San Diegans -- Exotica heads-up

[shaneatwell]

Place has cleaned up quite a bit, prices are up too, but if you're interested in Mangoes you should stop by Exotica. He's got dozens of varieties, most of which I'd never heard of. 'Peggy' was a name I recognized. Some 'California Grown' too, which are not Thompson's and seem to be grafted from locally successful trees. That's as much as I remember. If anyone else goes by would love your impressions.

[barath]

Interesting.  Do you know if they are now accurately labeling whether trees are grafted or not?  In the past I've noticed that they don't distinguish between grafted trees and seedlings, and sometimes the trees are old enough that a graft union wouldn't be easy to find (if they did a clean graft).  I haven't gotten any of their specialty trees because their prices are high, but they do generally have a really diverse selection.

[simon_grow]

Thanks for the heads up! Peggy is an excellent tasting variety. I haven't been to Exotica in a long time, I need to make time to visit them. Peggy and Leo #2 and one of Rudy's selections are my three favorite local varieties.

Simon

[shaneatwell]

Barath, Definitely not accurately labelled. You have to ask Steve straight up and he'll tell you.

Simon, Good to know. I was reading old posts about Peggy (and Leo #2) and they seem like winners for Socal.

[BrianL]

Yeah I noticed the mangos appearing when I was down in April.  Might need to make the trek down in July.