my mom has 3 trees in our backyard and hand pollinates all of them!! she's very proud of them haha. the fruits are delicious and since she and i are the only ones in our family who like atemoyas we get to enjoy one almost daily as of late
I saw this guy growing them in his backyard, and in his video he explains that he grows them in an umbrella shape. Which traps the pollen under the canopy and moisture and helps the trees self pollinate themselves. And the added moisture also helps as the pollen grains like to stick to water.
after watching your channel i was inspired to try more weird fruit. found atemoya in the supermarket where i live (in canada), imported from brazil. i suppose its a little easier to find than it was a few years ago when this video was posted! it wasn't too expensive either
@@SaraChantell I've seen very very similar fruits in a Quebec City's chinese shop! I don't know if it was exactly those, but next time I'll go I'll sure take a good look! Most of the time their stuff is not labeled correctly, if labeled at all though.
Wow. Atemoya is definitely a good fruit. When I first sliced it, I instantly thought of the inside of soursop. The insides look almost identical with the way the seeds are set up and the texture and colour of the flesh. Since I'm a soursop lover, this has been one of the most surprisingly sweet fruits that I had.
Wow. I feel lucky now. My backyard Atemoya tree produces about 30 fruits a year the same size as the one you're eating. And it's still a young tree - grows like a weed in Sydney without much effort at all.
i'm jealous of Australia too, until i remember that it's ALWAYS hot there. here in Virginia, well, the only temperature lately has been rainy. can't you Aussies take some of ours? we have had enough.
All fruits in the Anona genus are native to the Americas including sugar apple, cheremoya, and guanabana (soursop). They are however popular in the tropics throughout the world. There are several varieties of atemoya. I have a Gefner atemoya tree, a variety that I believe was hybridized in Israel. It fruits much more reliably than other Anonas such as custard apple (A. reticulata), another tree which is also in my garden.
I am a huge fan of sugar apple. Maybe because I once got a hold of some very high quality sugar apples of the pink variety. They were super-flavorful, sweet and juicy with just enough acid. Somehow the seeds don't bother me and add to my enjoyment of eating the fruit. I hope to try atemoya some day.
I found one of these at an Asian supermarket a couple days ago. I wanted to get it but it was 7.99! I didn’t end up buying it. Is it rare to find these in the Midwest nowadays?
How do you know if a cherimoya is ripe? I was lucky enough to find one in one of the food markets near me in Indianapolis, and did some research on how to tell whether or not the fruit is ripe. Still wasn't sure how to pick out the fruit based on color; I ended up getting one that was medium-light green with a slight golden hue and shades of brown throughout. However, I wasn't sure exactly how soft the fruit should have been before cutting it open; I was able to push in just a little bit on the outside of the fruit and thought it was soft enough, but when I cut it open it was way too hard and dry and unripe. $8 down the drain :( I'm going to pick up another one soon and try again, do you have any tips?
When my nan goes to the market she said they around at October time . Since she lived near the Caribbean she was familiar . I think they taste like apple a bit but has the texture of a huge lychee
@@mihaiilie8808Rolinia is the old genus name (R. deliciosa) and also the common name. It is now accepted to be in the Annona genus (A. mucosa) so it is closely enough related to be hybridized.
I just found an atemoya in my fruit and vegetable shop, I was very surprised since I live in England. It was £2 for one, so yeah they are quite expensive, but I need to wait for it to ripen - can't wait to try it!
I much prefer atemoya better than cherimoya or sugar apples but here in Nairobi Kenya the sugar apples are much more common so there hard to find but I love them so much!
I just bought this today but originally thought it was a sugar apple as the store had labelled it that but when I looked at the receipt it was actually an atemoya. I can't wait to try it, I'm so excited, I love soursop, so this will surely please my tastebuds~ 😚
It does get a bit confusing as far as I know cherimoya is custard apple, with flat segments on the skin, sweetsop is sugar apple with large bumps instead of flat planes on the outside and atemoya is a hybrid of the two, but they all get mislabelled all the time. I adore soursop, so hope I can fine one of these if I ever go back to London.
The problem that you have with cheramoya and this fruit is the lack of a natural pollinator. The pollinator is a wasp. Even then the flowers do not pollinate very well. It takes a lot of hand pollination to get any fruit production. The Flower is nothing to look at and is easily missed.
I had eaten it unripe once before. It crunchy, sweet and bitter at the same time. Trust me you would like it ripe better. Which is soft and extremely sweet... Almost sugar level of sweetness for me.
Saw these in the grocery store again! Expensive ($5 or $6 CAD) but I was excited to try my first Annona fruit - also found yellow dragonfruit while I was out and grabbed one, so I'll comment on that video too. This is super tasty! A bit of a pain to eat given the seeds but worth the experience. It tasted mildly creamy and like a mix of pineapple, mango yogurt, and Tutti Frutti gum to me. Really nice but I'd rather a good pineapple given the price to fruit ratio - maybe it's better closer to its source. Would definitely get again if cheaper so it seems I should try other fruits if I have the chance!
i ate this once, when i was 6 my dad brought 2 or 3 back from a business trip, ill never forget it, i have since eaten seedy sugerapples, cheremoyas here in cyprus and guanabanas in mexico which were the closest to that experience. but i now realize it must be this i had. i can say, without a doubt the taste was unforgettable.
I'll gather to say that it's costly because it tastes uniquely good & there aren't many growers. It's a warm-loving tree that requires hand-polination of each flower for a symmetrical fruit (if a natural pollinator exists, like the Natidulid beatle, the fruit can come out misshapen). Additionally, every fruit must be bagged and protected on the tree as not to be ruined by bugs & animals. At USDA Zone 10, Los Angeles winters are still too cold for these trees to perform their best, so most are grafted onto Cherimoya rootstocks which tend to be more cold-hardy. Here in California, we have the same issues as growers in Florida, even cold winds can turn the portions of an orchard deciduous when they're exposed. Also, these cultivars are still relatively new to the market so there's still some education that needs to be done with eh consumers to understand how and when to get these tasty delights.
when i use to go to pakistan when i was little i use to eat those all the time. i called it the grenade fruit cause i had no idea what it was called. now i know.
gsxwrx Was it an Atemoya or a sugar apple, I think sugar apples are more common in that area. They also look more like a grenade :) ua-cam.com/video/NOBIsJnF3vU/v-deo.html
i really have a hard time understanding you when you had to review the sweet sop (sugar apple). i could chuck down a dozen sweet sops in one sitting, seeds, not a problem, it's easy to work your tongue around the seeds and just spit out a mouth full of shiny black seeds. lots of fun.
I bought one in Aarhus Bazaar Vest for danish 89 kroner, he said I should let it become really soft, became super funky banana tutti frutti taste 🍑🍏🍋🍈🥰
Thats true! Its confusing though because the name "Custard apple" is actually used for several annona species, all with different qualities. This one in particular is a hybrid between cherimoya and sugar apple; all three can be called custard apples.
Jared, you need`nt go far, there are so many species of those in mexico. I see one on sale every time. My grandmother has like three trees of those, one that i personally have not seen before, looks like an Annona in the inside, and a grapefruit on the outside. I`m basically sick of eating them :D I like your enthusiasm for fruits though, you might want to try one that looks like an a pear but chocolaty inside,it is my favorite. Sorry i do not know their names, not many people know them as they are rare even here, peace.- From, mexico
haha, after seeing more of your videos i realize that there are a whole lot more enigmatic fruits in china and taiwan. i would be delighted to show you around Jared, but i am a very busy fellow. Best of luck to you friend.Take great care when you travel and God bless :D
Prateek Maheshwari this is my review on sitafaal/sugar apple: ua-cam.com/video/NOBIsJnF3vU/v-deo.html Atemoya are a cross breed with sugar apple and a cherimoya
my mom has 3 trees in our backyard and hand pollinates all of them!! she's very proud of them haha. the fruits are delicious and since she and i are the only ones in our family who like atemoyas we get to enjoy one almost daily as of late
I saw this guy growing them in his backyard, and in his video he explains that he grows them in an umbrella shape. Which traps the pollen under the canopy and moisture and helps the trees self pollinate themselves. And the added moisture also helps as the pollen grains like to stick to water.
these take an eternity to harvest
after watching your channel i was inspired to try more weird fruit. found atemoya in the supermarket where i live (in canada), imported from brazil. i suppose its a little easier to find than it was a few years ago when this video was posted! it wasn't too expensive either
ThrowawayGamingChannel wow that’s awesome! Where in Canada are you located and what supermarket?
@@SaraChantell I've seen very very similar fruits in a Quebec City's chinese shop! I don't know if it was exactly those, but next time I'll go I'll sure take a good look! Most of the time their stuff is not labeled correctly, if labeled at all though.
Wow. Atemoya is definitely a good fruit. When I first sliced it, I instantly thought of the inside of soursop. The insides look almost identical with the way the seeds are set up and the texture and colour of the flesh. Since I'm a soursop lover, this has been one of the most surprisingly sweet fruits that I had.
Excellent Explanation good service to Humanity
Wow. I feel lucky now. My backyard Atemoya tree produces about 30 fruits a year the same size as the one you're eating. And it's still a young tree - grows like a weed in Sydney without much effort at all.
Mark me jealous. I would buy these all the time if they were available in the USA.
how is your tree doing now, 3 years later?
would die in melbourne. so sad
i'm jealous of Australia too, until i remember that it's ALWAYS hot there. here in Virginia, well, the only temperature lately has been rainy. can't you Aussies take some of ours? we have had enough.
Good to know, here I was fearing Id have a hard time finding one of these in Australia
This is pretty common fruit to find in Brazil evywhere, and it's not so expensive as you said in video. it's one of my favorite fruits.
This fruit is peak "sugar/custard apple" experience. Best aspect of soursop, chermoya, and atemoya.
The Dutch Name In Suriname for this fruit is Cinnamon Apple !
I didn't know that, very interesting :)
Kaneelappel?
finally saw one today at the grocery store. thanks to your vids i actually knew what it was and got it!
All fruits in the Anona genus are native to the Americas including sugar apple, cheremoya, and guanabana (soursop). They are however popular in the tropics throughout the world. There are several varieties of atemoya. I have a Gefner atemoya tree, a variety that I believe was hybridized in Israel. It fruits much more reliably than other Anonas such as custard apple (A. reticulata), another tree which is also in my garden.
* Annona *
We have that Cherimoya tree and fruit in our backyard. (Philippines)
I am a huge fan of sugar apple. Maybe because I once got a hold of some very high quality sugar apples of the pink variety. They were super-flavorful, sweet and juicy with just enough acid. Somehow the seeds don't bother me and add to my enjoyment of eating the fruit. I hope to try atemoya some day.
Greenmama's Garden ooh pink variety.. I haven't had that yet. Sugar apples are good, but I would definitely go more for an atemoya.
The pink variety I got were grown in Florida.
I found one of these at an Asian supermarket a couple days ago. I wanted to get it but it was 7.99! I didn’t end up buying it. Is it rare to find these in the Midwest nowadays?
How do you know if a cherimoya is ripe? I was lucky enough to find one in one of the food markets near me in Indianapolis, and did some research on how to tell whether or not the fruit is ripe. Still wasn't sure how to pick out the fruit based on color; I ended up getting one that was medium-light green with a slight golden hue and shades of brown throughout. However, I wasn't sure exactly how soft the fruit should have been before cutting it open; I was able to push in just a little bit on the outside of the fruit and thought it was soft enough, but when I cut it open it was way too hard and dry and unripe. $8 down the drain :( I'm going to pick up another one soon and try again, do you have any tips?
+Kira Reincarnated Sorry to hear that. I usually wait until they give like a ripe avocado. It can turn dark on the outside and still be okay.
Okay thank you.
When my nan goes to the market she said they around at October time . Since she lived near the Caribbean she was familiar . I think they taste like apple a bit but has the texture of a huge lychee
Alison Cutts Interesting thanks for sharing
my favorite fruit was a rolinia crossed with an atemoya. it was so delicious.
Uchiha itachi Are you sure it was rolinia X atemoya?I ask because rolinia its in another genus and that would be hard to crossbreed.
@@mihaiilie8808Rolinia is the old genus name (R. deliciosa) and also the common name. It is now accepted to be in the Annona genus (A. mucosa) so it is closely enough related to be hybridized.
I just found an atemoya in my fruit and vegetable shop, I was very surprised since I live in England. It was £2 for one, so yeah they are quite expensive, but I need to wait for it to ripen - can't wait to try it!
great find!
Mine was £2.70 😫
Could you do a video on pandanus fruit?
I much prefer atemoya better than cherimoya or sugar apples but here in Nairobi Kenya the sugar apples are much more common so there hard to find but I love them so much!
Is it possible to cross an atemoya with a soursop?
54 episodes in, i think this is your most positive reaction so far
I just bought this today but originally thought it was a sugar apple as the store had labelled it that but when I looked at the receipt it was actually an atemoya. I can't wait to try it, I'm so excited, I love soursop, so this will surely please my tastebuds~ 😚
Enjoy! these are great
It does get a bit confusing as far as I know cherimoya is custard apple, with flat segments on the skin, sweetsop is sugar apple with large bumps instead of flat planes on the outside and atemoya is a hybrid of the two, but they all get mislabelled all the time. I adore soursop, so hope I can fine one of these if I ever go back to London.
I ate a full crate over 5 days... Gained 1 Kg per day. This was in Brazil and I was eating more than just that 😬
The problem that you have with cheramoya and this fruit is the lack of a natural pollinator. The pollinator is a wasp. Even then the flowers do not pollinate very well. It takes a lot of hand pollination to get any fruit production. The Flower is nothing to look at and is easily missed.
I had eaten it unripe once before. It crunchy, sweet and bitter at the same time.
Trust me you would like it ripe better.
Which is soft and extremely sweet... Almost sugar level of sweetness for me.
Saw these in the grocery store again! Expensive ($5 or $6 CAD) but I was excited to try my first Annona fruit - also found yellow dragonfruit while I was out and grabbed one, so I'll comment on that video too.
This is super tasty! A bit of a pain to eat given the seeds but worth the experience. It tasted mildly creamy and like a mix of pineapple, mango yogurt, and Tutti Frutti gum to me. Really nice but I'd rather a good pineapple given the price to fruit ratio - maybe it's better closer to its source. Would definitely get again if cheaper so it seems I should try other fruits if I have the chance!
i ate this once, when i was 6 my dad brought 2 or 3 back from a business trip, ill never forget it, i have since eaten seedy sugerapples, cheremoyas here in cyprus and guanabanas in mexico which were the closest to that experience. but i now realize it must be this i had. i can say, without a doubt the taste was unforgettable.
They are so good! Hope you find one again
I'll gather to say that it's costly because it tastes uniquely good & there aren't many growers. It's a warm-loving tree that requires hand-polination of each flower for a symmetrical fruit (if a natural pollinator exists, like the Natidulid beatle, the fruit can come out misshapen). Additionally, every fruit must be bagged and protected on the tree as not to be ruined by bugs & animals. At USDA Zone 10, Los Angeles winters are still too cold for these trees to perform their best, so most are grafted onto Cherimoya rootstocks which tend to be more cold-hardy. Here in California, we have the same issues as growers in Florida, even cold winds can turn the portions of an orchard deciduous when they're exposed. Also, these cultivars are still relatively new to the market so there's still some education that needs to be done with eh consumers to understand how and when to get these tasty delights.
It's an everyday fruit in Taiwan.
I almost bought one in auburn al this weekend but I wasn't sure how to tell if it was ripe 🙄
Dontyou Already know where did you find one in Auburn ?
when i use to go to pakistan when i was little i use to eat those all the time. i called it the grenade fruit cause i had no idea what it was called. now i know.
gsxwrx Was it an Atemoya or a sugar apple, I think sugar apples are more common in that area. They also look more like a grenade :) ua-cam.com/video/NOBIsJnF3vU/v-deo.html
Jared Rydelek i think you are right. sugar apple.
so useful thank you so much. i currently live in suzhou near shanghai and ive tried it thinking it was a sugar apple now i know better.
glad to help :)
Awesome video. Thanks for making it. Atemoya are on sale at the market tomorrow here in Canada for $3.99 each. I'm going to try one. Can't wait.
That's a bargain, enjoy!
Where in Canada? I live in Canada too and I want to try this.
In Eastern Canada.....however they didn't actually have them....they only advertised them....so I never got to try one.... :(
keep looking, you'll find them :)
in indonesia, we call it srikaya or nona fruit
kind of rare right now
i really have a hard time understanding you when you had to review the sweet sop (sugar apple). i could chuck down a dozen sweet sops in one sitting, seeds, not a problem, it's easy to work your tongue around the seeds and just spit out a mouth full of shiny black seeds. lots of fun.
Almost looks like a Hawaiian Noni. Which I have only tried fermented dried and then used to flavor a tea.
I bought one in Aarhus Bazaar Vest for danish 89 kroner, he said I should let it become really soft, became super funky banana tutti frutti taste 🍑🍏🍋🍈🥰
Try the African horned cucumber or the Kiwano melon
I did, do a search on my channel and it will come up
nice video....in Bangladesh it's call ATA fruit..I have 5 big tree of this fruit in Bangladesh..it's a very popular fruit in Bangladesh
We call it Anone in Puerto Rico
Known as custard apple in Australia.
Thats true! Its confusing though because the name "Custard apple" is actually used for several annona species, all with different qualities. This one in particular is a hybrid between cherimoya and sugar apple; all three can be called custard apples.
Lucky for me I have one in my front yard.
You have a tree?
@@quasar1 Yes I have an Atamoya in my front yard.
@@ritaloy8338 can I have some?
I'm afraid I'll have to disagree or at least with the atemoya I've been getting compared to the cherimoya, cherimoya for ever $$$
thanks for the video.
you're welcome!
These remembers me the Guanabana (soursop)
Jared, you need`nt go far, there are so many species of those in mexico. I see one on sale every time. My grandmother has like three trees of those, one that i personally have not seen before, looks like an Annona in the inside, and a grapefruit on the outside. I`m basically sick of eating them :D I like your enthusiasm for fruits though, you might want to try one that looks like an a pear but chocolaty inside,it is my favorite. Sorry i do not know their names, not many people know them as they are rare even here, peace.- From, mexico
Andre, if I go to Mexico you'll have to hook me up! Those all sound really interesting!
haha, after seeing more of your videos i realize that there are a whole lot more enigmatic fruits in china and taiwan. i would be delighted to show you around Jared, but i am a very busy fellow. Best of luck to you friend.Take great care when you travel and God bless :D
My country this fruit is sweet and i loveeeee
I love atemoya and níspero.
Atemoya is illegal to take on some airplanes.
👍 eating now
I screamed when I heard the OST of Sàlo
I laughed pretty hard when I put that song in :D
Weird Explorer I feel like it’s inappropriate to say that it’s nice you found it funny, but I kinda agree with you 😂
love it x
Atis is what we call it in the Philippines :D
that's a different fruit
FrendiDopuie Royale That Is Not Sugar Apple.
Sugermoya would be more appropriate name
It looks like soursop,yeah definitely..
They are very closely related. But have a much different taste :)
we call it sitafaal in india
Prateek Maheshwari That is not Sitafaal. Sitafaal is a sugar apple. I've travelled all over India and have never seen an Atemoya.
Prateek Maheshwari this is my review on sitafaal/sugar apple: ua-cam.com/video/NOBIsJnF3vU/v-deo.html
Atemoya are a cross breed with sugar apple and a cherimoya