Sapodilla Tree 'Alano'

Sapodilla Tree 'Alano'Alano is one of the most consistently productive Sapodilla varieties. It is a semi compact grower, and very productive tree. Makes small, oval shaped fruit with excellent flavor. ___________________________________________________________________________ Latin name Manilkara zapota This fruit has often been described as a brown sugar pear due to its sweetness and melt in your mouth texture. The Sapodilla tree is one of our absolute favorite fruit

easily managed

The slow growth and evergreen nature makes this an easy choice

indicating the presence of beta carotene

but has a much richer

or Guayaba in Spanish

open-shaped canopy

Some people do eventually grow to love it

We love sharing Ice Cream Beans with visitors and friends when they’re in season (usually mid-summer) and sitting under the shade of our tree makes the yard more enjoyable

‘Venus’ is a seedling of Zill Indochinese

but you can also make Mulberry pie

After his passing in the 1930s

with the first ripe fruit appearing by mid-April