Thread: Mangos

Originally Posted by Disco44

Just goes to show that you cannot trust the press.It was reported up here that you could shoot 'em.
Cheers,
John ( disco 44 )

Yep, it's been illegal to shoot Flying Foxes in NSW for a very long time.

Originally Posted by JohnF

B]Where a Woman goes, a Mangoes[/B].

Many years before I met her, my wife had purchased a Custard Apple from the Green Grocers, and absolutely hated it, never eating them again till the following happened.

In the mid 1990's I was given a stack of Custard Apple seconds [mild skin blemishes] from an Organic grower whose farm we visited on a Organic Gardening TAFE excursion, and after much persuasion my wife tried a small bit of one of these Custard Apples expecting it to be horrible like the one that she had ytried years before had been. She found this one that I gave her was terrific. See she had given up on Custard Apples because of one off tasting one, but does love Custard Apples now, she has eaten a good one.

Originally Posted by Disco44

The only trouble with custard apples while they taste great one becomes a seed spitting champion because of the number of seeds in just one.
Cheers,
John ( disco 44 )

Never quite worked out what it was that people liked about Custard Apples after I had my first Soursop.

At least they crop twice a year.

Originally Posted by Stuuu

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At least they crop twice a year.

So do mangoes, up the cape.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

So do mangoes, up the cape.

Our Nam Doc Mai (Thai native) almost does here - which would be nice.

Originally Posted by Stuuu

Our Nam Doc Mai (Thai native) almost does here - which would be nice.

The quality of the fruit suffers, therefore they're not grown commecially on the cape.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

The quality of the fruit suffers, therefore they're not grown commecially on the cape.

Its only the bl**dy white cocatoos that make ours suffer!

PS - We had 3 years at Aurukun in the mid-80s and there was only ever one crop there. Climate is the same as Darwin with a truly dry, Dry which probably explains it.

Originally Posted by Stuuu

Its only the bl**dy white cocatoos that make ours suffer!

PS - We had 3 years at Aurukun in the mid-80s and there was only ever one crop there. Climate is the same as Darwin with a truly dry, Dry which probably explains it.

I won't miss Aurukun if I never have to go back.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I won't miss Aurukun if I never have to go back.

So you did live there at some stage?