SUN BERRY - This Rare Cousin to Tomatoes Was Only Documented In 2008!

[@JestaKilla]

I'm suddenly considering a graph plotting Jared's fruit reviews on sweet and sour axes. I guess the Z axis would be the rare funk rating.

[@sdfkjgh]

@JestaKilla: The Z could be heat, to take into account the hot peppers reviews. Remember, the top of the scale is "flaming bees".

[@Nepetita69696]

Sweet and sour on one axis and bitter and spicy on the other

[@duoasch]

or an ontology with how fruits taste like

[@BlueJadeU]

If you do it, you should definitely post it here.

[@ZE308AC]

@JestaKilla make sure you patten your idea 💡

[@Anupkulkarni23]

In india state of Maharashtra there is city called Kolhapur. Growing up we used to eat a Berry called" karvand". It grew wild on forts and hill side. Looks like blueberry. Maybe one day you will visit and try it

[@DankFroot]

Episode 78

[@Tinil0]

@@DankFroot Damn you're good. How about I have this friend who had this incredible apple. It was a nice golden color, but she never actually got to taste it because she lost it while at Mount Olympus, Greece, so it probably grows in the area. Has Jared yet reviewed this golden Apple?

[@hinklink]

@@Tinil0 he did review it but the video file got corrupted due to zeus's lightning bolt!

[@lembaswafer7425]

@@Tinil0Was your friend’s name Eris, by any chance?

[@Ruktiet]

Funny, I was hoping I could send you exactly one of these as my plants are finally flowering! But I have another very special Solanum up in my sleeve, so within a year or two you’ll probably be able to get a taste of it.

[@DankFroot]

I'll was planning on the same thing. 😅 I happen to have a pair of small plants on ebay, and I think this video scored me 3 bidders today.

[@kellykittinger5969]

Will it fruit in 10b?

[@Ruktiet]

@@kellykittinger5969 yes

[@AwesomeFish12]

You should try kangaroo apple in Australia. A solanum species that has thousands of years of history as food, but not something you have likely heard of in the USA. One of many common Australian solanum species that can be eaten and one of the few that are a common garden weed!

[@WeirdExplorer]

it's somewhere on the channel. check the archive at www.weirdexplorer.com

[@Ruktiet]

You also have Solanum centrale as a common bush tucker. Supposed to be caramel-y and spicy.

[@xaviercruz4763]

@@WeirdExplorerhey jared, if i saw the short you made on macapuno id say thats a coconuts that maybe went bad, so could you talk about how to use that gel or process it, like you talked about making hot spice with different foods (example)

[@robsonwilianwinchester9726]

​​@@WeirdExplorer yes 😂 Jared as Brazilian is funny your pronunciation of j is not like Spanish j is r so Juan is pronounced Ruan in Portuguese j is like j in English but a bit different j is ge so pronounce jua açu (j is called jota in Portuguese!) Exemplo jeito jovem (j is like geito or ge not j from Spanish j is r like Juan is pronounced by Hispanics! This phase means young way or teenager ways of doing things!) Sorry if I'm not good making you learn Portuguese but try learn bit of j latter in Portuguese in the internet! Anyway thanks for another solemeaces plants ☘️ is for sure one of best plants genus out there!

[@robsonwilianwinchester9726]

​@@WeirdExploreryes Jared is rare even in here is rare . I think 🤔 is only common in north ⬆️ of Brazil like amazônia State (Brazil change a lot the cuisine from region to regions unlike us who is very standard culture Brazil change culture from state to state!)

[@ivythay4259]

I'm always envious of you when you get your hands on all these fruits. I'd love to cook with them.

[@forevertj]

Yes :)

[@DankFroot]

I've got a pair of plants on ebay ending tonight. I saw this episode drop and was like, "no way!" 3 new bidders, probably searched the fruit because of this video and found me. I'll probably list my other few plants now while there's this great review freshly dropped!

[@hollywebster6844]

This fruit is beautiful when sliced! The black seeds against the golden flesh in a lovely, symmetrical pattern - beauty! I might not ever be able to taste this fruit, but I enjoy it with my eyes.

[@andrewgoodbody2121]

I saw a guy taste a fruit online in 2014 it was like a tiny kiwi anyways at the time the were impossible to get in Ireland, but by go I nursed a seedling and built a greenhouse and heated it and last year I tasted that fruit, and by God all that work was not worth it hee😅

[@Lithilic]

Not sure if there are any other comparisons to be made, but the leaf, stem, shape, and flesh consistency reminded me of a persimmon.

[@SpiritProf]

I have 2 live plants of this species - can’t wait to get fruit!

[@WeirdExplorer]

good luck 👍

[@mozambique9113]

How big or old is the plant to bear fruit? Im looking to plant one as well

[@SpiritProf]

One is currently 3ft and the other is 4ft, neither has flowered yet. Thorny leaves!

[@kellykittinger5969]

Have they fruited yet? What zonec are you in? I'm thinking of buying the seeds

[@SpiritProf]

@@kellykittinger5969 zone 7a, no fruit yet, moving them outside later this week.

[@DillonTrinhProductions]

This is like the river monster of fruit hunting channel. Nice video!

[@patricioiasielski8816]

You REALLY need to go to Brazil. It might be the mecca for tropical fruits.

[@chir0pter]

brazil is a very big country

[@WhiteGussy]

Come to brazil

[@BlueminNight]

From fruits to junk food, it's always amazing to see these stuff from many places

[@WeirdExplorer]

Glad you enjoyed

[@JTMusicbox]

Only recently documented is exciting! Hopefully this one grows in popularity.

[@alexc7857]

Monkfruit and Organ Pipe Cactus Fruit (apparently tastes better than a watermelon??) And looks beautiful

[@kneau]

4:08 There's green and gold kiwi fruit, so perhaps this is closer to the golden variety?

[@Janmification]

Tamarillo are delicious. As a child, we used to eat them with sugar sprinkled on the cut halves. When you cut the sun berry, my first thought was tamarillo-like.

[@josephbrooks9385]

Please look into Creeping Snowberries Gaultheria hispidula

[@urdin2242]

You have amazing descriptions of the flavour profile of each fruit!

[@notmyworld44]

Something very similar to that grows wild in the Ozark region of Arkansas and Missouri, USA. It is locally called Ground Cherry, and is also a member of the Solanaceae group. They are not abundant and it takes a keen eye to see the approximately 1-foot tall plants. The fruits are not easily visible, as they are encased in a papery calyx shell, and are usually hidden under a leaf. They are actually a wild variety of the commercially available Tomatillo, but much sweeter to the taste. To find the Ground Cherry in the wild is a stroke of good fortune. They are yellow when ripe.

[@infinitywulf]

Oh wow, from your description it sounds like I definitely have to try this one. I love a good sour taste but a bit of sweetness with it is wonderful.

[@davidarundel6187]

Both the featured fruits have seed cavities ñot unlike Tamarillo , aka , Tree Tomatoe - which is red outside and in . Tamarillo , make good jam or peeled whole and preserved .

[@Fygee]

Another great video, thanks! Great to see that fruit message forum get a little YT love. I'm active there and its one of the best resources for tropical fruit on the web IMO.

[@aerisafoxfeather]

From the look I was hoping it would taste like a ground cherry, having one that size would be heavenly! Still sound interesting, hopefully I'll be able to try it someday!

[@jasongeorgiou1375]

These remind me a lot of pepinos actually - probably even closer to them than they are to tomatoes. I recall pepinos tasting like melons with a hint of tomato... I would love to try these though! 🤞

[@bobriquardo5317]

careful with the word 'pepino' cause its like 4 different plants. You're talking about pepino melon or pepinos dulces. I read this post thinking cuccumbers. Brazillians have that big red one

[@jasongeorgiou1375]

@@bobriquardo5317 In English, the word 'pepino' doesn't refer to anything other than "Solanum muricatum", unlike Spanish.

[@victorpoiesz9265]

The growth habit and fruit structure are more similar to tamarillos

[@J.C_Hong]

I'm a plant science grad student doing research on solanum plants. I'm curious if I can perform protoplast fusion with this plant and integrate it into a tomato breeding program?

[@youtube.commentator]

Pretty neat, honestly, love sour fruits, I'd be interested to try one out

[@Youdontknowmeson1324]

Hi fruit explorer Have you ever tried Chinese lantern it is related to tomatoes to closely related to cape gooseberries but orange. Also you should should try rare pepper species like capsicum flexosum the cold hardy pepper and capsicum galopogense the galogos wild pepper.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yes! check over at weirdexplorer.com there's an archive by scientific name where they should show up.

[@foodmagicwow7725]

Lol, wild, I'm a member of that forum and also have grown these. I guess it was just a matter of time before some of that community showed up in your videos.

[@atomicskull6405]

Some varieties of potatoes produce edible fruits, but some also produce poisonous fruits. It depends on the variety. Supposedly they are similar to tomatoes but sweeter.

[@dirtyfiendswithneedles3111]

Tomato’s are very closely related to nightshade.

[@dirtyfiendswithneedles3111]

A chef once prepped potatoes for royalty and had never worked with the root. He didn’t know that the green parts were commonly cut off and wasted because it had been exposed to the sun and was therefore poisonous. He ONLY prepped and cooked the green part. Some royal guy died.

[@Locut0s]

It’s amazing you have been able to try all these rare finds from around the world! You e developed quite the pallet to be able to describe and compare them against each other too!

[@LordDagron]

You should review golden dragonfruit, it tastes sort of like a very sweet kiwi but it's really juicy.

[@JTMusicbox]

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[@StonedtotheBones13]

There's yellow dragon fruit somewhere on here, idk if it's the same thing tho

[@pyrosinugami]

Really reminds me of the golden gooseberries I see at grocery outlet

[@benjones1717]

I'd sort of be interested to hear you review all the well known fruits; strawberry, apple etc. Maybe rank them.

[@uxtalzon]

I can't even find sun berry seeds for sale. This is something I'd definitely grow and share.

[@TMKII]

Hmm, According to Kew the species name was first published in 1846 by Otto Sendtner. Perhaps this (2008) was the first time it was photographed alive and cultivated outside of native range?

[@flowerspringtime]

Kew probably using artificial intelligence to rewrite history to steal credit for themselves.

[@whatsgrowingonflorida9022]

I’m that guy in Florida growing it in my back yard

[@WeirdExplorer]

rock on!

[@trumpwon2240]

Next to eating the fruit. Growing it is one of the best parts. Especially new and exotic types.

[@fyrekrystaal27]

As soon as you cot the sunberry it reminded me of kiwi from looking at the interior of the fruit

[@TheCleesmiester]

Awesome video, really entertaining and informative. Thankyou

[@WeirdExplorer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@i-am-alxdz]

I was trying to find in your channel a video about Lulo. Lulo's juice is delicious!

[@CrankyOtter]

I was not expecting such an expedition when I clicked on this. Really hope more rare fruits get saved.

[@StuffandThings_]

Some day you and Steven should go to the remote parts of the Amazon or Atlantic rainforest and try to find some new species!

[@Wekulu]

i heard your phone go off at 7:37 lol and i thought for a second that it was my phone. good taste in notif sound i guess haha

[@chir0pter]

Wow sounds amazing! And solanums tend to be fast growing too

[@sproutingresilience4787]

With its texture skin thickness and the cross section and stripes remind me more of a tamarillo than the lulo fort sure

[@sophiophile]

I just saw someone's post about graphing/visualizing data (like sweet/sour) for data youve collected. Do you have all of it in one place (excel, document, etc)? I'd be up for trying a few different things (something interactive- like filtering by genus, country of origin, etc)

[@athenasblueprint]

New Weird Explorer just dropped

[@bcharms10000]

SMARTER EVERY DAY! GREAT CHANNEL!

[@martinemartin4779]

I love red tamarillos. They're so delicious. When I was a kid in New Zealand, we called them "tree tomatoes". Is the lulo like a persimmon?

[@IlGiardinosicilianoMarcello79]

Ciao, mi piacerebbe coltivare questo frutto è possibile avere dei semi?

[@gingeredawn6764]

we can now get golden berries...similar looking smaller and looked it up, also related to tomato,

[@tedarcher9120]

Hmm, that definitely will Ketchup! It has to be done!

[@uberdriver8743]

Incredible how something so tasty can go unnoticed

[@zachariahswartz5970]

The sideburns + glasses = 2004 tech job vibes

[@IamImAAstronaut]

You should do some rare corn episodes, it's technically a berry!

[@matthewgiallourakis7645]

I thought for sure you were going to make ketchup out of it! You probably need more than one though...

[@WeirdExplorer]

I'll have to make another one of those episodes...

[@Peafowlfeather]

Dude you're soo cool to watch 👍👍

[@nateone6632]

I immediately thought of a gold kiwi, it blew my mind that's what you said it smelled like

[@blackletter2591]

Solon as uou cut it, I thought 'Kiwi'. It has a similar cross-section. Gondwanaland fruit.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

Mainly commenting to appease the almighty algorithm! Thanks so much for sharing your amazing work with us, and I hope everyone is doing well and having a great day!

[@dominiquesiwulich4746]

Wow u are teaching me so much i never knew there were so many fruit out there. U just orderes aome sour sop juice try. Have u tried soursop yet?? I have seen other people try it but not sure if u have a video

[@FlatHamsterStudios]

More nightshade representation! I tried to grow this one indoors but it got too big and too spikey for my small apartment so I never got any fruit. Also mealybugs love nightshades ;=;

[@robertmoreau8663]

Try the japanese barberry, it is acidic and unlike the cascade barberry, it is way smaller and red.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

Nice find!

[@eagledove9]

They remind me of horsenettles, solanum carolinense, stripes and everything. I'm not going to try to eat horsenettles though. I've eaten groundcherries.

[@paodebatata6606]

Honestly, Brazil is almost that sinfully underrated

[@controlledchaos8851]

😂😂😂 you said Hooohaaaa like a boss

[@wamlartmuse17]

Two hours later- Jared was seen running naked down the street yelling "the biscuits are Neptune!" Naked, except his running shoes...

[@wamlartmuse17]

Eight hours later he woke up tied up with monkeys trying to take advantage of his orifices.. - The Rundown -

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

This sounds like I would really like it. Sadly, I don't have anywhere to grow a plant of it.

[@randomperson6454]

Here in kentucky we do have a wild berry that looks very similar to that, its yellow, smooth, glossy, and also has the stripes that go from top to bottom but ony about a quarter of the size. Ive only ever sesn it a hand full of times and only in the wild. Ive never tried it nor do i know if its even edible in the first place but thats what the fruit you have reminds me of. I looked it up and its actually the fruit of horse nettle and it is poisonous.

[@austinaxley81]

I'm Paraguayan, in Tupi when there's a "J" it's pronounced almost like a "ch". There's a lot of different dialects, but as far as I know it's not pronounced with an "h" sound like it would be in Spanish.

[@henrydickerson9776]

This sounds amazing!

[@SimpleIdeaz]

I love the idea of fruits that are still being found natural and not crossbred by man

[@gearsmoke]

That tomato-citrus-pineapple flavour sounds a lot like what a good physalis has.

[@ZE308AC]

Did you try @Weird Explorer wild tomatoes that are black berries type tomato 🍅?

[@fwiffo]

Do you have a list of fruits that are not yet heavily cultivated, but should be? I.e. something that should be a normal sight on a supermarket shelf. Has broadly appealing flavor, hardy enough at farm-scale, sufficiently durable, etc.

[@WeirdExplorer]

that would make a good top ten video

[@nicknuwe]

​@@WeirdExplorer yes please it would be so interesting

[@DankFroot]

Many species from the Annonaceae, Myrtacea and Sapotaceae families. I've got around 40 different Annonaceae fruits and nearly 100 different Myrtaceae fruits growing. There are a lot of gems. I'm trying to get people into growing rare fruit in place of boring houseplants. It's not really coming along much, but at least my collection is... Check out those families, though. Especially the Eugenia spp!

[@poppinc8145]

You've been told this before when you did your Portugal videos: the Portuguese J is not pronounced like a Spanish J. The Portuguese J is similar to an English J, not an English H. Instead, when a Portuguese R is used at the beginning of a word, it is pronounced similar to an English H.

[@raggedyanarchist]

Does it make you sad sometimes when you're trying a rare fruit that you're probably having it for the last time?

[@TheSacredCowtipper88]

My dude spent 4 min rambling before even cutting it open and i aint even mad😂

[@frankmacleod2565]

Nice

[@mugen_memes]

'Gua Asu'. The name itself sounds good. Should try it to see how asu it is.

[@danielsmith2318]

reminds me of rocoto!!

[@TiggerIsMyCat]

Looks kinda like a giant cape gooseberry/goldenberry and sounds like it tastes like one too

[@theelectricant98]

Was thinking the same

[@slawekwojtowicz]

Wonderful review, as always! Thank you.

[@livingcosmos_3]

I’m from Northeast India and we have a lot of these here

[@Jacob-ee8ux]

I really want to try one.

[@lainet3379]

The lulo looks like it could be related to persimmons.

[@Gabriel-z8y5m]

Bro.. where'd you find Lulo in NYC ?

[@arturocostantino623]

You’d find it really useful to have some grapefruit spoons.😊

[@FuelX]

Did you save seeds to try to germinate them?

[@CampingforCool41]

I’m curious if I could grow this fruit in a single short summer season like a ground cherry.

[@nikhillrao3799]

Where are you finding lulos in NYC? Been wanting to try them for a while

[@WeirdExplorer]

Latin American supermarkets will get them now and then. the big food bazaar in LIC sometimes has then

[@MrNoodlyone]

Glutamate gives it the savory taste. The same as in MSG.

[@arthurlouis8326]

Where in NY do you go get your exotic fruit?

[@joshuajackson6442]

Thank you

[@Lochness19]

The sunberry I've looked up online seems to be dark purple/black. Are you sure this video is showing sunberry? It really looks rather different.

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

Any idea how I could get the seeds in Germany?

[@aaron-dd5lz]

I have an Idea! Give sunberries the nickname pumpkin tomato even though its not a tomato that's basically what it is

[@zaneymay]

That is incredible.

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

This is pretty darn interesting, especially considering that I actually like lulos

[@PenDragonsPig-Jam_on_Top]

Did you save any seeds?