Chaffey
Variety of Cherimoya · Annona cherimola
Old Californian variety with evenly conical fruit and mild, sweet flesh.
🇺🇸 USA 1930
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildsweetaromatic
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 fruit with fingerprint-marked skin. Mild, sweet, creamy flesh.
Growth
Subtropical tree, historically common in Southern California.
Yield
Proven variety for home gardens and local markets.
Notes
Hand pollination recommended.
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