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Sugar Apple Annona squamosa A small (2-4"), knobby fruit with soft, creamy white flesh often
having a minty or custardy flavor. The sugar apple is extremely
popular throughout the tropics, especially in climates where the
cherimoya can not be grown. |
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Uses |
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Usually eaten fresh or used to make beverages and shakes. |
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Plant Cultivation |
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Small, deciduous tree to 15-25ft, spreading to
the same size. Trees loose leaves in the winter for about 4-6 weeks.
Leaves are 6-8" long. Can take temperatures to 27F and the plant generally
adapts well to a variety of soil types. Sugar apples make excellent
conatiner specimens. Flowers appear with new leaf growth in early
spring. Fruits ripen 3-4 months later throughout summer and fall.
The common sugar apple has a green skin but dark red varieties are
becoming more commonplace. |
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Origin and Distribution |
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Unknown, but believed to be native to Central America or the West Indies. |
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