On 30 Nov 1997 13:53:03 GMT, mbleeker at euronet.nl (Marco Bleeker)
wrote:
>Does anybody know what a Chirimoya is (species, family, habitus). I ate this
>fruit last week for the first time in my life, tasted delicious: a bit
>pear-like, very sweet. It is about the size of a large apple, green, with
>scale-like indentations. The seeds are hard like stone, 1 cm, black, a dozen or
>more dispersed in the white "flesh" of the fruit. I'd like to germinate these
>seeds - any hints?
>>Thanks, Marco
Cherimoya (Annona cherimola) is of family Annonaceae and native to
Peru, I believe. I grew these when I lived in the tropics. They are
suited to high elevation tropical regions and to sub- tropical
regions, where temperatures do not drop much below freezing. I am not
sure about growing from seed. Typically they are grafted to Pond Apple
stock (A. glabra).
--
Dennis R. Moore (remove "nsp." from address to reply via e-mail)
