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Originally Posted by jsvand5
Thanks for the info. I have seen the plants for sale at Logee's, but it just seems like a waste to me to pay so much with shipping for a plant that can fruit in under a year from seed.
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Yes that's exactly the way I felt before I actually ordered from Logee's. But after buying seeds from various sources, including foreign countries, and spending over the cost of 5 of those seedling from Logee's, I decided to buy from them. Seeds from foreign sources are required to be free of pulp and dried. That's exactly the way they arrived from Belize (eBay - They have 2 kinds the tall and the dwarf), Thailand, and the Philippines. Like I said, they were a small dried up tumbleweed with no cotyledon inside the nut shell.
You also need to have an Import Permit from the USDA. It is free, but if you order any more than 50 seeds in a packet, they will require you to have your shipper a Phytosanitary Certificate from the foreign Country.
If you want to take your chances, here are a couple that I've not been able to order from because they have not responded to my inquiry regarding the freshness of their seeds. The other 90% that you will find on the net, I probably ordered from them already, and they sent me the "tumbleweeds". If I can find the picture of those seeds/"tumbleweeds", I will post them here.
GreenDealer Exotic Seeds of Fruit and Nut Plants with photographs
SPONDIAS CYTHEREA - GOLDEN APPLE.
Like I said, your best bet, if you don't want to buy the plant, is to buy a fruit from someone who has the tree. That way, you are assured of the freshness.