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The Canistel (Pouteria campechiana), also known as the Cupcake fruit, Eggfruit, Zapote amarillo, is a large, open, evergreen tree that has dark green leaves clustered at the tips of the branches. The fruit has a thin orange to yellow skin, and the pulp is dry like the yolk of a hardboiled egg. They are commonly eaten fresh, used in cooking and pies, and they are excellent in ice cream. In milk shakes they taste like eggnog.

 

Tree size: 25' x 25'

Fruit size: 2 - 5 inches long

Cold tolerance: 28 - 30 F

Full sun

Bruce - Canistel / Egg Fruit / Yellow Sapote

$51.00Price
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