~ROSS SAPOTE~ Pouteria rossiana cv ROSS Sapote Zapote med 12-18+in Potd Plant

Description: ~ROSS SAPOTE~ Pouteria rossiana Ross Sapote belongs to the family Sapotaceae. Ross Sapote is an evergreen tropical/subtropical fruit tree native to Central America. It's fruit is large and round. It has a soft, smooth, creamy pumpkin pudding like texture and a sweet, delicious caramel aroma and flavor.Ross Sapote was introduced to Florida by the legendary rare fruit collector, Bill Whitman.The self fertile, productive trees produce large, very sweet, fine textured fruits.It's fruit is large and round. It has a soft, smooth, creamy pumpkin pudding like texture and a sweet, delicious caramel aroma and flavor. Fruit is typically harvested in the fall but may have more than one season per year. Ross Sapote is a gorgeous, fast growing fruit tree that prefers well drained soil and good amounts of sunlight. In the wild it can generally be found in wetland forests in areas of low elevation. Ross Sapote was introduced to Florida by the legendary rare fruit collector, Bill Whitman. It's closely related to another of Pouteria favorite, the Canistel. The trees are very adaptable to various soils and climates here in Hawaii, being tolerant to drought, coral soils, and are very wind resistant. The trees also retain much of their leaves throughout the year and have a non aggressive root system.I live on the surf side of Oahu, Hawaii near the beach and concur that the tree does well in beach sand soil and salty wind conditions. The fruit grows more in clusters and is smaller and rounder than the larger selections of canistel in Florida. It has an orange-yellow thin skin, flesh is moist, resembling a hard boiled egg yolk. Eaten fresh, it is used in cooking, pies, and ice cream. In a milk shake tastes like eggnog. It has excellent flavor and is similar in taste to the Lucuma from Andean countries. For those who are on the fence about the flavor of Canistel, you will quickly fall in love with delicious Ross Sapote fruit. Unlike Canistel, the texture of Ross Sapote fruit is consistently creamy throughout and it's not dry or chalky at all. Even those who are not fond of canistel, immediately like Ross Sapote. Various species of Sapote are grown and used worldwide for different purposes. The species most popular for its fruit in Singapore and Southeast Asia is the Manilkara zapota. This was also called Manilkara achras, Achras zapota or Nispero achras, a derivative of the Greek word achras for the Pear tree, because of the fruit's resemblance to a pear. The flesh is sweet, soft and reddish-brown. The fruits have very few seeds in them that are hard, black, round, flattened and shiny.A uniquely flavored fruit, the soft brown flesh of the Ross Sapote tastes a bit like a creamy sweet mix of brown sugar and root beer. Various species of sapodilla are now cultivated in Africa, India, East Indies, Philippines, Malaysia, the tropics and sub-tropics of the Americas and they are found in almost all tropical countries worldwide. ATTENTION USA BIDDERS!We ship via USPS Mondays-Wednesday with Delivery confirmation. All live plants if shipped bare-root are wrapped in moist sphagnum moss to ensure the plant's healthy transit to you. All live plants are Inspected By USDA Plant Inspectors before they are shipped to insure you get healthy pest free plants and seeds.All plant materials are required by LAW to inspected and certified by USDA prior to export Hawaii to the US Mainland.After Inspection, USDA stamps released for export Hawaii to the US Mainland. 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Price: 49.99 USD

Location: Haleiwa, Hawaii

End Time: 2023-11-06T15:34:10.000Z

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