APPEARANCE 




Bumpy green flesh, pear shaped, softball size fruit, with white flesh and little BB gun, pellet-like seeds
AROMA 




Fresh and herbal
TEXTURE 




Soft and grainy
TASTE 




Slightly melony, maybe even with a hint of banana, very low acidity
OVERALL 




This fruit is less acidic than most guava and has a nice, rounded, mellow flavor. However, that also makes it a little boring. Luckily I entertained myself by spitting/shooting out the little pellet seeds as if I had personally transformed in to an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
FRUIT
Guava
VARIETY
Vietnamese
PEAK
Fall
ORIGIN
Origin
GROWN
Creekside Tropicals
California
PURCHASED
Farmer’s Market
NOTES
The man who sold this to me indicated that this particular guava could be eaten while still firm and would be fantastic – unlike most guava where you should really wait until they are soft (like a ripe avocado). So I cut this open while it was still quite firm and I have to say I think he was wrong. Only the very center was soft and that was the part I reviewed above. The hard parts were terrible – very acidic and lacking flavor.




