There are plenty of new fruits that could be ..

introduced in the United States from the coastal Atlantic forests of southern Brazil. That area is chock full of plants of the Myrtaceæ family. Blueberries, guavas are part of the Myrtaceæ family. Most of us think of the Amazon with its steaming and lush jungles when we think about Brazil. Southern Brazil is not in the tropical zone and there are large orchards of temperate fruits in that area such as apples and peaches. The high elevations areas receive snow every years and the native fruits of that area could be grown in California, Texas, the southeastern states or the mild regions of coastal Oregon. Pineapple guava or feijoa (Acca sellowiana) comes from that area and it has proven to be widely adapted in from Texas to western Oregon. The local population much disregards the native fruits and in many cases it is difficult to find them anymore in the wild or in cultivation. Our nursery is in the process of collecting seeds of these fruits to introduce in California. Here are some of the fruits soon to be introduced:
Campomanesia xanthocarpa (guabiroba)
Myrcianthes pungens (guabiju)
Eugenia pyriformis (uvaia)
There are a couple of stone fruits that we would like to bring it over here: Prunus sellowiana (varova) and Prunus ulei. Prunus ulei is almost in extinction due to its relatively small area of occurrence.