I grow both cherimoya and a few trial soursop trees on the same San Diego property, so the comparison is not abstract. Annona cherimola, the cherimoya
I sell cherimoya every winter from my San Diego plantings, and the first question most new buyers ask is how much a single fruit actually costs.
Two of the creamiest fruits I handle both get called custard, and people assume that makes them cousins. It does not. Durian and custard apple share a
Ask for black durian and you are almost always asking for Black Thorn, the Malaysian clone registered as D200 that has spent the last decade muscling in
Durian and avocado get lumped together as the two creamy, fatty fruits, and on my land in San Diego I grow both, which puts the comparison in front of
A durian (Durio zibethinus) looks like one solid object until you open it, and then it turns into a small anatomy lesson. The fruit that Southeast Asia
Durian sorbet is the dessert I reach for when a Monthong ripens faster than we can eat it fresh. Sorbet keeps durian (Durio zibethinus) at the center of
Durian has a sweet phase and a bitter phase, and most eaters move through them in order. You start on the honeyed clones, and if the fruit really sinks
Some durians earn their following on flavor, and a rare few earn it on the way they look the moment you crack them open. D18 is one of the second kind.
I cannot fruit a durian on my farm in coastal San Diego County, and I have made my peace with that. What I can do, after years of buying, opening and selling