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mdehnersI Have Atemoyas!!!!!!
You've probably seen them yrly in your local market's fancy fruit dept. They look a bit like a cross between an Artichoke and a Human heart...about the same size too;>! The taste is best described as tropical fruit salad custard. They're a subtropical relative of our PawPaw.
They're not hardy completely here(on mild Winters yes)so they need protection.They have these funky 3 petaled blossoms that smell like melon. The fruit, presently look like green Strawberries.
The hardest thing about them here is that there are no Pollinators so like the Akebia vines, you have to "Bee" one yourself. It's not hard, though at 1st it was a pain because the illustrations on the Internet were NOT accurate!You will almost always snap off at least one of the petals for instance. Also the blossoms never open up as fully as the illustratyions show.
So, hopefully this Fall I'll have creamy tropical custard for desert!
Cheers,
Pat
You've probably seen them yrly in your local market's fancy fruit dept. They look a bit like a cross between an Artichoke and a Human heart...about the same size too;>! The taste is best described as tropical fruit salad custard. They're a subtropical relative of our PawPaw.
They're not hardy completely here(on mild Winters yes)so they need protection.They have these funky 3 petaled blossoms that smell like melon. The fruit, presently look like green Strawberries.
The hardest thing about them here is that there are no Pollinators so like the Akebia vines, you have to "Bee" one yourself. It's not hard, though at 1st it was a pain because the illustrations on the Internet were NOT accurate!You will almost always snap off at least one of the petals for instance. Also the blossoms never open up as fully as the illustratyions show.
So, hopefully this Fall I'll have creamy tropical custard for desert!
Cheers,
Pat
