================================================================== African PrideSouth Africa BernitskiIsrael BradleyFlorida CavesFlorida CherimataEgypt Chirimorinon AVenezuela Chirimorinon BVenezuela Chirimorinon CVenezuela FinnyEgypt GefnerIsrael Island BeautyAustralia Island GemAustralia LindstromAustralia Malali#1Israel MalamudIsrael PageFlorida Pinks's MammothAustralia PriestlyAustralia StermerHawaii ================================================================ Atemoya (Annona cherimola X Annona squamosa) was developed by crossing Cherimoya (Annona cherimola) with Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa).
The first cross was made in 1908 by one P.J. Wester, a Horticulturist at the USDA’s Subtropical Laboratory in Miami.
Resulting fruits were of superior quality to the Sugar Apple and were given the name "Atemoya", a combination of "Ate", an old Mexican name for Sugar Apple, and "Moya" from Cherimoya.
And then in 1917, one Edward Simmons at Miami’s Plant Introduction Station successfully grew hybrids that survived a drop in temperature to 26.5ºF, showing Atemoya’s hardiness derived from one of its parent, the Cherimoya.
The Atemoya, like other Annona trees bear Protogynous flowers that are Hermaphroditic and self-pollination is rare. And therefore artificial, hand pollination almost always guarantees superior quality fruits.
Atemoyas are sometimes misshapen, underdeveloped on one side, as the result of inadequate pollination.
An Atemoya flower, in its female stage, opens between 2pm and 4pm and between 3pm and 5 pm on the following afternoon, the flower converts to its male stage.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An unripe 'African Pride' Atemoya in a tree under light rain. Annona squamosa X Annona cherimola cv 'African Pride' Family Annonaceae The Kampong, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA. ============================================================================== ALL MY IMAGES OF ATEMOYA; www.flickr.com/photos/3point141/sets/72157626689028625/de... ============================================================================== The links below will help clarify the widespread confusion about Annona nomenclatures;
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