Indulge in the sweet and juicy flavor of our organically grown sugar apples. These tropical fruits are hand-picked at the peak of ripeness to ensure maximum sweetness and flavor. Packed with essential vitamins and nutrients, our sugar apples make for a healthy and delicious snack or addition to any fruit salad. Grown with care and without the use of harmful pesticides, you can trust that our sugar apples are of the highest quality. Whether enjoyed on their own or incorporated into your favorite recipes, our sugar apples are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Sugar Apples
Annona squamosa is a small, well-branched tree or shrub from the family Annonaceae that bears edible fruits called sugar apples or sweetsops. It tolerates a tropical lowland climate better than its relatives Annona reticulata and Annona cherimola (whose fruits often share the same name)helping make it the most widely cultivated of these species. Annona squamosa is a small, semi-(or late) deciduous, much-branched shrub or small tree 3 to 8 metres (10 to 26 feet) tall similar to soursop (Annona muricata). It is a native of tropical climate in the Americas and West Indies, and Spanish traders aboard the Manila galleons docking in the Philippines brought it to Asia.
Michał Boym's drawing of, probably, the sugar-apple, in his Flora Sinensis (1655)
The fruit is spherical-conical, 5–10 centimetres (2–4 inches) in diameter and 6–10 cm (2+1⁄4–4 in) long, and weighing 100–240 grams (3.5–8.5 ounces), with a thick rind composed of knobby segments. The colour is typically pale green through blue-green, with a deep pink blush in certain varieties, and typically has a bloom. It is unique among Annona fruits in being segmented; the segments tend to separate when ripe, exposing the innards.
Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annona_squamosa