Al Sirin Nar experiences?

[brain]

So Al-Sirin-Nar is one that was never on my radar.
Supposedly one of the hardest seeds of them all,
Highly susceptible to fruit rot in an exeriment that took place in humid Southeast,
ripens late.

But notes have been made that it is resistant to sun burn,
complex flavor,
high juice content,
cold hardy.

Could be a good one for juicing.

My local nursery has 5 gallons for $60!!!

At that price and size, it kinda seems like a "buy it and try it and find out!!!"

They also have 5 gallon Surh Anor which is one that I have been wanting for a while,
so I promptly grabbed the Surh Anor. It is huge.

So I will either go back and grab another Surh Anor,
orrrrrrrr........ be adventurous and try the Al Sirin Nar just because
the price is right, the size is right, the opportunity to try something I did not originally have in my plans has presented itself

The thing is, eventually space will run out... Don't want to use up space for something less desirable for something that could be taken up for something I really do want.
Ohhh life is full of choices!

So anyone have any memorable experiences or things they want to share when Al Sirin Nar is mentioned?

[brain]

Some data points.

On the subject of fruit rot in humid climate:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/EP643

Sirin:
https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sirin

More on Sirin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirin

Fruit:


Eating of the fruit reactions:

[BizarrePom]

I saw that study too and had actually just placed my order with Planting Justice and had Al-Sirin-Nar in my order. Given the summer humidity here in southern MD and the devastating fungal rot reported by a grower in VA, I reached out and asked Planting Justice to change my order to swap that one for Utah Sweet.

If I run out of more promising cultivars to try and haven't run into fruit rot issues, I may give it a shot in the future at some point.

I think if I were in a less humid climate and had that deal locally, I'd be tempted to try it as well.

I have a couple of rooted Surh-anors here from Fruitwood and though they're similar in size to the others, their leaves are noticeably larger, which I find interesting. If this forum didn't hate the size of all my photos, I'd post pictures lol.

[brain]

Well I ended up getting it.

It's kinda hard to say no to a 5 gallon pom for $60.
I'm pretty excited.

Here it is:

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And Surh Anor:

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They will go in the ground in a few weeks.