Sorry if I’m posting repetitive questions but what are your guys bucket list fruits you want to try?
Keeping It temperate for me:
All the non pawpaw asiminia species, Aronia, golden raspberry, red fleshed pear, bilberry, Mediterranean Myrtle, sweet Portuguese acorn, medronho, Che, Che x Osage Orange cross, mayhaw, Chinese hawthorn, Akebia, sausage tree, medlar, medlar x hawthorn cross, ber fruit, American persimmons, sea buckthorn, greengage plums, cloudberries, oso berry, bear berry, nitaria bush, improved honey locust, pink fleshed crap apples, orange fleshed crab apples, beech nuts, Karps quince, Kousa dogwood, Kadsura, Colombian blackberries, Pakistani mulberries, Alabama blueberry, and so so many more
Medlar is near the top of mine. Grown one for a few years now and still haven’t had a proper harvest worth eating, always jumping in too early before they’ve bletted properly. Also want to try a proper quince properly ripened on the tree rather than the rock-hard supermarket ones.
I had bacuripari recently and that slaps. Want to try achacha.
I want to try basically all anona species. Kei apple, Pakistani mulberry, feijoa, those gummy worm looking fruit intrigue too. Marang and chempedak are high up too. Love jack fruit
Bacupari is amazing however is pretty sour. It’s last place in my garcinia list. Loved lemon drop and achacha! Tried both of those this year. Def really want to try all all the artocarpuses as well especially Kwai muk and Marang. Feijoas are tasty. For annonas I’ve had soursop, atemoya, red atemoya, yellow and red custard apples, and rollinia. Rollinia and Chiermoya were the best! Kei apple and all the other dovaylis are on my list too
Another fruit to try that is also supposed to be salty is the Lycium carolinianum goji berry type of fruit. I think it would be a neat one to cross with regular goji to add cold hardiness into it.
I have tried planting uncommon and marginally hardy fruits for many years, since I am not short on space. To be honest, most of it was a waste of effort and money. The only items that were well worth it were the bush cherries, honeyberries, apples, pears, kiwis, strawberries, a few varieties of plums, and blueberries. The rest has all been rather hit and miss, with an occasional taste on some years. A total flop were peaches, pecans, shipova, and we have yet to harvest a Carpathian walnut, chestnut, or Cornelian cherry. If you have limited space or funds, just stick with the tried and true. Also, if you are of retirement age, don’t get too carried away planting a bunch of fruit trees.
I think growing the uncommon and obscure things are fun and also help to persevere rarer things. Everybody has apples and peaches but you could standout with a rare fruit. + trying something new is always fun. Fruit flavors are so varied and different you could taste something unlike anything else on the planet.
