Custard Apple

A small, subtropical fruit tree with architectural, elegant foliage. Annona cherimola produces grapefruit sized, soft, sweet tasting fruits if kept warm in a conservatory.

The creamy texture of the flesh is what gives the fruit its name, the 'Custard Apple'. It is most commonly eaten out of-hand or scooped with a spoon from the cut open fruit. It is known to be used in making cakes, ice cream, custard etc. 

For optimum growth and for fruits to be produced in the UK, it prefers to be planted in dry or moist soil and to be constantly kept above 10C. It can be kept in a large pot during the Summer months.

We have 10-12cm plants, grown from our own Devon seed (pictures are of our mother 'Fino de Jete' tree).