This fruit originated from South America and was first brought to Philippines via Manila Galleon Trade between Mexico and Filipinas from 1565 to 1815 thus, the fruit cultivation thrive and eventually spread all over tropical and sub-tropical Asia. In the Philippines we named it Atis derived from the word Ata or Atha which native Central and South Americans named this fruit.
I’m from south East asia and I’m surprised most of tropical fruits I ate when I was a kid all claimed from South America on youtube😂 . Now you’re claiming Philippine got it first. I’m from Vietnam and I thought we got it first. I never heard of any fruit that’s Philippine variety
Thank you author for this nostalgic trip to childhood days. We grew up stealing these fruits from the neighbour’s orchards until they were ripe to eat. We would scoop out the seeds and try to repack the outside back again, still hanging on their trees to avoid detection of theft by the neighbour who inevitably always found out our tricks and would come rushing to mum to complain by grabbing our earlobes! How could you resist these fruits with a bombshell of a taste looking like grenades? The repacking exercise was always fruitless!
In Tagalog, i grew up calling it Atis fruit. My gf who never had it before until we started dating (we have a tree at my house) tried it and its now one of her favorite fruits! Sour sop is one of my personal favorites!
I have a green one in my backyard in Florida! Damn rats took some of my small crop. It's a young tree. They benefit greatly from fertilizer. Mine survived hurricane Irma. Good eating! Wish I could find them in stores!
That is the name I learned them by too. My parents are Cubans and one day my dad showed up with one after years of not seeing them. I had no idea what they were. He planted the seeds and now we have like 5 anón trees!
I have a sugar apple tree that I bought in the fall. It has fruit on it. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware that it had both varieties on the tree. I thought that some of them got diseased because they were very dark brown. I pulled them off but then I finally realized they were the purple variety. Only two of those left but hopefully I will get a second flush in December as you mentioned. I also wasn't aware that they fruit twice.
Is it known as "Sharifa" in a certain area of India? I've heard of a few names used in India, and I'm not sure if the different names are used in different areas
Definitely not a stupid question. Sugar Apple seems like it would do well in a greenhouse. The tree can be kept small, and it can be grown in containers. You might need to hand pollinate. I don't have any experience with growing sugar apple in a greenhouse, but it seems like a good plant to try. Good Luck!
Here in Thailand we call them NOI NA " น้อยหน่า" . I have only one tree in my garden. It fruited so quick and much it's hard to keep up with eating them. When it's in season (mid summer) it's not unusual to have 200 plus fruits on that tree.
Thanks for this lovely video..I have green sugar apple trees in my garden.. i love the fruit its delicious specially ones that have ripened on the tree and you get to pick it just before ants get to it 😊
@Truly Tropical Annona squamosa is most commonly known as Sitaphal (English spelling can vary) throughout India. Sita (pronounced Seetha) is an Indian Hindu goddess and phal means fruit in Hindi. So literal translation is Sita's fruit. Some parts of northern India and Pakistan also call the fruit Sharifa and people in the eastern part call it Ata. Annona reticulata is known as Ramphal - Ram is another Indian god and Sita's husband - so literal translation is Ram's fruit. Sitaphal is more popular overall.
This is custard apple, not sugar apples. In Vietnam where I was born, we had plenty of it and we used to have a whole farm full of it. Very delicious, especially those tree-ripened ones.
In French west Indies I have heard it called "pomme canelle" which I think sort of means cinnamon apple, I think, but I have never tasted any cinnamon in these.
Thank you for a great video. I have a questions about pruning. I have grown a tree from seed and it is finally fruiting for the first time. It has gotten quite large and long/lanky in appearance. I haven’t trimmed it at all yet because I wanted it to grow as much as possible to start fruiting. But I would like to trim a lot of the longer branches back to make it a much denser foliage and a more compact tree overall. Do these trees tolerate that well? If trimmed back close to the main trunks will new sprouts emerge out of existing branches to create a more dense tree? Thank you for any help. It’s hard to find a lot of info about these trees specifically online.
Mouthwatering fruits. I am growing two sugar apple plants in containers in Chicago. During winter time I move them indoors. Not sure if they ever bear any fruit. One is nearly 2 yrs old and the other one is 6 months old. Do you know what type of fertilizer I should be using for these plants? My other question is: will ship the fruits to Chicago? If so, how much it will cost me? Please let me know.
One of the best most productive fruits for central florida for container growing. Also very easy tree to grow from seed. I find the taste to be like a sweet pear. Needs to be protected from freezing weather and especially frost.
Have you tried the Vietnam variety? They are bigger , meatier with lesser seeds and you eat them by peeling of the skin instead of breaking the in half. I am from the Philippines and I was able to grow them from seeds I brought back.
Bangladesh have Big opportunity to sell in.market. Bangladesh haven’t not available. We imports from India. But now some people harvest Green sugar Apple. They sell it and get morr money.
Are you in Florida? If you are, where? Do have a nursery shop? I'm starting to work on my backyard and I would love to create a all tropical fruit backyard . Thank you!
