Booth
Variety of Cherimoya · Annona cherimola
Hardy, widely adaptable variety with conical fruit and a papaya-like flavour.
🇺🇸 USA 1910
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Kalifornische Selektion
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 350 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Conical, medium, rather seedy fruit with a bumpy mamillate surface. Flavour suggests papaya.
Growth
Vigorous tree, 6-9 m tall; among the hardiest cherimoya varieties.
Yield
Thrives in most growing areas; reliable yield.
Notes
Hand pollination recommended; relatively many seeds.
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