~~~ and sent to Jamaica to finish. They are a thin pulp with about a quart of juice. What you had in Miami back then was known as Jamaican Tall which was meaty with less juice. They were wiped out by Lethal Yellowing and attempts to replace them with Malaysian varieties failed until this one was developed to resist the yellowing... This cultivar was doing real well.. and then came along the Whitefly which is slowly taking them out... Nothing in the works to replace them this far. The only thing I learned from orchid growing friends in Asia, to help slow down their death is to remove the fruit just to being ripe and remove older fronds before they are attacked. It works for me for the last ten years. .
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