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Originally Posted by Want Them All
Don't know what I have, but I just planted a white sapote a few days ago. Of course, I got it from Home Depot.
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there's a 99.99% chance you have a Suebelle. Though it does fruit fairly easily, you shouldn't think that's what a Sapote is supposed to taste like... It's kind of like an over-ripe mango, or like an over-ripe Papaya. The best quality Sapotes usually have a slight honey flavor mixed with a vanilla egg custard, and some vary with tones of lemon, pear, and apricot.
On the other hand, a (wrongly named) Black Sapote (Diospyros digyna), which is actually a member of the persimmon family, and not the citrus family, tastes like chocolate pudding. However, before everyone rushes out to get one, I can attest that unless you have a greenhouse big enough to grow a 15 foot + tall tree, you're not going to have any luck growing it, since it is a very close to being true tropical, needing full sun, and complete death occurs at around 30 degrees F.
BLACK SAPOTE