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 DEAN
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What time of year are these ripe and where can I buy some? also, are there any other native fruit that I can try while in St. John?

thanks

Dean

 
Posted : April 13, 2006 1:25 pm
 TomB
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There are a few trees on Maho Beach where they are free. Lay on the beach and need snack reach up and grap some.

 
Posted : April 13, 2006 4:38 pm
 STT Resident
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Genips ripen July - September. I don't know about STJ but people sell them on the roadside in STT. I have a HUGE tree and every year we have a "Genips for Crits" day where kids and adults come from the Humane Society and pick and sell. Just don't eat TOO many as they're an oldtime remedy for "Montezuma's Revenge"...

 
Posted : April 13, 2006 11:21 pm
 The Islander
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Hello Dean,

Banana Figs, soursop, sugarapple, tamarind, ... those are some. You can read up and see a few pictures in the Fruits section of Flora & Fauna on this site; here is the link https://www.vinow.com/general_usvi/flora_fauna/fruit.php.

--Islander

 
Posted : April 14, 2006 12:03 pm
 DEAN
(@DEAN)
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thanks so much for all the great information. I was hoping to get a taste of some of these fruits in May, but I guess that's kind of early....

Dean

 
Posted : April 14, 2006 3:46 pm
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