By local do you mean the tree is growing around town somewhere, or it was selected locally and you are growing it?
It is most likely a seedling. Atleast 25 years old.
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No, outdoors without protection. It has been really hot these last few days. We can see the most resistant ones.
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I saw some in a store in South Carolina a few years ago. They were awful as they probably had been off the tree a few weeks. Those look decently large though…
The rare times I have seen them in stores, they are motley, beat-up, and unappealing, like those pictured above. People probably buy one or two out of curiosity. Bananas in that kind of shape would be picked over and left behind for the dumpster.
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I’ve seen really good looking ones at Safeway in the past. That’s how my addiction started
I’ve gone to never heard/seen feijoa three months ago to owning two plants (Kaiteri from Wanderlust and Kakariki from Restoring Eden). Now actually trying them yesterday for the first time and getting more today at ramv’s not so secret local spot. I can thank/blame all of you guys for this 
Left today, right yesterday’s biggest. There were some decent ones in the tree, but needed to be a basketball player or have a ladder.
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Bro, where’s the spot 
i want some!
Let me know what you think of it.
I thought they were the worst Feijoas I ever tasted.
They are rock hard so it’ll be a few days
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My older Feijoa bush I had bought labeled as ‘Pineapple Guava’ had a good crop this year. This is the largest fruit I found in my brief lookover.
The jelly was fairly sweet and tasty, but nearer to the skin it had some kind of bitter astringency like stuff.
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The perception of bitter varies greatly among people. I have never had a bitter sensation from any part of feijoa fruit, but it has been reported on this forum multiple times.
The astringency is a different matter; I have not heard of this tongue or mouth-drying effect of feijoa before.
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I believe your feijoa may be better than average.
There is an old seedling tree near me that is probably 20+ years old. It produces a huge amount of fruit. Most of it is bitter and inedible.
None of my trees , (I have over a dozen varieties). have any bitterness at the skin. They have far less bitterness than kumquat skin which people will eat with gusto.
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Well dang… it looks like their emails may not be manned by the girl and the guy i met there
I’m trying to get a large nikita 
2024 crop totals for one bush:
count: 188
weight: 19.5 pounds
average: 48 grams
large: 11 >=3 oz (84g), not including 2 more >= 4 oz (112 g)
Crop was small due to sparse bloom, likely a result of early 2024 low temp of 13F.
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How old is your tree?
How large is it? Height? Width?
I found a tree!
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
Here for zoo lights and saw a tree. This was the biggest one i can find/see. Probably not edible but I’ll find out in a few days 
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They’re around! This is the time they ripen.
Unfortunately people planted them for their beauty in the landscape - not as an edible. And some are quite terrible.
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Can’t wait to find out how terrible these are