The Tropical Fruit Forum

Very nice, healthy looking trees jc. We almost have the same collection . Will finally get to taste the coveted Maha this year.

Though the mangoes are not Cushman, they look very very nice. I have a Cushman inground with about 10-13 tennis ball sized fruit. Tommy Atkins seems the fit the bill best with it's touted high production and fiber.

Gunnar:
Any 5"-6" long green mango that has fiber and isn't worth eating when ripe. Most popular mangoes for this use is a mango called "John". It's everywhere and ofcourse has that "turpentine" burn/character. Yum. East Indian has that piney burn as well. Best enjoyed by slicing.

I've read on here that Kesar and Jumbo Kesar are one in the same.

My Oxkutzcab, bought as a 7 gal going on 3 yrs in ground is pushing flowers right now. Didn't hold any fruit last year but even now I dont think the branches are strong enough to hold potato sized fruit. Won't stop me from letting it though . C'mon....large --- x-large potato sized sapodillas?!?!

Are the inflos just now pushing on the Julie?  Is this normal for your Julie to have multiple blooms like this?  In general,  kind of odd especially considering the weather and mostly blanket blooming we've had earlier this year.

Yep. New inflo now pushing after a full bloom that started in late December. Longest single inflo length right now is 5". The terminals that failed to set fruit are the ones pushing new bloom. Since recording my fruit trees "milestones" (if you will), for the past 3 years, the Julie has partially bloomed a 2nd time, 3-4 months after a full bloom occurance in Nov-Dec. The past 2 weeks, my area has been experiencing some lovely evening rain showers- though the accompanying wind gusts sucks.
Hopefully I'll get to taste an Imam Pasand mango with this 2nd inflo .

I've seen non fruiting, huge trees with such nodules along the trunk and branches. They were caused by termites or some specie of ants. Did you even investigate to see that those growths were even made of?

Rosigold


Ate the more riped one. Fairly sweet, smooth, and truly fiberless flesh.

Funny this thread got revived . Picked my first mango of the 2014 season this evening....a Rosigold. It's certainly the first tree to push flowers, and even after having mature sized fruit on it, it still pushes more flowers (extended season). You definetly have to spray copper on the flowers for it to hold. But having fruit set to early in the FL season makes it a keeper in my book. Looks like I adverted the splitting tendency it suffered last season.

Nice looking tree btw JC .

More mango trees Don? You need an intervention.

I happened to get/buy an Esis/Isis mango last year from Excalibur and I liked it allot. It's sized like a rosigold, gets a nice yellow color and is very juicy and sweet. Had some fiber but not objectionable amounts. I may have a picture somewhere.

Well, let me ask the obvious question. What mango was it ?

It should survive. Gashed my PSM and Neelam about 1yr ago. Both have since flourish and are bearing right now.

Got this off of the EPA website

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/pdfs/fs_homewatertesting.pdf

"You can fi nd one in your area by calling the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 800-426-4791 or visiting www.epa.gov/safewater/labs. "

Wow...that is awesome....and tempting.