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Atar writes:
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| They are not bad as guavas go, in fact they are better than the more
| tropical Guavas, and in particular the guavas grown in Asia, ...

One of the problems with the true guava (Psidium guajava) is that
it does not do well when picked unripe. The ones you can buy in
the UK are scarcely worth eating, but the ones of my childhood
could be delicious. Of course, you have to like chewing on small,
rounded gravel ....

| An even tastier guava, I would say about the best of the Guavas, is the
| fruit of Feijoa sellowiana, which unfortunately rarely bears in the UK. The
| flavor is like Pineapple (hence the common name "Pineapple Guava") with a
| scent of Passiflora caerulea (vaguely sweet-pea like if that helps), and
| the seeds are tiny and unobtrusive. One of the tastiest fruits in the
| world, and unusual for being so good without ever having been bred for
| bigger and better fruits. The small tree/large shrub it grows on is also
| very beautiful, with huge (for a myrtle) candy-pink blossoms (the petals of
| which are eaten by the parrots that pollinate it, and interestingly they
| are quite palatable to humans as well; they are traditionally added to
| fruit salad) and very attractive leathery leaves and rugged, olive-like
| branches. Strangely cold-hardy for a native of southern Brazil.

It seems to do well as a pot plant with me, and came through last
winter intact. And then flowered!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.