Well the day finally came, when I finally got to try the fruit of years patience, but sadly not in the best condition. Only one came off the tree this year so I felt a lot riding on this singular fruit, it has been raining like crazy and within past week the fruit has swollen bigly. The kicker was when I came home today from work and saw a squirrel had eaten the top corner of the mango while still on the tree which by now was bulging out of the plastic strawberry case supposed I placed to protect it.
The fruit was large, measured 8.75in long and weighed 2.48lbs, was mostly green with some yellowing on the outside of one side as well as the top squirrel eaten part cut aside. The shape resembling an Asian mango (parentage ivory x ? ). Due to this being the only mango I'm sure future years crop will vary under better picking and ripening conditions but I will report on what was. I did not notice any noticeable scent on the outside. The flesh was bright yellow and completely fiberless with obvious jelly seed. The flavor varied all over the place as A this was a yuge mango and B a mix of jelly seed, overripe, underripe, and decent ripeness. I did taste the Ivory terpenes in this mango most notably near the skin, I tasted some NDM honey flavor in the deep flesh with some Fairchild thrown in. The rest of the underripe mango resembled okrung eaten green which was actually exciting because i think there is potential for this as a versatile mango that can be enjoyed green or ripe. Another interesting point about this mango was the monoembryonic seed, which when I initially planted was also from a mono seed, I have planted other Ivory mangos I had purchased from Excalibur in the past and they were poly with many shoots of which I threw away. Personally I have yet to see a mono seed with Asian body but I have only eaten maybe near close to 130 mango types.
Anyways this year is a big vegetative year and looking forward to a big harvest next year under better conditions hopefully. Also per the crop, I hope to be able to send some members samples under condition tasting reviews would be posted if anyone down for that.
-joep450