I am also awaiting a good venus trial--had 1 but it didn't ripen properly so will have to wait and see.
sunworshipper: I agree. Those are some fine mangoes you were exposed to.
After sampling many mangoes from the Fairchild Mango Festival, Kryptonite was the clear-cut winner, each time it was sampled. Still don't know much about it, but it was the best mango tasted in a while, maybe even as good as the earlier heavyweights like fruit punch, dupuis, pineapple pleasure, guava, etc
Marley mango: I enjoyed this mango very much....started out as just a good sweet regular mango flavor, but the fruit was underripe and as I ate near the seed, it came ALIVE and was very citrusy! I heard through the grapevine that this is a mango that came from someone named D. Burd. Definitely one to keep an eye out for. It is a firm mango and hard to cut crosswise, but no fiber detected whle eating (weird).
Bolt: as mentioned before, it was quite good, but only had 1 fruit so tough to know about its flavor consistency. Same goes for 40-17 which was awesome, but only 1 fruit. to be continued...
34-24 (cecilove): awesome at every tasting (like kryptonite but not as good). Even got the wife's seal of approval with Kryptonite and Cac.
Providence: what else can I say, love this mango! Large, juicy, flavorful
Orange Sherbet: One of my faves for sure....I much prefer it to LZ.
Dusehri: Was quite good...don't remember much else, but the fact that I liked it out of many different varieties.
Zinc: can be chalky and cause mouth to tingle in the past (for me at least), but this one was a winner. Sweet and just a great all-around experience.
Parvin: I think this mango is very good...many will laugh at that, but I too am a mango snob, and I have nothing bad to say about parvin. Way better than Kent and Keiit IMHO
Keitt: had never had a florida-grown, unboiled Keitt before this year. Wow! What a difference. I like Keitt and would eat these mangoes if they were all I had available.
Sig Siput: Didn't expect to like this mango, but it was quite good. No pics, and no real talent in tasting descriptions, but it is what it is. Maybe others can chime in.
Beverly: creamy and delicious!! A great late season mango ( i even like them underripe)
Some that I didn't care for:
myrinthianashahs (no idea how to spell it, but no thanks--may be from myanmar iirc)
emerald--just didn't agree with me
mammou: strong melon flavor
graham: just not sweet enough for me
mallika: sorry, I just don't like mallika, at all!
Pettigrew: no thanks, weird off-flavor
Heidi: no thanks....mango snobbery card pulled
Crystal: pretty bland
Osteen: mango snob card pulled
Neelam: pretty good but don't care for the vegetably aftertaste
Step: interesting flavor, but doesn't make the cut.