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Visiting Just Fruits & Exotics tomorrow
Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:04 pm
Planning a day trip to Tallahassee & want to visit Just Fruits & Exotics to pick up some fruit trees. Any thoughts/recommendations on varieties?? I got a ton of budget & land to plant so glad to add things.
Zone 8b/9a SW Georgia
I'm planning to purchase:
Asian Persimmon "chocolate"
Loquat "Champagne"
Peach "Flordaking"
Citrus - a Cara Cara Navel Orange & Honey Murcott Tangerine
Would like to possibly add a fig tree, but not sure which variety. Brown Turkey is the only kind I've ever tried so I would love to get a different variety and compare the flavors
Would also like to add 2 or more Muscadine varieties. I know theres there's few seedless types now too but don't know if they're worth a hoot.
Zone 8b/9a SW Georgia
I'm planning to purchase:
Asian Persimmon "chocolate"
Loquat "Champagne"
Peach "Flordaking"
Citrus - a Cara Cara Navel Orange & Honey Murcott Tangerine
Would like to possibly add a fig tree, but not sure which variety. Brown Turkey is the only kind I've ever tried so I would love to get a different variety and compare the flavors
Would also like to add 2 or more Muscadine varieties. I know theres there's few seedless types now too but don't know if they're worth a hoot.
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 3:13 pm to Bigdawgb
Don't get a brown turkey fig. Get a couple of the LSU varieties for reliability and get a Smith fig for best in class taste. There are a million other options but these are the ones you are likely to find.
Champagne loquat isn't my favorite but it's better than gold nugget and big Jim. Highly recommend Oliver. Yehuda also very good.
Most overlooked citrus is the meiwa kumquat. People eat the oblong sour kumquats (Nagami) and associate it with the sweet kind (Meiwa). Very cold hardy and great flavor.
Champagne loquat isn't my favorite but it's better than gold nugget and big Jim. Highly recommend Oliver. Yehuda also very good.
Most overlooked citrus is the meiwa kumquat. People eat the oblong sour kumquats (Nagami) and associate it with the sweet kind (Meiwa). Very cold hardy and great flavor.
This post was edited on 3/21/25 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 3/21/25 at 6:41 pm to Bigdawgb
Muscadine - if you have a pollinator then Supreme will be hard to beat. Late fry, rubycrisp, and ison are self-fertile and are also good ones.
Fig - smith is great. Other awesome ones for down here are galbun, Malta black, berbentane de noir, col de dame, or any of the LSUs. If I could only have one the smith or improved Celeste would be up there.
Sounds like a fun trip!
Fig - smith is great. Other awesome ones for down here are galbun, Malta black, berbentane de noir, col de dame, or any of the LSUs. If I could only have one the smith or improved Celeste would be up there.
Sounds like a fun trip!
Posted on 3/21/25 at 8:57 pm to Bigdawgb
Pineapple guava
Posted on 3/21/25 at 10:59 pm to Bigdawgb
Pakistan mulberry tree
Paw paw trees if you have some patience for them to get established and fruit. You’ll need two different varieties for them to fruit.
Black Beauty muscadine if you have self fertile variety already.
Paw paw trees if you have some patience for them to get established and fruit. You’ll need two different varieties for them to fruit.
Black Beauty muscadine if you have self fertile variety already.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 1:11 am to Bigdawgb
I think the best tasting fig is the old-fashioned Celeste variety. Brown turkey and the LSU varieties are larger, but the Celeste is sweater.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 5:21 am to Spankum
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Brown turkey and the LSU varieties are larger, but the Celeste is sweater.
Celeste is the parent of all LSU figs, so there are definitely better LSU cultivars. For example, "improved celeste" and "black celeste" came from the LSU breeding program and are significantly better than regular Celeste.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 11:29 am to Bigdawgb
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Peach "Flordaking
I have one of these. It's awesome. Another good variety is Rio Grande.
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