I was rumaging through the selection and noticed on Cara Cara tree with several variegated leaves. The variegation was not heavy but these are young trees. I almost bought it, but since I already have one of these Cara Cara's would this tree be a good buy if I'm hoping to get a pure variegated tree at some point. I was hoping someone could shed some light on this. Since, this tree shows variegation already, are the odds good that this tree will grow a pure variegated sport at some point that could then be budded?

How rare is this Laaz? And what are my odds of this tree really producing some variegated fruit, or pure variegated sports?

Chances are very good. Cara cara commonly produces variegated sports. Excellent quality fruit as well.

Thanks, that means I can wait until a larger batch come in to choose from. I was going to grab it if my odds were low of seeing another.

I thought I posted a photo of one of mine... I'll take one tomorrow.

OK here ya go. This is one of my variegated Cara cara navels. It is in a container so I left a fruit on. Both of the variegated Cara car's I have in the ground I removed all of the flower buds to get vegetative growth.

BTW, if you want a variegated tree you will need to bud one of the variegated buds to a good rootstock. Otherwise you will only have a variegated branch... Also variegated plants do not like direct sun and the white / yellow will burn if left in direct sun so you want to place it in partial shade.

Amazing Laaz!! Do you have any tips on selecting a good tree for this purpose?

Just look for one with a nice variegated branch. I have a citrumello that produced a nice variegated branch. I just took the branch and cleft grafted it to citrumello rootstock this past weekend. Hopefully it takes...