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Originally Posted by momoese
What is the last photo?
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It's this one:
Pome cultivar; 11.5' of p-stem. This is from Jon (Pitangadiego) and is what he has labelled as "Cardaba". It is not remotely similar to Cardaba. Instead, it is in the Pome subgroup and might be a relatively short variant of Brazilian (but it's not Dwarf Brazilian), or could be a different Pome cultivar. Whatever the case, it's a great plant -- resilient and fast to grow and bloom (by the standards of my climate). Jon says the flavor is very good, which is to be expected given that it is a Pome variety.
From what I've read (Kepler and Rust), for ("tall") Brazilian (AKA "Hawaiian Apple") there's a range of sizes (12-20'+ of pstem). Some variants are consistently very tall, like yours Mitchel. In Hawaii, some people call that variant "Kamehameha." This particular plant from Jon has been on the short end of that range of sizes (I think he told me it averages around 12' in his yard). Could be a "short" (not dwarf) Brazilian, or a closely related but different cultivar in the Pome subgroup.