# List of cherimoya cultivars

This list of cherimoya cultivars includes cultivars and varieties of cherimoya, the fruit of Annona cherimola.

## Baste

    thick-skinned.

## Bayott

    (Bays x ott) Small to medium, smooth ovoid.

## Bays

    Tree broad, to 6 metres (20 ft), fruits round, medium size, light green, skin shows fingerprint like marks. Flavor good, almost lemony.

## Behl

    very vigorous growing, self-pollinating cherimoya that is very juicy, complex flavours, excellent sweetness and acidity. It gives pierce, el bumpo, and NATA run for its money. No grit at all, smooth thin skin, has hint of vanilla, banana, raspberry, pine apple. Taste varies according to when picked. It is a seedling of unknown variety.

## Big Sister

    Sibling of Sabor. Fruit large, very smooth, good flavor. Often self-fruitful.

## Booth

    Among hardiest of cherimoya, does well in most present growing areas. Tree 6–9 metres (20–30 ft) high. Fruit is conical, medium size, rather seedy, with flavor that suggests papaya.

## Bronceada

    Fruit of large size, conical shape and large number of bottles. Relatively thick skin, tan to yellow in maturity. Excellent organoleptic quality, with many seeds.

## Canaria

    Fruit with a rounded conical shape, medium size, smooth skin, canary yellow color, attractive. Pulp white something fibrous, very juicy and firm, aromatic, acidulated and of good flavor.

## Carter

    Long-conical, but not shouldered; smooth or faintly fingerprinted; skin green to bronze; bears well. Late. Leaves wavy or twisted.

## Chaffey

    Tree rather open, fast growing. Result of UC-Riverside project to develop cold tolerant variety. Fruit small to medium, round, impressa type, with high, lemony flavor.

## Chavez

    Fruits up to 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb)

## Concha Lisa

    Rounded fruit with fingerprints areoles. Soft, creamy white pulp. Good conservation in cold. Early maturation.

## Cortés II-31

    Pulp with little seed, juicy and sweet. Low skin percentage and skin thickness is 1 mm and very resistant.

## Cumbe

    Variety(ies) Selected by Ministry of Agriculture in Peru (INDECOPI)for their promising commercial value (export) Protected as a branded regional growing area / indigenous select variety of Cherimoya.

## Deliciosa

    Long-conical, prominently papillate; skin thin, slightly downy; variable in flavor; only fair in quality; generally bears well but does not ship well; cold-resistant. Midseason.

## Dream

    Possible hybrid, a heat tolerant variety, vigorous grower, fruit is reported to be superior.

## Durio Ecuador

    A selected seedling of El Bumpo, more cold hardy and adaptable for Coastal Central California. Fruit has similar characteristics of El Bumpo.

## Ecuador

    Tree broad, branches limber, spreading. Selected for superior hardiness. Fruit medium, quite dark green, mammillated, flavor good.

## El Bumpo

    Fruit conical, medium size, mammillated, not suited for commerce. Skin soft, practically edible. Flavor among the finest.

## Fino de Jete

    Has skin type Impressa, are smooth or slightly concave at the edges. The fruit is round, oval, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped. The seeds are enclosed in the carpels and so do not detach easily, the flavour balances intense sweetness with slight acidity.

## Fortuna

    Cultivar was registered by Nino Cupaiuolo with the California Rare Fruit Growers in 1997. An important attribute of this cultivar is its early fruiting time with superior flavor.

## Funchal

    Cultivar from Madeira Island

## Honeyhart

    Medium, skin smooth, plated, yellowish green. Pulp has smooth texture, excellent flavor, very juicy.

## Impresa

    with "fingerprint" depressions

## Knight

    Tree has medium vigor, medium-sized pale green wavy leaves. Fruit has minor protuberances, a thin skin, a slightly grainy texture and is quite sweet.

## Libby

    Tree large. Fruit round conical; early harvest. Sweet, strong flavor.

## Lisa

    almost smooth

## Madeira

    Bulky fruit usually with thick green peel. It has a heart shape, having a skin with some small protuberances. Its pulp is white, sweet, creamy, juicy, having a slightly acid and delicate, with a pronounced fragrance. The color of the skin can range from bright green, yellow-green or bronze-green. Cultivar from Madeira Island

## Mateus-II

    Cultivar from Madeira Island

## McPherson

    Tree pyramidal, vigorous, to 9 metres (30 ft). Fruits small to medium in size, conical, dark green, not seedy. Flavor suggests banana, sweetness varies with temperature while maturing.

## Nata

    Tree vigorous, bears quickly, flowers profuse, tendency to self-pollinating. Fruits smooth, light green, conical, 0.7–1.1 kilograms (1.5–2.4 lb). Skin thin, tender. Flavor has good sweet-acid balance.

## Ott

    Tree strong growing. Fruit medium, heart shaped tuberculate, flesh yellow, seedy, very sweet. Matures early.

## Papilonado

    with fleshy, nipple-like protrusions

## Perry Vidal

    Cultivar from Madeira Island

## Pierce

    Tree is vigorous with large dark green leaves. Fruit is medium-sized elongated conically shaped with very smooth skin and a high sugar content.

## Piña

    Fruit of conical shape with very marked protuberances, medium size, with thin skin, dark green-opaque. White and juicy pulp, excellent aroma reminiscent of a pineapple. Late maturity.

## Pinchua

    Thin-skinned

## Rio Negro

    Heart shaped fruits weighing 0.8–1 kilogram (1.8–2.2 lb)

## Ryerson

    Long-conical, smooth or fingerprinted, with thick, tough, green or yellow green skin; of fair quality; ships well. Leaves wavy or twisted.

## Sabor

    Sibling of "Big Sister". Fruit mammillated, varies in size, not usually large. Among the best in flavor.

## Sander

    Fruits with moderate number of seeds

## Selma

    Pink flesh

## Spain

    Small to medium, smooth, conical; banana flavor

## Tetilado

    with fleshy, nipple-like protrusions

## Tuberculada

    with conical protrusions having wartlike tips

## Umbonada

    with rounded protrusions

## Whaley

    Tree moderately vigorous. Fruit medium to large elongated conical, tuberculate, light green, flavor good. Seed enclosed in an obtrusive sac of flesh.

## White

    Tree open, unkempt; to 11 metres (36 ft), needs forming. Fruit large, to 2 kilograms (4.4 lb), conical, with superficial small lumps (umbonate). Flesh juicy, flavor weak, suggesting mango-papaya.