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Which fruit to grow?

21 years ago

I am curious to see how people rate unusual fruit.

Could you please rate the fruits below according to the following scale:

1=strongly disliked it

2=less than average

3=average/take it or leave it

4=enjoyed it/would eat it again

5=liked it/would seek it out

Please note if it was

F=fresh

J=jam

P=prossessed another way

example:

sillywillyberry -->

4j sillywillyberry. thanks

persimmon

paw paw

fig

gooseberry

currant

mulberry

kiwi

Chinese magnolia vine

service berry/Amelanchier alnifolia

CHINESE EDIBLE HAWTHORNE/Crataegus pinnatifioa

lingonberry

wintergreen

thimbleberry

salal

jujube

blue bean shrub/Decaisnea fargesii

goji berry/Lycium barbarum

aronia

medlar

autumn olive/Eleagnus umbellata

goumi/Eleagnus multiflora

sea berry/Hippophae rhamnoides

dogwood/cornus mas

che

black sapote

white sapote

capulin cherry

sapadilla

pitomba/Eugenia luschnathiana

eggfruit/Pouteria campechiana

dragon fruit/pitaya

wax jamboo/Syzygium samarangense

Guajilote, Cuachilote, Guahalote /Parmentiera edulis

Spondias cytherea

Syzygium samarangense

Morinda citrifolia

Muntingia calabura

Myrciaria cauliflora/jaboticaba\

guayabilla/Eugenia victoriana

Araza /Eugenia stipitata

Rose apple/Syzygium jambos

ice cream bean/inga-

Brazilian Cherry/Grumichama

passionfruit

thanks,

dean

Comments (7)

  • 21 years ago

    Are you doing market research? The fruits sound interesting. I haven't heard of most of them. Which of these grow in the US?

  • 21 years ago

    Wow. Some job to rate them to give you any meaningful information. Do I count if my family likes the fruit but I don't personally like it? The point being that I would buy it to serve them even though I wouldn't be eating it. What about multiple uses? Processed is a very broad range--for instance, processed pawpaw includes pawpaw bread, pawpaw ice cream, and pawpaw custard. If I like it the way I prepare it (so I would buy it), but I've had it at restaurants where I didn't like it (so I wouldn't buy it), which way does that go? Does adding passionfruit to tea make it processed or is that fresh? Is including it in fruit salad processing it--since you're mixing flavors--or is it fresh? If you put jam between the layers of a cake, is that jam or processed? Oh, and I considered jelly and jam as the same.

    3F,4P persimmon
    5F,5P paw paw
    4F,5P fig
    4F,5J,5P gooseberry
    3F,5J,5P currant
    3P mulberry
    5F kiwi

    2P service berry/Amelanchier alnifolia
    4F,5P lingonberry
    3P wintergreen
    3P salal
    5F,5P passionfruit

    Any of the others I've had didn't make it worthwhile to remember, so I wouldn't bother.

    Ray

  • 21 years ago

    We personally grow jujubes for market. Generally they're marketed to the asian community, but we're having great sucess marketing them to our predomitaly caucasion community. Personally we've tried and failed growing many of your listed varieties but my favorites are
    paw paw, persmmons, pitaya, mulberry, white sapote,wax jambu, starfruit, jaboticaba, cherimoya, & sapodilla. Figs are wonderful but I wouldn't consider them rare.

  • 21 years ago

    persimmon 4f
    paw paw looking into these this year myself
    fig 5f 5 dried
    currant 5f 4dried
    kiwi 3f
    jujube 5f 4dried just planted some this year
    passionfruit 5f 5 juice Is there a 6??? wow

    I'd be interested in what folks say about pawpaw and jujube.

  • 21 years ago

    Persimmon (hard kind) 4f 4dried
    Persimmon (soft kind) 3f
    fig 5f
    kiwi 2f
    jujube 5f 1dried
    passionfruit 2f 4p
    dragon fruit 5f
    rose apple 5f

    Have not heard of most of the fruits listed. But then again I eat a lot of tropical fruits that I don't know the name of.

  • 20 years ago

    persimmon 4f
    paw paw 4f
    fig 4 dried
    gooseberry 3f
    currant - black, 4f/4j, white red pink etc 3j
    mulberry - 2f
    kiwi - 5f
    Chinese magnolia vine
    service berry/Amelanchier alnifolia
    CHINESE EDIBLE HAWTHORNE/Crataegus pinnatifioa
    lingonberry - 4f
    wintergreen - 3f
    thimbleberry - 4f
    salal
    jujube
    blue bean shrub/Decaisnea fargesii
    goji berry/Lycium barbarum - 5 dried
    aronia
    medlar - 3f
    autumn olive/Eleagnus umbellata
    goumi/Eleagnus multiflora
    sea berry/Hippophae rhamnoides
    dogwood/cornus mas
    che
    black sapote - 2f
    white sapote - 2f
    capulin cherry
    sapadilla
    pitomba/Eugenia luschnathiana
    eggfruit/Pouteria campechiana
    dragon fruit/pitaya - 4f
    wax jamboo/Syzygium samarangense
    Guajilote, Cuachilote, Guahalote /Parmentiera edulis
    Spondias cytherea
    Syzygium samarangense
    Morinda citrifolia
    Muntingia calabura
    Myrciaria cauliflora/jaboticaba\
    guayabilla/Eugenia victoriana - 3f
    Araza /Eugenia stipitata
    Rose apple/Syzygium jambos
    ice cream bean/inga-
    Brazilian Cherry/Grumichama - 3f
    passionfruit 2f, 2j, just basically 2

  • 18 years ago

    persimmon 5fjp
    paw paw
    fig 3fp
    gooseberry
    currant 5fjp
    mulberry 3f
    kiwi 5fp
    Chinese magnolia vine
    service berry/Amelanchier alnifolia
    CHINESE EDIBLE HAWTHORNE/Crataegus pinnatifioa
    lingonberry
    wintergreen
    thimbleberry
    salal
    jujube
    blue bean shrub/Decaisnea fargesii
    goji berry/Lycium barbarum
    aronia
    medlar
    autumn olive/Eleagnus umbellata
    goumi/Eleagnus multiflora
    sea berry/Hippophae rhamnoides
    dogwood/cornus mas
    che
    black sapote
    white sapote
    capulin cherry
    sapadilla
    pitomba/Eugenia luschnathiana
    eggfruit/Pouteria campechiana
    dragon fruit/pitaya
    wax jamboo/Syzygium samarangense
    Guajilote, Cuachilote, Guahalote /Parmentiera edulis
    Spondias cytherea
    Syzygium samarangense
    Morinda citrifolia
    Muntingia calabura
    Myrciaria cauliflora/jaboticaba\
    guayabilla/Eugenia victoriana
    Araza /Eugenia stipitata
    Rose apple/Syzygium jambos
    ice cream bean/inga-
    Brazilian Cherry/Grumichama
    passionfruit 5p

    thanks,
    dean

    You bet! You might want to add Cherimoya (5f) to the list. Related to pawpaw and a flavor of sweet fruit custard. Also, mango (5fp), Papaya (5fp), pineapple-guava (5p), Lychee, and banana (5fp, many less common varieties not found in stores as they don't ship well.)

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