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Off topic question for Jon. ID of cherimoya.

I bought these trees from a california nursery as a honey heart (first pic) and a pierce (second pic). The fruit looks different than what I was expecting. I am growing these in FL so I am trying to figure out if the different climate may affect the way they look or if I just got ripped off. Thanks for any help.



I am not that good on my cherimoya IDing. The second one almost looks like an atemoya - just never saw a cherimoya that looked like that, color texture, etc. just look off. You will have a little better chance when the fruit is mature, but even then it is real hard to find a fruit that is typical, esp when so many are not 100% pollinated, and thus somewhat odd shaped. I have pix of most of the varieties in the collection at the South Coast Field Station in Orange County, but would be hard pressed to tell which is which. Even El Bumpo can be almost smooth at times, and pretty bumpy, more of the time.

Thanks for the help. I had noticed that even in the pics on your site the same varieties seemed to vary quite a bit. I guess I just have to hope they taste good. I don't really know what to expect with them growing down here in FL. Almost everyone told me that they would not grow down here but they seem to be doing great for me so far. I am thinking the crazy heat and humidity down here may be what seems to be affecting the shape.

Here is another pick of one of the "Pierce" fruit that looks to be a little more evenly pollinated. Still looks pretty bumpy though. Sorry about the foggy pic. It's so damn humid in this state that the moisture collects on the camera within seconds of going outside.


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