Phoenix Tropicals Gardening

[myamberdog]

Very strange - I assume these ripen in the summertime, but I was poking around my 3 year old Surinam Cherry bush and the red of these berries hit my eye!

I'd never had any of the fruit before. They were still plump, though a couple a little dried, but tasted Deeeelish! What a great surprise!!!! I do like these odd/funny tasting guys now.....

Made my day...MDog

[Dauntless]

What a great surprise. I have 2 of these. One is the red type and one is the black type. Mine are only about a year old each so I guess I have a ways to wait to try them.
What is the flavor like? You say that you like the taste now so, I take it they may not be for everyone

[myamberdog]

Dauntless - the taste is sweet, then the rest I can't put my finger on....ah....
just a strange flavor, so together its a strange sweet taste....

never had anything like them, but I can see now sitting down with a bowl of them someday and sucking and spitting!

MDog

[phoenixtropicals]

Nice. I tried some once that someone brought to a AZRFG meeting and they were horrible. Tasted like gasoline smells ha ha. Probably they had just gone bad or something

[Bkaus]

Tried some in San Diego two years ago and they are very different tasting but sweet and good. Then I tried one that was not ripe and it was just like PT said tasted just like gasoline. Couldn’t spit it out quick enough. I got two tree/brushes growing also.

[myamberdog]

...but no Fruit yet, from them, BKaus?

Let me post a picture of the bush that produced
these babies.....it's maybe about 30 inches high
and wide...


M.A.D.

[Bkaus]

One of them is 1/3 the size of yours and the other one is more like a tree 2 foot tall. No fruit.