Finally harvested some Aswad, which were quite big indeed, but was not happy how hard/dense they were, again same problem as Kamo last year, meaning they don't cook fast enough for what I need them, some parts just remain kind of hard.
The one in the first picture is over 2 lbs, which I find pretty big. What I find very interesting, and didn't know before is that the fruit actually has that dark green/light green pattern under the dark coloration from anthocyanin (so it looks like cambodian giant underneath). One can see that if they let it go a bit too much. Second picture shows that, it's actually not that brown, it's just the light, it was still edible but it was close to being a bit much (seeds were bigger but not brown yet, only very slight bitterness). When one can start to just see this lighter pattern on the bottom half, it's about the right time to pick them.
The taste I would rate as average, like one-two notches under Xi'an Green (which is one notch under Kurume).
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