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Barbados Cherry/Acerola/Guyana Cherry Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The Barbados Cherry is a fast growing bushy tree that can be trained as a standard or shaped as a hedge. The fruit are sweet to sub-acid, and they are used extensively in juices throughout Latin America. The cherries are extremely high in Vitamin C, and just one is equal to 100% your daily allowance of Vitamin C, per 100grams 24 times the vitamin C of an Orange. They are also used in jellies, jams, and they freeze without losing their Vitamin C content. They also fruit constantly throughout the warm months, usually 8-10 months of the year so you get a lot of fruit. Also makes a great container plant for a people living in an apartment/condo or up North.

Grumichama Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The grumichama is a small, compact tree that can be grown as a standard or shaped as a hedge. The plants have beautiful glossy dark green leaves and rough corky textured bark. Fruit deep purple to black when ripe and they have a flavor very similar to that of jaboticaba. They are most often eaten fresh and used in jelly. Very popular in Brazil and South America. Can be used to make a nice edible hedge.

Jujube Tree Indian Green Thornless Grafted variety in a 3 Gallon Container. Sometimes called Dounce or bore. Having the texture and flavor of an apple the jujube are often referred to as manzana or manzanita meaning apple or little apple. It is an important commercial fruit crop in Thailand, Vietnam, and India, and it is grown on smaller scales throughout Malaysia and Australia. The trees are bush-like with a weeping habit, and they will bear fruit early. Jujubes are known to be extremely prolific producers

• Comes in a 3 gallon container • The fruit is the nut, the “apple” is a swollen stem • Cashew “apple” is eaten fresh, candied, or stewed • Sweet, astringent taste • The nut is caustic until roasted • Grow quickly • Tolerate poor soil and drought • Zones 9b-11

Jaboticaba Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The jaboticaba forms a small bushy tree that has multiple ornate stems. The fruit are grape-like with a thick skin & melting pulp. They are eaten as fresh fruit, in jams and in wine. They can be frozen whole to enjoy throughout the year. Because the fruit occurs on the old growth it is best never to prune them. They are especially cold hardy plants, and they like a lot of water. Fruit throughout the year. Used commerically in a Jelly made by Smuckers.

Mango Tree Neelum Indian Dwarf Variety Grafted in 3 gallon container. ‘Neelum’ is a South Indian dessert mango, widely grown throughout the country and to an increasing extent in southernmost China. The fruit weigh 9 to 12 oz, with the general shape of a fat cashew nut. They are smooth-skinned and bright yellow upon ripening and have no blush. The flesh is deep yellow or orange. There is no fiber and a rich, aromatic flavor that is over-powering to the unaccustomed palate. Neelum is best eaten out-of-hand, or used as slices or cubes in mixed fruit salads, as the firm flesh holds its shape. They have a late ripening season and can be stored for an extended time, which offers advantages in marketing. However, the fruit are only occasionally exported outside of their production areas, due to significant local demand. Fruit should be harvested when mature green and ripened at room temperature off the tree. Neelum is a dwarf tree perfect for the home gardener. Makes a great container plant for up North.

Pitomba Tree in 3 Gallon Container. Pitomba are another highly ornamental Eugenia from Brazil. The fruit have an apricot flavor and color. The trees can be container grown, hedged, or grown as a specimen.

Rare Sugar Apple Red Grafted Kampong Mauve Variety in a 3 gallon container. The sugar apple is an exquisite fruit that is very closely related to the cherimoya. The fruit are typically baseball to softball size, and they taste like sugary sweet custard. The pulp comes apart in segments each containing a small black seed that separates easily from the fruit. The trees begin to fruit at just one to two years of age, and they can easily be maintained at eight to ten feet for container growing in colder climates. Fruit are extremely sweet and taste like a sugary custard.

• Comes in 3 gallon container • Popular foundation, hedge, container, and groundcover plants • Thick leathery leaves, durable through wind and salty ocean spray • Can grow up to 20 ft in height, but can be pruned and kept at any size • Plum red fruit, tastes like slightly sweet cranberry with texture of a ripe strawberry • Fruits appear while plant blooms – in summer and fall (or fall and winter in warmer climates) • Fruits can be eaten off the bush or made into pies, jams, etc. • Fragrant white blossoms • Rich in vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorous • Full sun, tolerates partial shade, drought tolerant • Tropical and subtropical regions (Zones 9-11) • All parts of plant except for the ripe fruits are poisonous (be careful with pets)