Photo: Scott Bauer, USDA — Public domain · source
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Survives zone 4 through 8
Custard texture, banana-mango-pineapple — genuinely excellent; very poor shelf life (why it isn't sold in shops)
- Hardiness
- Zone 4 to 8
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Sept–Oct
- Mature size
- Small tree 3–8 m; containerable when young
- Light
- Partial when young (seedlings scorch in full sun) — FULL SUN for best fruit once established
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0 (slightly acid)
- Environment
- Woodland
- Status
- Cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs grafted, 4–8 from seed
- Pollination
- ⚠ SELF-INCOMPATIBLE — needs 2 genetically distinct trees; hand-pollination advised