1 He was talking about the cherimoya.

2 Origin: The cherimoya is believed to be native to the inter-andean valleys of Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.

3 Among hardiest of cherimoya, does well in most present growing areas.

4 Growth Habit: The cherimoya is a fairly fairly dense, fast-growing, evergreen tree, briefly deciduous in California from February through April.

5 Adaptation: The cherimoya is subtropical or mild-temperate and will tolerate light frosts.

6 Mark Twain said in 1866 " the most delicious fruit known to men, cherimoya"

7 The medicine for treating cancer is prepared with the alcohol and water extract of cherimoya seed and glossy ganoderma spore powder.

8 It is introduced that planting technique on improved breeds of cherimoya, Africa pride for high quality and yield.

9 But the scientists found a spontaneous mutation that causes seedlessness in a cherimoya relative, the sugar apple.

10 But now scientists in Spain and at the University of California, Davis have found the key to making the cherimoya and related fruits seedless.

11 Mark Twain called it "the most delicious fruit known to men." He was talking about the cherimoya.

12 If they can find a way to knock out that gene in the cherimoya, it could bring Mark Twain's favorite fruit, and many others, to a grocery store near you.