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Gemini

Variety of Pineapple guava · Acca sellowiana
Early, smaller cultivar and a good pollinator for large-fruited types.
Edible value9Medicinal value3Other uses3
🇳🇿 New Zealand 1980

Taste & characteristics

Taste

juicysweetaromatic

Profile

Parentage
Neuseeländische Zuchtsorte
Breeder
DSIR / HortResearch
Pollination
self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Fruit weight
60 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Small to medium, oval fruit with thin, smooth skin and sweet, juicy flesh.

Yield

Productive and early-ripening; often planted as a pollinator for Apollo.

Notes

Complements Apollo in timing and as a pollen donor.

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