Went to Excalibur yesterday. BSBullie Rob spent the better part of an hour showing me lots of mature trees so I could compare the productivity of their mango cultivars in this "Abysmal Mango Season."
Gary seemed to be holding a fair amount of fruit, especially at the top of the canopy. Gary was heavily loaded with more swollen buds also. Some of the other trees were also holding a fair amount of fruit, but most had set little or no fruit from their earlier blooms. The Gary tree was medium sized compared to most of the other planted trees.
I think the Duncan was holding the most fruit by far. Others that were holding fruit well were: VP, Brahm Kai Mea, Florigon, Phillipine, Maha Chanok, Stat (sp?), and some other unknown trees.
I was definitely indecisive up until the very end. In fact I almost left without buying any mango tree. But I wandered off into the mass of orb spiders and pushed deep into the 3 and 7 gal mangos. I found a bunch of 3 gal Garys that looked really healthy and picked a 6+ footer that probably should have been stepped up a year ago. It’s also got some swollen buds!
Thanks Rob, for being so patient with me and running me all over the nursery to look at trees, I learned a lot.