We are currently harvesting Black Sapote - and so are the Pied Currawongs, Pale Headed Friarbirds, Spotted Catbirds, and several species of honey eaters, and Spectacled Flying Foxes (no they dont actually wear specs - it's a ring of pale fur around each eye. This afternoon we picked about 6 cartons - and left some of the fruit at the top of the trees too high for us to reach for the bird gang. It's a small crop compared to previous years - caused by the tree being stressed last year.
It's great to have Black Sapote on the fruit tasting. The name 'chocolate pudding fruit' captures everyone's imagination - people are amazed at the texture (yes it really is puddeny) and the colour (yes it really LOOKs the colour of chocolate) - and we cannot keep up with the demand for our fruit leather of Black Sapote mixed with coconut. Which is why we have picked as much of the fruit as wevcan today, before the birds and bats finish the crop for us.
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