Canistel Grey fruit ripening and ready to pick on the tree

(1/6) Canistel Grey fruit ripening and ready to pick on the tree

Picture of a ripe and ready to pick Canistel Fruit the skin has gone a vibrant orange colour

(2/6) Picture of a ripe and ready to pick Canistel Fruit the skin has gone a vibrant orange colour

This small grafted tree has produced alot of large size Canistels. The shape of the fruit is really quirky.

(3/6) This small grafted tree has produced alot of large size Canistels. The shape of the fruit is really quirky.

Flowers forming on the canistel grey

(4/6) Flowers forming on the canistel grey

The Canistel Gray can produce a large amount of fruit- it is self fertile.

(5/6) The Canistel Gray can produce a large amount of fruit- it is self fertile.

Canistel - Gray For Sale (Large)

(6/6) Canistel - Gray For Sale (Large)

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Canistel - Grey

Pouteria campechiana
Canistel Grey is a large elongated variety with a unique shape, ripening in late winter/Spring in the subtropics. Canistels are best eaten when they are at their optimum ripeness to achieve a creamy consistency and a sweet custard flavour. Their flowers a... Read More
Other Names: Egg fruit, yellow sapote, Lucuma campechiana

$79.00

Specifications of Canistel - Grey

Preferred Climate Tropical, SubtropicalLearn About Climate Zones

Grown From GraftedLearn About Propagation Methods

Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) +10m

Plants required to Pollinate 1 (Self Pollinating)Learn about Pollination

Can it Handle Frosts? Likes Temps above 5deg

Amount of leaves in Winter? All Leaves (Evergreen)

Suitability in Pots Yes

Fruiting/Harvest Months February, March, April, May, June, November, December

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$59.00

South American seed grown selection producing large, conical fruits which typically weigh upwards of 7KG. Specimens exceeding 10kg are not uncommon in older, established trees. Flesh is firm and white, with less fibre than other commercially available varieties. We have produced a grafted plant for you but the parent from which the scion was taken has not yet fruited in Kyogle.

Lychee - Salathiel

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Wampee - Guy Sam

$42.95 ($42.95-$79.00 choose a size)

This grafted variety has a sweet tangy aromatic flavour. Wampees are a handsome foliage evergreen tree grown for Summer ripe fruit with grape like flesh that hang in bunches. When grown on its own the fruit is seedless. Excellent tree for the subtropics and can be kept under 3 metres with pruning.

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