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A Sapote wind harvest.

stan510

By Stan510


A Sapote wind harvest. (Casimiroa edulis (Mexican Apple))

Holy Moly,when I saw that on the ground I knew no way for me to eat that much. If I could donate someplace or sale to the local Mercados...



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Holy Moly is right. That will make lots of smoothies Stan :-)
Do you have a food bank in the neighbourhood?

19 Nov, 2015

 

It's amazing how much fruit sapote trees produce.

19 Nov, 2015

 

I am going to pick up all the fallen apples today. I have never heard of a Sapote.

19 Nov, 2015

 

Home,I don't think so. But smoothies sounds like a good idea. It tastes and has a texture like vanilla custard with a hint of apple. Some cultivars have a strong apple flavor. Only like apple custard-ha.
The tree is about 30 years old. Yes,I cant believe someone who looks so young as me could have plants that old-wink.

20 Nov, 2015

 

You're correct Stan, they can't be frozen. They can be canned I believe, though.

My neighbor has two trees, and I believe during their flowering they cut most of the flowers off so they don't produce too many fruits.

I remember the gigantic sapote tree at the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose (off the Alameda). It produced so many hundreds of thousands of fruit. I heard every day they would pick up hundreds of fruit, when the fruit was ripening. Another problems with the sapotes tree is you get so many seedlings popping up everywhere.

21 Nov, 2015

 

I was told that I should stab a Popsicle stick per Sapote fruit and freeze that.
I might..

23 Nov, 2015

 

Yes, Stan you'll have to let us know what happens. I've always heard they turn to mush when frozen. Luckily, it's such a common tree here in California...you sacrifice a few fruits. :>)

25 Nov, 2015



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