Cherimoya
Annona cherimola
Description
Peruvian custard apple suited to warm NZ sites with pruning and hand pollination support.
Taxonomy
Family
Annonaceae
Genus
Annona
Cultivars
6
Daisy
Sweet-flavoured heavy-cropping cherimoya with long season, high flesh-to-seed ratio and self-fertility. Additional notes from duplicate entry: Daisy is a cultivar of cherimoya selected for its distinctive fruit or growth characteristics. Its large, flavorful fruits have fewer seeds than many other varieties, making them a pleasure to eat with more of the creamy, sweet flesh to enjoy.

Perla
NZ-cropping variety with medium flavourful fruit, relatively little seed and creamy flesh. Additional notes from duplicate entry: Perla is a cultivar of cherimoya selected for its distinctive fruit or growth characteristics. Perla Cherimoyas have a pineapple-like flavor and a moderate number of seeds. It produces well-shaped fruit with great flavor and is a mid-season producer.

Reretai
Early-fruiting cherimoya that benefits from pruning to encourage short horizontal fruiting wood. Additional notes from duplicate entry: Reretai is an cherimoya variety prized for its early fruiting, early ripening, and consistently high-quality harvests. This productive tree produces good quantities of exceptionally tasty fruit, making it a favorite among both home growers and serious collectors.

Sherbet
Smooth-skinned cherimoya with very sweet flesh.

White
Large-fruited cherimoya with lemony balanced flavour; prune to promote wide-angled side growth and fruiting.

Wookie
Vigorous quick-growing cherimoya, moderately seedy and very heavy cropping so fruit thinning is essential. Additional notes from duplicate entry: Wookie is a cultivar of cherimoya selected for its distinctive fruit or growth characteristics. This cultivar produces impressively large fruits brimming with sweet, creamy white flesh. Its robust, vigorous trees are among the most prolific fruiters, delivering abundant harvests season after season.