My Edible Fruit Trees: Custard Apple Trees

Apple - Dwarf Apple Snow

custard apple

custard apple

custard apple (Grafted)

Comments: -

Not sure what root stock this is on but it was marketed as a cold tolerant variety.  Hasn't seen any damage as yet and is a fairly slow grower.  I think it needs to move from where it is though.  In hind sight it's going to need more room and it definetly needs to be out of reach of the passionfruit vine!  - so I translanted this one to a roomier position and then got a nasty frost.  It does not look happy at all!  But it's still hanging in there.  Compost and worm juice and we'll see what happens

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

custard apple (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

No idea which variety as have lost the ticket, but it's a pretty little tree and gives me some fruit each year. I have to remember to thin it out each year to promote new growth for fruit.

Planted: 2005

Height 2 metres

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

custard apple

Comments: - 3 in the picture is the custard apple

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Tree did not grow much at first but looks nice and healthy with deep green leaves which mostly fall off by the end of winter.

Started flowering the following spring, solid growth all through summer and seems to do well in Sydney.

No fruit set but I'd rather the tree got bigger first anyway.

Planted: 2013

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer and Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chook poo

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple -KJ Pinks (Grafted)

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Bought as I love the fruit, but wanted an easy care variety ie. no hand pollination required, and smaller tree.  Should taste good as is a bud sport of "Pinks Mammoth", a tasty fruit.  Plant very eager to set fruit (set a couple when still in pot, and again when planted out early this year - I removed, as plant too immature and shapeless yet.)  Looking forward to great fruit.

Height 1.3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus feed and Seasol

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Tree small enough for me to manually remove the odd scale insect, but may have to use white oil spray as tree grows.  Nil other problems yet.

Question:

Custard apple Paxton Prolific (Seedling) ^3/10

Planted: 2014

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter

Custard apple Pink Mammoth (Grafted) ^9/10

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Plant is fruiting well now, have planted others to get better pollination. It seem to take a few years to really anchor itself in the ground. Pruned heavily at first to obtain wine glass structure now only prune to tidy up.

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2006

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 25% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Pest cover bags and Nature lure

Organic Status:Organic

custard apple unknown

Fruit salad stone, fruit salad cirtrus, Mexican creamy guava, pinkabelle apple, pomegrenate, Glen mango, custard apple, black figs, pawpaw, avacado, mandarin, banana, carrots ^5/10

Planted: 2006

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Pruned By: 50% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted)

Custard Apple - African Pride

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

FloweringNov09

Planted: 2000

First Fruited: 2002 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Possums

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - African Pride ^10/10

Comments: -

I am wanting to buy some custard apple seeds

Custard Apple - African Pride ^8/10

Comments: - This fruit is very sweet.

Fruiting Months April, May, June, July

Planted: 2002

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Pretty well pest free. Just have to keep an eye out for the possum.

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - African Pride

Comments: -

Grow like fire

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

None

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

I have two atemoyas - an african pride and hilary white.

They have been recalcitrant plants to get established! I don't think the wind has helped though. I am waiting for the tap root to establish more strongly.

They also suffer burnt leaf magins. The A.pride has decided to flower this week...(it's July).

I had 4 fruit off the A.pride this season and they were lovely. It was too soon to let it fruit - but I was greedy! They pollinated on their own.

My pruning job not too good on these guys.

Floweredall winter long (2009) and set no fruit by spring when flowers finished.

Nov 2010: Flowering madly. I put an extra microsprayer on it and the extra water has really helped it along.

Fruiting Months February

Planted: 2007

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure, straw, clay, blood n bone 10% potash.

Pest Control:

None needed as yet.

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Quick, easy to grow tree.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

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

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - African Pride

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted) ^5/10

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

(rootstock Annona cherimola)  No fruit set 2016. Grafted some Cherimola on which is flowering in january 2017.

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 30% in Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: pick off caterpillars

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic