Re: Mystery Tree once again

hi cali,
it looks a lot like strawberry guava.  and I can't recall the scientific
 at the moment but can look it up tonight when I get home.  I think it
is from south america. It  is an indestructable weed in hawaii.  I can't
believe that when I returned to los angeles, I actually paid money for a
couple of plants that I had helped try destroy in Hawaii.  but for a weed,
it is pretty tasty.  They are growing in my garden with very little care
except the occasional pruning.

Angela


On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Edward Malefakis wrote:

> Please forgive me for attaching, but this tree has defied identification
> for over a year now.  I bought it at a local (Corfu, Greece)garden
> center and the handwritten smudged label read "pr..... litorale."  It's
> been thriving on the very poor soil of my orchard ever since (with no
> special care and only occasional watering during the summer) and
> produced fruit that were fully ripe by mid-September.  They were about
> 1.5 to 2 in diameter, with soft flesh that tasted something like arbutus
> only sweeter and tastier.  The birds went crazy over them and I had to
> spread a net.  The leaves are thick and glossy, and the tree (about 5
> ft.) has a neat and compact look, as if it had been trained as a
> standard.
> Can any of the wise persons on the list identify it?
> Cali Doxiadis
> PS.  My messages will be appearing under my husband's name (Edward
> Malefakis) since I'm temporarily using his professional address.  I'll
> have my own US address in a couple of weeks.  Sorry about the confusion.
> Cali
>
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