Canistel from Tropical Fruit World and they were delicious- a thick, but smooth textured fruit whose flavour was very much like 'Juicy Fruit chewing gum' - I think it would be nice in smoothies.  The fruit seems decorative too, when hanging on the tree.

(Note: now winter, 2012. Temp. to 6C, plant unaffected. Will probably get slightly colder by about 1-1.5C, but looking good) 

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Canistel - Lyndall (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Nice looking tree and fruit is fantastic in a smoothie!

Dumps almost all leaves in spring and looks sickly, but explodes into life around 2 weeks later. Has flowered spring 2011 but still a bit too young to set fruit. 

Height 3 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Canistel Aurea (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Slow and steady performer.  It has survive a couple of winters now here in Wollongong.  Flowers appearing for the first time May 2010.

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Horse manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Happyearth - has this Aurea had fruit for you yet? been a few years now?

Canistel - TFW (Seedling) ^4/10

Comments: -

No idea which variety. Bought from the Caboolture Markets as a seedling. Very keen to try the fruit.

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

How long before a seedling fruits?

Canistel (Grafted)

Comments: -

The tree is a little willywally which serves me right for saving unnamed rejected plants from junk shops.

November 2010, my first flower buds are forming up the stems, like little people doing yoga in the leaf axis.

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Canistel - Lyndall ^10/10

Comments: -

This should called boiled-egg plant! Still growing slowly in a pot.

Height 70 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Canistel (Seedling)

Comments: -

Plant got slight frost damage for first couple of years even with frost covers on. Now at a size where we are getting our first fruit.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Canistel

Pollination: No

Canistel

Planted: 2006

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Canistel ^7/10

Comments: -

virtually no maintenance. Seems very healthy, still waiting on first crop of fruit

Planted: 2008

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter

Pest Control:

no sprays so far

Canistel

Canistel

Canistel (Seedling)

Planted: 2008

Height 600 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chook pellets

Organic Status:Partially Organic