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The Broward Rare Fruit & Vegetable Council has a 3 acre property, which grows various rare fruit trees. They were very kind and provided us a tour of their property. One of our hosts, Eric, was the gardener/grounds keeper for William Whitman's house, while Mr. Whitman was alive. Eric was our primary guide, pointing out the various trees as we toured the property. He seemed very knowledgeable. Eric said he has tasted 300+ varieties of mangos. During the tour, he pointed out his favorite mangos, which included Mahachanok, Neelam, and Alampur Baneshar. Eric was a pretty cool guy as were our other hosts & hostesses. Thought I would share the mango varieties with the group. With permission, I collected budwood of the Neelam and Alampur Baneshar. I already have a Mahachanok, so I didn't get any maha budwood. I noticed Pine Island rated the Alampur Baneshare rather low. http://www.tropicalfruitnursery.com/mango/alampur-baneshan-mango.shtml Any idea why? Did they pick it when it wasn't ripe?
Quote from: Mr. Clean on June 16, 2012, 07:46:39 PMThe Broward Rare Fruit & Vegetable Council has a 3 acre property, which grows various rare fruit trees. They were very kind and provided us a tour of their property. One of our hosts, Eric, was the gardener/grounds keeper for William Whitman's house, while Mr. Whitman was alive. Eric was our primary guide, pointing out the various trees as we toured the property. He seemed very knowledgeable. Eric said he has tasted 300+ varieties of mangos. During the tour, he pointed out his favorite mangos, which included Mahachanok, Neelam, and Alampur Baneshar. Eric was a pretty cool guy as were our other hosts & hostesses. Thought I would share the mango varieties with the group. With permission, I collected budwood of the Neelam and Alampur Baneshar. I already have a Mahachanok, so I didn't get any maha budwood. I noticed Pine Island rated the Alampur Baneshare rather low. http://www.tropicalfruitnursery.com/mango/alampur-baneshan-mango.shtml Any idea why? Did they pick it when it wasn't ripe?Are you sure you read that right? It has one of the higher ratings. Quote "Alampur Baneshan is considered one of the finest dessert mangos of Northern India."
Was that Eric Bronson?
To add to what Harry said, while it may have problems on his property (and others as well), it also may do well on other's as well as in other locales around the world.Also, too many of you feel PI's viewers are gospel. Keep in mind they are the "ratings" and opinions of one person (or at most the nursery as a conglomerate) and who knows how this is determines. Tastes are extremely subjective no matter who you ask AND for varying reasons. I, for one, may look at their viewer for some things but take it for a truckload of grains of salt as I have my own opinions of PI for my own reasons.Another good site for write-ups of mangoes is Fairchilds: http://www.virtualherbarium.org/tropicalfruit/mangotrees.html
Quote from: bsbullie on June 17, 2012, 10:02:16 AMTo add to what Harry said, while it may have problems on his property (and others as well), it also may do well on other's as well as in other locales around the world.Also, too many of you feel PI's viewers are gospel. Keep in mind they are the "ratings" and opinions of one person (or at most the nursery as a conglomerate) and who knows how this is determines. Tastes are extremely subjective no matter who you ask AND for varying reasons. I, for one, may look at their viewer for some things but take it for a truckload of grains of salt as I have my own opinions of PI for my own reasons.Another good site for write-ups of mangoes is Fairchilds: http://www.virtualherbarium.org/tropicalfruit/mangotrees.htmlTheir website seems to be down since at least yesterday.
This is another mango variety viewer that I like:http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/articles/fruit/varieties_mango.htm