A second was even better and could be made readily available from commercial growers.
He also pointed out that commercial growers "can only grow so many."
The cultivar was brought to the attention of commercial growers in 1813.
The company claims to be the only commercial grower of this fruit anywhere in the world.
Commercial growers usually cut the spear with a sharp knife a little below ground.
But timing for Christmas is precise, a schedule best left to the commercial growers.
Most commercial growers wait for the nuts to drop on their own, rather than use equipment to shake them from the tree.
Commercial growers used a fungicide to control it but say the disease has become immune.
They concentrate on varieties for the home gardener rather than the commercial grower.
It is funny looking, small and so frail that no commercial growers bother to ship them.