I planted a white sapote tree thirty-plus years ago, not knowing anything about the fruit, only that it sounded perfectly adapted to my mountain home. A good decision! The fruit is delicious, and for many years now we’ve had an abundant crop every fall. And the fruits are getting bigger every year!

The fruits ripen in a wide range of sizes, but these large ones are more and more common — and the fruit quality does not diminish with size. Oh, and never mind the rough-looking skin. The fruit is beautiful on the inside: creamy and very sweet.

(We need more neighbors to give away fruits to!)

The fruits are fragile, with optimal flavor just at the point when they are ready to fall off the tree, or just after they have dropped. One of the challenges of the season is keeping Xena Rose out of the garden. White sapote is her favorite! She goes crazy for it.