re: Fruit tree ideas

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Do you know who would carry that variety in SELA?

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I purchased my Loquat, Gold Nugget cultivar, 2 1/2 years ago at Southside Produce in Baton Rouge, but I’ve seen them carried by Home Depot, Lowe’s, retail plant nurseries in Baton Rouge (for example, Cleggs). You shouldn’t have any problem finding one. I think Gold Nugget is likely the only named Loquat cultivar you are likely to find in our area.

I also have a “seedling” (= unnamed variety) cultivar Loquat I purchased in Forest Hill as a 15 gallon container plant 3 1/2 years ago. Produces just as nice and large fruit as as the Gold Nugget, so I wouldn’t be concerned about finding a named cultivar. They grow fast - in fact the 3 gallon Gold Nugget was 1/3 the size of the 15 gal loquat. They are now the same size - 10-12 feet tall. Produced a lot jam this past year from the fruit.