The fruits I show above is the mother tree, it was a tree that Roger Meyer planted seeds from a good tasting Surinam Cherry from his fruit hunting days. He then sold that seedling tree to Mike and since that time, Mike has been planting out some seeds from his mother tree fruits. He had one older seedling tree (maybe 5-7yrs old) that has been fruiting in a pot for a few years, and he said the fruits taste the same to him. That seedling tree in a pot is what I have now. The mother tree never had a name since it was also grown from seed over 10-20yrs maybe.
Laguna Hills nursery sold cuttings propagated Mike Spira surinam cherries. I wonder if it's from the same tree. I bought a small rooted cutting 3 years ago that should start fruiting soon. Gary told me the flavor was like tangerines without any resin and was his favorite.
Jane
From Kaz: This mother tree was a seedling tree which has been fruiting for years at his place. I got the Spira seedling tree that is about 5-7yrs old, nice size tree so it seems to be much more vigorous than say the Regina seedling. I have some photos I took of the two side by side. They may be a few years apart but the Regina is for sure 7yrs old. The Spira seedling also fruits but when I got the plant from him it was in a small 7 gallon size pot and it was rootbound so I moved it into this huge nursery pot I got (free).
The fruits I show above is the mother tree, it was a tree that Roger Meyer planted seeds from a good tasting Surinam Cherry from his fruit hunting days. He then sold that seedling tree to Mike and since that time, Mike has been planting out some seeds from his mother tree fruits. He had one older seedling tree (maybe 5-7yrs old) that has been fruiting in a pot for a few years, and he said the fruits taste the same to him. That seedling tree in a pot is what I have now. The mother tree never had a name since it was also grown from seed over 10-20yrs maybe.
Laguna Hills nursery sold cuttings propagated Mike Spira surinam cherries. I wonder if it's from the same tree. I bought a small rooted cutting 3 years ago that should start fruiting soon. Gary told me the flavor was like tangerines without any resin and was his favorite.
Jane
From Kaz: This mother tree was a seedling tree which has been fruiting for years at his place. I got the Spira seedling tree that is about 5-7yrs old, nice size tree so it seems to be much more vigorous than say the Regina seedling. I have some photos I took of the two side by side. They may be a few years apart but the Regina is for sure 7yrs old. The Spira seedling also fruits but when I got the plant from him it was in a small 7 gallon size pot and it was rootbound so I moved it into this huge nursery pot I got (free).
