(1/8) Canistel Grey fruit ripening and ready to pick on the tree
(2/8) Video: Canistel Grey Fruit Trees producing a bumper crop
(3/8) Picture of a ripe and ready to pick Canistel Fruit the skin has gone a vibrant orange colour
(4/8) This small grafted tree has produced alot of large size Canistels. The shape of the fruit is really quirky.
(5/8) Flowers forming on the canistel grey
(6/8) The Canistel Gray can produce a large amount of fruit- it is self fertile.
(7/8) Close up of the flowers and fruit forming on the Canistel Grey Fruit Tree
(8/8) 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 Morere formed on their branches, a feature called cauliflory, enabling them to be pruned to keep them small. They tolerate the subtropics quite well.
Other Names: Egg fruit, yellow sapote, Lucuma campechiana
$79.00
event_busy When will it be in Stock?
We previously had the most to buy in Feb and Apr. With limited quantities for sale in other months. They are unlikely to be available in Mar and Jun.
Preferred Climate Tropical, Subtropical
Grown From Grafted
Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) +10m
Plants required to Pollinate 1 (Self Pollinating)
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