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makok fruit I found that ripened on the tree.  Had one seed.

It tasted intensely sweet...too much for my girlfriend...who agreed it had a canistel flavor this time, and reminded her of butterscotch, which she don't like.

I found the fruit to be one of my favorites.  I eat skin and all...and enjoy the small size...easy to conceal, but a formidable ferociously sweet fruit to have in your arsenal.

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Quote from: Cookie Monster on July 06, 2012, 10:21:52 AM

Whoo hoo! finally someone else who has tried the PC. The PC is tied with Lemon Zest for me. That is one heck of a rich mango. I prefer it at the chalky/creamy slightly green stage. In that stage, it tastes just like digging into a bowl of the finest flavored ice cream. Extraordinarily sweet with a nice tart and a creamy texture. Doesn't get better than that!

Quote from: Squam256 on July 06, 2012, 12:59:14 AM

My current favorite is Pina Colada, but its not on the list so I voted for its parent Dot.

I was in awe after first eating the PC. Incredible flavor.

I don't find it tastes like a Pina Colada until it gets almost over-ripe. I think I'm like you though and prefer it at the slightly less ripe stage. Its been good either way though. Hoping its productive.

I find it very similar in taste to Gary and I do detect the pina colada flavor however I do not like it less ripe.  I prefer it good and yellow/gold from the exterior with the flesh just at its peak ripeness very close to the far side of ripeness where it becomes intensely sweet without that tartness (you must be careful here as if it goes too far past peak ripeness it turns mushy like a Carrie or an overripe Gary...see the trend here???).  I find if it is too far underripe it has almost a sour flavor with a chalky/pasty texture.

Damn.... Pina Colada is clearly not a mango for beginners.   I tried a couple last year that did not remind me of either pina or colada.  Guess I'll have to try them again.

After reading Jeff's comment again I'm thinking he likes them even less ripe than I was thinking due to the mention of being 'green'. The ones I have eaten have enjoyed have all been yellow ripe, some just past 'ideal ripe'.

jeff,

my two inverted green sapote grafts (buddy taped) failed!

they rotted!

I think the scion is very succeptible to infection when all those leaves are removed, leaving open wounds, and wrapped with buddy tape...must be to moist??

my last graft I attempted with a bag over top, and leaves left on scion, looks much better.  I will keep u updated, and I'll be sure to show off my handy work (if it takes).

so I don't reccomend removing leaves and wrapping with parafilm or buddy tape.

say a prayer for my last graft, I hope it makes it out of the bag, and into the full sun!

My current favorite is Pina Colada, but its not on the list so I voted for its parent Dot.

Last summer a mango enthiusiast brought some mangoes to my office for a regular summertime mango tasting that we have.  One of those fruits was called Ivory.  It looked like this:



I thought it was a decent mango.  It was a typically sweet, but non-complex flavored SE Asian mango.  However, some members of the forum had tried this mango at one of the festivals and thought it was the best mango they tasted during their entire visit to South Florida.  Jeff Hagen and I discussed the fruit and he was able to get me a grafted tree.  Seems he was impressed by its bearing habit in an earlier year when there was otherwise a poor crop.  This particular tree stood out with its production causing Jeff to get some budwood and graft up some trees.

In the meanwhile, at one of the Broward RFVC sales, Murray Coreman was telling me about a mango that they had that he had never seen before.  He noted that it was one of the sweetest and latest mangoes that they had at the Borward RFVC nursery.  They called it the "banana mango" because of its color and shape.  The real name was Tog Bi Con. Needless to say, I bought the tree. Last year it was one of the few trees that did not bloom.  It grew nicely during the year and set three fruits this year.  Here's what Tog Bi Con looked like:



Conclusion.......Tog Bi Con is Ivory.  In my yard it obviously not late late this year.  This vairiety is probably good for eating green.  My opinion of it remnains the same otherwise.

Harry

Quote from: Cookie Monster on July 03, 2012, 10:59:19 AM

Nah, she wasn't all that fond of it. It was too sour for her :-).

I figured as much 

Quote from: Cookie Monster on July 03, 2012, 06:39:47 PM

Mr Adam, how did your inverted graft go?

Out of my 10 seeds, 4 sprouted, and only 2 of those had thick enough roots / sufficient vigor to graft. Both of mine are still alive and one looks like it's unfurling a new set of leaves. I be pretty excited.

If we could get access to green sapote seeds here in FL, we could crank out a lot of these babies. But then Gary Zill would catch on and drive us all out of the market with production-line quality inverted green sap grafts. Heck I guess that might not be so bad .. 'cause I'd buy mine from him :-).

scions are still alive and look like they are swelling, but have not pushed yet...I did two wrapped with buddy tape (leaves removed), and one a few days ago with a bag over top and a few leaves left on, and cut in half.

we shall see!  I hope at least two make it...I will keep you posted oookiemon.

thanks for inspiring me to attempt this graft

Quote from: Cookie Monster on July 02, 2012, 12:26:56 PM

Yep, coco cream is more spreading and LZ is more upright.

I also finally got to try the Sweet Tart. That's one heck of a mango. It's sweet and creamy with a nice resinous scent right next ot the skin and a strong amount of tart. Nice orange flesh.

Quote from: Tropicdude on July 02, 2012, 12:18:27 PM

I have noticed my CC having more of a spreading habit. compared to the LZ and MC.  CC seems more vigorous than MC also.  too early to tell with my LZ as I picked that one up in April,  but it did send out new leaves right away after my pugging and bare rooting it for shipping.

Just how I remember it...and precisely why I didn't like it.  Did Elsie like it ?

I have noticed my CC having more of a spreading habit. compared to the LZ and MC.  CC seems more vigorous than MC also.  too early to tell with my LZ as I picked that one up in April,  but it did send out new leaves right away after my pugging and bare rooting it for shipping.