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Varieties commonly grown overseas Big Sister (Origin: California, 1979) Fruit large, impressa, very smooth, good flavour, often self-pollinates. Booth (Origin: California, 1921) One of the hardiest cherimoya varieties. Tree 6–9m high. Fruit conical, impressa, medium size, rather seedy, with a papaya-like flavour. Chaffey (Origin: California, 1945) Tree open, fast growing and somewhat weak. Fruit small to medium, round, impressa, lemony-flavoured flesh with a brown, gritty, astringent layer near skin and prone to blackening. Suits coastal areas. Shelf life up to 7 days at room temperature. Concha Lisa (Origin: Chile) Well shaped impressa fruit. Trees tend to make excessive vegetative growth and can be shy bearing. Commercially grown in Chile. Ecuador Tree broad and spreading. Fruit medium, darkish-green, tuberculate skin, with a good flavour. El Bumpo (Origin: California, 1986) Fruit conical, medium size, flavour among the finest. Skin soft and practically edible, so no good as a commercial crop. Honeyhart Medium, impressa, yellowish-green fruit with juicy, superbly flavoured, smooth-textured flesh. Knight (Origin: California, 1930’s ) Moderately vigorous tree, fruit thin-skinned with minor protuberances and a sweet, slightly grainy textured flesh. MacPherson (syn. Spain) Pyramid-shaped vigorous tree up to 9m tall. Good size, dark-green, conical fruit, tuberculate, with a flavour suggesting banana, although sweetness can vary depending on temperatures while maturing. Not seedy, prone to bad cracking at the stem base. Ott (Origin: California, 1936) Strong-growing tree, with medium-sized, heart-shaped fruit, and very sweet, strongly banana flavoured, yellow and somewhat dry and gritty flesh, often with black spots. Susceptible to blackening. Early maturing. Rio Negro (Origin: Columbia) Heart-shaped fruit weighing 0.8–1kg. Sabor (Origin: California, 1979) One of the best flavours. Fruit size varies, though not usually large. Whaley (Origin: California, 1924) Tree moderately vigorous. Fruit medium to large elongated conical, tuberculate, light-green with a good flavour. Seed enclosed in an obtrusive sac of flesh. Next – other names for cherimoya and related species
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