Fruit trees are grown in a variety of shapes, sometimes to please the eye but mainly to encourage fruit production. The form or shape of fruit trees can be manipulated by pruning and training. Shaping and promoting a particular tree form is done to establish the plant in a particular situation under certain environmental conditions, to increase fruit yield, and to enhance fruit quality.
~Clementine Tangerine Is easy to peel, usually seedless, and ripens in the winter and spring months. The fruit is rich and very sweet and juicy. Trees prefer a coastal lowland climate for best fruit quality and production. It is a vigorous grower and comes into bearing early. The fruit achieves good color here.
~Temple Tangor Is a cross of orange and tangerine. It has the rounder look of an orange (often referred to as ‘Temple Orange’) and the ease of peeling and tenderness of a Tangerine (also called ‘Royal Mandarin’). The fruit is ripe in winter and spring and has a spicy-sweet flavor.
~Minneola Tangelo Is a fabulous fruit! The flavor is excellent, sweet/ tart, aromatic and rich. It makes excellent juice, as the fruit extremely juicy, and somewhat difficult to peel in our climate. The large orange fruit is ripe in the fall and winter months and tends to bear regularly and heavy. The Minneola is a…
~Honey Tangerine Has a sweet delicious, somewhat spicy flavor and is very juicy. There are a few seeds and the fruit will hold on the tree very well when fully ripe. It is a vigorous, upright and productive grower with the fruit being held on the outermost ends of the branches. The fruit is medium…
~Biew Kiew Longan Longans are usually eaten fresh but are also dried, canned, or made into delicious dessert sauces and sorbets. It is a delicious, juicy fruit with a very sweet flavor, and a single seed. It is a large spreading tree which is easily managed with annual pruning. It produces best below 2000’. ‘Biew…
~BANANA ’DWARF APPLE’ In Hawaii there are many varieties. The ‘Dwarf Apple’ is a popular fresh eating banana in Hawaii. Known for its tart, sweet flavor, thin skin and wind resistance, it is also the best banana to dry, as it does not brown in the process. It has a long shelf life.
~Kaimana Lychee Lychee is one of Hawaii’s most popular fruits. The season is short and the red sweet fruit is savored by everyone. The Lychee is fresh out of hand but can be dried or used in desserts. The large beautiful trees thrive in a moist rocky soil and little fertilizer once they reach fruiting…
~Mangosteen The “Queen of Fruits,” Mangosteen is a round, purple-brown, smooth, thick-skinned fruit. The fruit is apple-sized, white fleshed and considered the most delicious fruit in the world. The slow growing trees require tropical conditions, needing plenty of moisture and protection from wind. The trees take between 7-12 years to fruit, depending on care and…
~Mulberry The abundant fruit of this fantastic tree is about one inch long, dark purple when ripe, sweet and tasty. The fruit is delicious eaten fresh and can easily be made into jams, pie fillings or colorfully added to a fruit salad. The trees thrive in most locations here and can be maintained in a…
~Pulasan Pulasan is closely related to rambutan. The fruit is generally sweeter than rambutan and has a berry like flavor. Instead of soft hairs like rambutan, the fruit has soft short ‘spines’. It is tropical in its requirements, growing best out of the wind with a warm moist climate.
