Honeyheart Cherimoya

Honeyheart Cherimoya Tree

5 Gallon
$199.00
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Honeyheart Cherimoya Tree

Annona cherimoya 'Honeyheart'

Possibly the Best-Tasting Cherimoya • Ultra-Creamy, Fiber-Free Flesh • Luxurious Tropical Flavor

$199.00
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Description

The Honeyheart Cherimoya is celebrated as one of the finest cherimoya varieties, a true connoisseur's choice for its exceptional flavor and texture. This tropical gem produces large, elegant heart-shaped fruit with smooth, pale green skin. Inside, the snow-white flesh is luxuriously creamy, sweet, and complex, with a perfect balance of banana, pineapple, and strawberry notes without any fibrous texture. While it benefits from hand-pollination for optimal fruit set, the reward is a harvest of arguably the most delicious fruit in the Annona family, often described as "custard apple" for its divine, melt-in-your-mouth quality.

  • Revered for its exceptionally rich, sweet, and complex flavor profile, often ranked as the best-tasting cherimoya.

  • Flesh is remarkably smooth, creamy, and fiber-free with a custard-like texture.

  • Fruit is large, heart-shaped, with smooth, slightly bumpy green skin.

  • A fast-growing, semi-deciduous tree that can be easily maintained at a manageable height (8-10 ft) with summer pruning.

  • Benefits greatly from hand-pollination to ensure good fruit size and yield.

  • Contains numerous glossy black seeds; the crushed seeds have been used traditionally as an insecticide.

Flavor Profile:

  • Flavor: A sublime blend of tropical flavors: distinct notes of banana, pineapple, and strawberry with a hint of vanilla.

  • Texture: Ultra-creamy, smooth, and melting—like the finest natural custard.

  • Best Uses: The ultimate fresh-eating fruit, best enjoyed chilled and scooped with a spoon. Also perfect for smoothies, ice cream, and mousses.

Quick Facts

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  • Light: Full sun to partial shade

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  • Features:Flowers: Small, triangular pale-yellow blossoms on long stems; self-fruitful.Foliage: Oval, leathery leaves with prominent veining; semi-deciduous.Fruit:Large heart-shaped form.Smooth green skin with subtle bumps.Creamy white flesh with custard-like texture.Exceptionally sweet with tropical flavor (banana/pineapple/strawberry notes).Few dark brown, glossy seeds
  • Habit: Semi-evergreen tree with upright growth
  • Mature Height: 25-30 ft (can be maintained under 10 ft with pruning)
  • Mature Width: 15-20 ft
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Key Advantages:Self-pollinating (unlike most cherimoyas).Premium eating quality - considered the sweetest variety.High-yielding with good disease resistance.Nutrition powerhouse (rich in antioxidants, B vitamins, and minerals)
  • Special Attributes:Summer pruning controls size (ideal for container growing).Potential health benefits (studied for anti-cancer compounds).High-calorie fruit (excellent energy food)
  • Landscape Uses:Tropical fruit orchards.Container gardening (when pruned).Edible landscaping.Greenhouse cultivation in cooler zones

Faqs

Q: Do I need to hand-pollinate it?
A: Highly recommended. Cherimoya flowers are protogynous (female part matures before male). Hand-pollination using a small brush (transferring pollen from male to female flowers in the evening) dramatically increases fruit set, size, and shape.

Q: How is it different from a regular cherimoya?
A: 'Honeyheart' is a selected superior cultivar known for its larger fruit, smoother skin, more consistent shape, and most importantly, a richer, sweeter, and more complex flavor with a flawless texture compared to seedling trees.

Q: When is it ripe?
A: The fruit ripens off the tree. Harvest when fully sized and the skin has lightened slightly in color. It will yield to gentle pressure like a ripe avocado when ready to eat. Ripen at room temperature.

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San Francisco Bay Area is our primary local delivery market. Victory Nursery also serves additional California markets and selected extended delivery areas by arrangement.

Regular local delivery: San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay, Marin, Tracy / Mountain House and surrounding service areas.

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