Diospyros blancoi seed
LATIN NAME: Diospyros blancoi
COMMON NAME: Velvet Apple
The velvet apple is the dark, furry fruit of the warm garden, and the orange flesh tastes of the caramel and the custard. The small, evergreen tree carries the glossy, dark-green leaves and the small, pale, waxy flowers through the warm season, to be followed by the round, orange-brown fruits with the velvety, brown, furry skin and the soft, sweet, orange flesh with the fine, caramel note. The tree is a fine, curious presence of the warm garden and the orchard. It is a tree of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The velvet apple is a curious, fruitful subject of the plant science, and the furry fruits keep showing up in the work on the persimmon group. The breeding of the velvet apples for the flavour and the soft flesh has been looked at closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the tropical fruits, the ebony family and the members of the persimmon genus. The glossy leaves and the small, waxy flowers have also made it a fine orchard tree, and the velvet apple is a regular subject of the work on the curious sweet fruits of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The velvet apple is a fine, curious tree of the warm garden and the orchard. The round, orange-brown fruits carry the velvety, brown, furry skin and the soft, sweet, orange flesh with the fine, caramel note, one of the fine, curious desserts of the warm table, and the whole fruit is eaten fresh and turned into the smoothies and the jams of the warm kitchens. The glossy, dark-green leaves hold the tree neat through the year, and it is one of the fine choices for the warm orchard and the specimen tree of the small garden. It has been written about in the culinary and the botanical papers for the furry skin and the caramel flesh, and it is a fine, long-lived tree of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.
The velvet apple is one of the curious sweet fruits of the warm table, and the furry, brown skin opens to the orange, caramel flesh. The glossy leaves hold the tree neat through the year.
To grow the velvet apple from seed, sow the small, flat seeds a centimetre down in a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the well-drained ground, the furry fruits will come through the warm season.